to eat unhealthy. Fast food is a quick‚ cheap‚ and tasteful meal made accessible to virtually anyone. When comparing prices at a grocery store‚ for the most part its clear junk foods are less expensive than healthy foods. If a tax was placed on unhealthy foods‚ it would make a substantial difference in the way consumers shopped. In 1938‚ the Agriculture Act was passed to allow the government to financially aid farmers that grow corn‚ cotton‚ and wheat due to the shortage of food production nationwide
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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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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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Date: 11/11/2012 Fast Food Contain Harmful Food Additives In America‚ fast food chains are a significant symbol of the American traditional food trends which expand widely and grow fast all over the world. Thus‚ a large number of Americans eat fast food as their daily diet. However‚ these tasty fast foods are highly processed foods which are filled with plenty of chemicals‚ additives and preservatives. By adding these additives and artificial flavorings into fast foods‚ so the food is attractive and
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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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article “Fast Food‚” fast food industries are criticized in many aspects. Hogan tells that fast food causes many problems like healthy problems first. The fast food industry use low quality materials. Many critics said much of the meat of hamburgers was either spoiled or diseased. The high calorie of fast food can cause fat and other serious health problems. (590-591) Secondly‚ critics condemn fast food industries that increased litter is a big problem. Fast food industry always sells their food in paper
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Caesars in Jackson Heights‚ Queens NY. First let’s look at the fast food industry as a whole. History of the industry The concept of fast food is inspired by ancient Rome‚ in which bread and wine were sold in street-side stalls. In early 20th century In the United States‚ fast food history is associated with the introduction of drive-in restaurants. Since then‚ US industry of fast food has come a long way to become the largest fast food industry in the world. One of the pioneers of this field is
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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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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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