Fast Food Fast food is the term given to food that is prepared and served very quickly‚ first popularized in the 1950s in the United States. Fast food restaurants are traditionally separated by their ability to serve food via a drive-through. When people all over the world are looking for a quick‚ easy meal to grab on the go‚ fast food is the common solution. With the efficient service‚ low prices‚ and casual atmosphere‚ fast food seems like the ideal "all-American" choice. In fact‚ over 25
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All such food is categorized as fast food which can be prepared and served quickly. Restaurants and kiosks provide fast food with precooked or preheated ingredients and usually served at a packaged form (Pollan‚ 2009). In the beginning‚ American hamburger and fries was considered as the traditional fast food but now the field has been widely diversified and food like pizzas‚ fish and chips‚ burgers from McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken etc. are all considered fast food. Fast food market has
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A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies. For example‚ the fast-food industry can be portrayed as consisting of several strategic groups. The number of groups within an industry and their composition depends on what dimensions you use to define the groups. Strategists often use a two dimensional grid to display the position of each company along to the two most important
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Fast food is a trend that is feverishly catching on with our generation. This is mainly because of our fast paced lives in an increasingly competitive society. As the world progresses‚ everyone gets hard-pressed for time‚ making a huge population of the modern day families to turn to fast food and ready-made meals. They no longer seem to have time in the day to sit down and cook a meal for themselves and their families. As the name suggests‚ fast food can be prepared fast and can conveniently be
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disadvantages of eating fast foods and hopefully they will think twice before choosing to eat fast food. Introduction: Due to the fast paced lifestyle most Americans live‚ we tend to eat a lot of fast food due to its convenience and easy access. Although fast food restaurants provide a fast and convenient meal‚ they are very bad for your health‚ due to lack of quality‚ preparation of foods and trans fats‚ just to name a few of the disadvantages to fast foods. Fast food is not the cause of obesity
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Fast Food “Approximately 30.3 percent of children (ages 6 to 11) are overweight and 15.3 percent are obese. For adolescents (ages 12 to 19)‚ 30.4 percent are overweight and 15.5 percent are obese”. Every year the percentage of Americans increases the obesity and death rate in the United States of America. This all is happening because of unhealthy junk food we eat every day. People eat fast food almost every day because they are too lazy to cook healthy food in their home so they always look for
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Fast food nutrition should make up a minimal part of a healthy diet. Fast foods and junk foods are high in fat‚ sodium and sugar‚ which can lead to obesity and a range of attendant health problems‚ including diabetes‚ heart disease and arthritis. Here are the facts about how excessive junk food consumption affects your body. Junk Food Affects Your Energy Levels Junk food doesn’t contain the nutrients your body needs to stay healthy. As a result‚ you may feel chronically fatigued and lack the energy
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today’s society‚ especially western countries‚ the issue of fast food seems to be at the top of every health related debate. As these debates become more controversial‚ the question of who bears the responsibility remains unanswered. In his essay‚ Don’t Blame the Eater‚ David Zinczenko attempts to answer this key question by placing the greater responsibility of America’s obesity and other fast food related health issues on the fast food industries. Contrary to Zinczenko’s argument‚ Raldy Balko‚ in
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Cabrera 1 Ana Luisa Cabrera Mrs. Salinas English III May 3rd‚ 2012 Fast Food and Obesity Hypertension‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ heart diseases‚ cancer. The list can go on and on‚ but there is one disease in particular that stands above all of them: obesity. All of these diseases are related to food problems. Many people sees obesity as a disease caused by bad food habits and a lack of physical exercise. Fast food has been blamed by consumers for obesity to happen but‚ are they blaming the
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The fast food industry has been growing more and more every year. There is a fast food restaurant in every corner. Since fast food is becoming so popular more and more people chose to go to a fast food restaurant daily. Fast food is a continuing growth industry in our country. Fast food restaurants continue to increase their popularity by lowering their prices and providing faster service for their customers. There is a huge competition between fast food restaurants and how they advertise can
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