Dr. Lee Eng-102 04/10/2014 Fast Foods Fast foods are not new phenomena; these are foods that are quickly prepared and served. It traced its origin in the US in the 1950s. In a typical setup‚ these foods are served in restaurants‚ and other food outlets close to the people. The ever growing popularity of such foods has been to blame on the laziness of the people (especially college students) who seem to prefer precooked meals to well cooked meals. These types of food are common among the children
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Fast food restaurants popularity In the old days people used to eat healthy home-cooked meals together with their families. However today we can see that people‚ mainly young people prefer to eat outside their houses‚ or order from fast food restaurants‚ and this is due to the huge increase in popularity of fast food restaurants. This change is related to three main factors‚ such as the change in life‚ prices and good service‚ and finally the influence of publicity. One of the main reasons why
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Extra tax on fast food Nowadays people always are overweight or obese. A big reason of this is unhealthy food like a Big Mac‚ Hamburger etc. Too much of any of those can cause serious health problems which a lot of people of the world today suffer from. The real problem is why are people making these choices? It’s simple‚ unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy food in many cases. Is it a good idea to introduce a fast food tax‚ or do unhealthy food observe to remain cheap and free of extra tax
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Fast Food Nation The first half of the book Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser expresses the profound outcomes of fast food in America starting from its creation to today. Some of these examples include: more employment opportunities for teenagers‚ the creation of successful franchise owners‚ and a new revolutionary way to buy food. Schlosser talks about the major effect that fast food companies have made in the life of teenagers. According to Schlosser‚ “Teenagers have long provided the
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Over the past few decades‚ American’s increase in food marketing to children has closely tracked their increase in weight. Since 1980‚ the number of obese children has more than doubled to 16 percent. It soon becomes a big issue in our society because it threads American children’s health which causes them to consider fast food as their “primary meal”. Then the society starts to think who to blame. Is it the fast food companies’ false marketing or the parents’ responsibilities? According to the articles
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Zachary Buerkle November 12‚ 2012 Is fast food the new tobacco? Should government further regulate fast food advertisements as done with tobacco advertisements? On June 22 of 2010‚ over ten years of intensive planning from the FDA would finally result in the extensive regulation of the $89 billion tobacco industry. Although the newly created laws could not illegalize nicotine or tobacco‚ the FDA was given vast authority to regulate the ingredients in tobacco products as well as the way they
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becomes necessary for a fast food corporation to consider the need and importance of CSR if it wants to stay at an advantaged position in the fast food industry. As consumers have more choices due to globalization and consider more today‚ it may be necessary for a corporation to show it is socially responsible to attract consumers. According to Scalet and Kelly (2010)‚ people are demanding CSR‚ the market incentives are following consumer preferences for CSR activities and the market is producing it. In
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be addressed. -Rapid market fragmentation‚ which is describing the changes of consumer taste have made once-exotic foods like sushi and burritos everyday options. Many fast food customers are looking for healthier and better tasting food. Moreover‚ competitions has been coming from quick meals of all sorts that can be found in supermarkets‚ convenience stores and vending machines. Demographic - customers now working around theclock‚ expecting 24 hour access to fast food‚ how toplease range of
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Fast food Fast food or traditional food? This is a new brand debate between people all around the world specially between older and younger members of families. My mother is a medical doctor and she always prevented me from eating fast food and junky food. In my opinion‚ although fast foods bring some advantages to our nowadays lives‚ they have many disadvantages such as containing a lot of bad lipids and high calories and consist of some refrigerated and synthetic materials. First of all‚ fast
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Work and Employment Relations in the Fast Food Industry The fast food industry is expanding globally over the years despite of downturns in national economies. Due to the rapid growth and success of the service‚ issues such as workers’ right‚ pay levels and conditions of work are often questioned. While fast food industries has expanded globally and become multinational corporations (MNCs)‚to what extent they are able to impose common employment practices on diverse national systems of labor legislations
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