• For essay 2 I will be comparing fast food restaurants. I will be comparing Chick-Fil-A and McDonald’s. If I give every detail I can and can’t meet the word count then I will compare another fast food chain. • The criteria I will be using to evaluate these restaurants are as follows the quality of the service, the price of the items and the quality and taste of the food.
McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A are fast-food restaurants that offer similar menu choices, but have different amenities and environment. McDonald’s was founded in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955 by Ray Kroc and Richard Macdonald; and the company currently has approximately 14,146 U.S. locations. Chick-fil-A is a chicken sandwiches chain, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Chick-fil-A’s franchise has more than 2,200 stores across the United States. Both restaurants chains have sandwiches, wraps and breakfast meals.
The amount of unhealthy food consumed in America goes well beyond McDonalds. In fact, you have to go no farther than your local grocery store to find equally as terrible food choices. For example, in recent years the government has put out warnings against eating fat in excess, which lead many big food companies, from yogurt to Wheat Thins, to send out new products with “less fat”. However, products with “less fat” actually have nearly twice as much sugar. Many studies have shown that sugar in excess is much worse than fat.
In recent decade, the United States has seen supermarkets continuously get filled with packages labeled with things like “Low sodium” or “No Trans Fats.” Companies stick these labels on their food to match the current fads of what is good for you and what is not. In his essay Unhappy Meals, Michael Pollan advocates a return to natural and basic foods, and deplores nutritionism. Pollan argues that nutritionism does not actually tell people what is healthy or not, and that the only way to be sure you are eating healthy is to eat natural, fresh food.
In “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” David Freedman argues that ending processed food is not going to help solve obesity problems. He knows that “Junk food is bad for you because it’s full of fats and problems carb” (Freedman 515). Freedman believe that we should use technology to improve fast-food by taking out the unhealthy products in it, instead of getting rid of fast-food entirely. He also talks about his experiences with food between wholesome food and McDonald’s. He discusses how McDonald’s smoothies have the lowest calories and are cheapest out of all other smoothies he had.
Junk food is responsible for the growing rate of obesity. This is outlined by David freedman in his article of “How junk food can end obesity.” David Freedman has credited the “health-food” motion, and followers of it along with Michel Pollan. Freedman claims that if the America desires to stop the obesity epidemic, or at least reduce its effects, they must shift to the fast meals and processed meals enterprise for assist, now not the “health-food” movement.
Starbucks and Tim Hortons Nowadays, the number of coffee drinkers are increasing. As the demand for coffee grows, the number of coffee chains is also increasing. Of that, the representative coffee chains in North America are Starbucks and Tim Hortons. Starbucks has the highest brand awareness amongst the world coffee chains. It started in Seattle, the United State in 1971.
Although the guilty pleasure may cause nice feelings in the moment, fast food is filled with nothing good. A fast food meal is packed with high levels of sodium, sugar, and countless other chemicals. These harmful products help contribute to death by chronic illness, causing obesity, heart disease, hypertension, and other unwanted conditions. Author Sarah Irani “... further asserts that fast food is prepared in unsanitary conditions and loaded with so many preservatives that a ten-year-old hamburger will look about the same as a fresh one” (Irani). This cheap food has become the culprit for the high consequences on the American population’s bodies, due to the abundance of harmful preservatives and chemicals.
With so little time to fit our fast paced schedule, we tend to gravitate towards a new solution of ordering quickly fixed meals. Today, a hot meal can be just a phone call away and ready to be devoured. We constantly favor other individuals to prepare our food instead of taking the initiatives ourselves, thus becoming the evident fault in the American diet; here is where a solution becomes a problem. There are several flaws in the American diet, consequently leading to a staggering number of problematic health issues.
Americans should begin to think about their health because health issues don’t just happen in a blink of an eye. They begin early in life and continue to grow and are more noticeable throughout life. There are five reasons why one should begin to reconsider the food they eat and think about why being educated in fast food items is important. The first reason is, fast food owners promote some foods as a healthy alternative, but some of the foods contain added sugars and fats which defeat the purpose of calling them healthy alternatives. Some customers try to incorporate healthy entrees and side options into their meals as a way to provide a flexible diet which allows them to still enjoy fast food options.
“The most dangerous foods” Everyone knows that fast food is not the healthiest choice, but did you know some vegetables and foods can be harmful to you? Many Americans are actually clueless about what they put inside their body. Do you know what do you put inside your body? Every day fifty millions of people around the world eat in McDonalds, we can be the exception by changing our diet, drinking more water, and don’t eating at night? We can help our body giving him more vegetables and eating more healthy food.
Today life is on the fast track. People are always on the go and don’t have time to properly take care of themselves or their families. For most Americans, fast food and junk food are ready to grab for a snack or a quick dinner. They don’t slow down to think about how the foods they are eating effect their long term health. Fewer and fewer families take the time to prepare a nutritious meal and are passing down bad habits to their children.
McDonald’s is the largest fast food restaurant chain in the United States and represent the largest restaurant company in the world, both in terms of customer served and revenue generated. In 2014 IBISWorld market research estimated MCD held an 18.6 % of market share of the entire global fast food industry; Burger King in at just 4.6%. Under franchising visionary Ray Kroc, McDonald 's became the world 's premier food brand by selling the rights to operate a McDonald 's store. With this model, MCD keeps overhead costs down and lets local owners deal with individual units, while food costs remain low and service remains fast for a culture increasingly on the go.
Introduction The company selected for this research is McDonald’s Australia Holdings, a patented public company in Australia. The company specializes in food and beverage products such as burgers, coffee, sandwiches, McCafe beverages, and soft drinks, among others. The primary activity of the company, which generates most of its revenues from food and beverage services, entails establishing and operating a chain of family restaurants that offer quick services throughout Australia. While the company owns and runs a smaller number of the McDonald’s Australia Holdings’ restaurants, a larger number of the restaurants is owned and ran by franchisees, who shell out the company’s service fees and rent (Buchan, 2012). The 2013 annual revenue of the
“Fast food restaurants have us hooked on to their tasty food. You See a lot of people buying fast food because how good it tastes. Well let me tell you it is not good for your health. Why do fast food places lower their prices because they know people will buy it if it doesn’t cost that much and most people buy it cause that`s how much they can afford”. Fast food places is a way to not cook every week I feel bad for people when I go to McDonald’s and ask them, do you know what you’re eating in they say
