Nicholas Smith April 27‚ 2009 Principles of Economics Paper - The USA ’s Fast Food Industry Fast food restaurants represent one of the largest segments of the food industry with over 200‚000 restaurants and $120 billion in sales in the U.S. alone. Fast food restaurants‚ also known as quick service restaurants‚ are noted for their short food preparation time. Some of the largest players in this category include international giants like McDonald ’s and Yum! Brands‚ national chains such as Wendy
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For several years‚ people have attributed rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases of obesity in America. According to the article Fast Food: Is it the Enemy by Registered Dietitian Sarah Muntel (2012)‚ “Since 1970‚ the amount of fast food restaurants in business doubled‚ which equates to about 300‚000 establishments in the United States. Coincidentally‚ 33.8 percent of the U.S. population is affected by obesity and 19 percent of children and adolescents are also affected”
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CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction: a) Introduction to topic: Fast food is food‚ which is prepared and served quickly at outlets called fast-food restaurants. A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages on tables set for individuals‚ pairs or larger groups‚ to be consumed primarily on the premises. Restaurants serve a wide variety of food at a specified cost given on its menu card for on or off the premises consumption. These includes eating establishments
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Development of Fast Food Industry in Pakistan Project Supervisor Mr. Muhammad Zafar Saeed Student Name: Reg.No 1. Tania Hamid 1211-892 BATCH: 32 ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT Chapter 1 Introduction The hospitality industry consists of broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging‚ restaurants‚ event planning
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Industry Analysis of the Fast Food Industry 1. A few of the chief economic and business characteristics of the global fast-food industry are as follows: In the market growth rate the expected food sales is predicted to increase by $208 billion by 2020 with us already being at $800 billion by 2001. Under entry barriers for the fast-food industry the main concerns would be the entry costs‚ location‚ capital cost‚ and licensing. For a business to have success they must have the right location. Under
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negotiate prices with fast food restaurants. However‚ there is a large degree of internal rivalry in the industry‚ with a very strong cross-price elasticity present in the industry. This encourages low prices due to a strong degree of substitution and gives consumers back some power. 2) To what extent do purchase prices differ from those that would prevail in a market with a large number of fragmented buyers in which buyers act as price takers? a. Answer- In the fast food industry‚ buyers are
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FRANCHISE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Nov 11th 2008 Mr. Saghir Mohammad‚ Computers Concepts Teacher‚ Institute of Business Management‚ Karachi. Term Report on Franchise Food Industries in Pakistan Respected Sir‚ This is with reference to your requirement regarding the term report on our “Computer Concepts” course; we are pleased to submit to you the report on the above stated subject
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Fast Food Market economic trends Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-throughs‚ at stadiums‚ airports‚ zoos‚ high schools‚ elementary schools‚ and universities‚ on cruise ships‚ trains‚ and airplanes‚ at K-Marts‚ Wal-Marts‚ gas stations‚ and even at hospital cafeterias. In 1968‚ McDonald’s operated about one thousand restaurants. Today it has about twenty-eight thousand restaurants worldwide and opens almost two thousand new ones each year. McDonald’s is the nation’s largest
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Pros and Cons of Fast Food Business Bryan Lee San Francisco State University The fast food industry has come a long way from its humble beginnings nearly a century ago. The first restaurant considered a fast food restaurant was called White Castle. White Castle was opened in 1921 in Wichita‚ Kansas by Billy Ingram. He opened it so that he could sell his slider-style burgers at a price of 5 cents per patty. White castle is in business today and its belief of selling
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There are fast-food restaurant advertisements on almost every street corner‚ trying to grab attention by billboards‚ commercials‚ sign spinning‚ and more. In the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser he begins to describe how the first two major individuals invented their now multibillion dollar companies which who were Carl Karcher and the McDonald’s brothers. First with Carl N. Karcher‚ who is the founder of what is now called Carl’s Jr. He was born in 1917 near Upper Sandusky‚ Ohio‚ where he
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