Snack foods influence our society in tons of ways. They are a mainstay at sports events and parties. Snack foods also offer an item to consumers that can be eaten with little or no effort and don 't require accompanying food. However the most important influence on America by the snack food industry is the economical impact. America would not be as good a country as it is without the snack food industry.
At sporting events concession stands sell food. Hot dogs, beer, sodas, pizza are some of the non-snackfoods that one may see. The snackfoods someone will likely encounter include pretezels, candies, potato chips and cracker jacks. At sports events people want something that they can easily eat without haivng to look down or use utensils. This is why people love snackfoods. Snackfoods require almost no effort to eat and can be found almost anywhere. Do you realize how addictive they are too, some people never even get out of their seats at sports
events or parties and have the luxury of being able to do this because of snack foods.
The snack food industry does just influence individuals, it influences the entire country. The industry and related industries are employers for millions of jobs. Most snack foods are made in the U.S. and sold at relatively inexpensive prices and therefore people come back to get more and more money goes to taxes. Since the snack food companies are based in America they pay U.S.
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