Mcjobs Analysis

What industry causes conversation all over the world? The fast food industry. In the non fiction text, “McJobs”, by Eric Schlosser, he explains how the fast food industry has helped grow the economy is his home town. What people think of the fast food industry is a matter of what they believe. My claim is that fast food affects society in a positive way because the industry provides jobs for uneducated people and provides cheap, consistent, and easy to access food for people. Some people might argue that the fast food itself is unhealthy and it is a leading cause of obesity in the USA. According to a wikipedia study about the rate of fast food restaurants to the percent of obese adults in each state California has more than 10,000 fast food

First, the following quote shows how fast food is becoming more accessible to people. “ In 1970, Martinsburg had six fast-food restaurants; today it has more than forty.” (McJobs by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson) This supports my claim because it shows how fast food has become more accessible to all people and this is good because fast food is a valuable source of food for some people. The fact that more than a third of american kids eat fast food every day proves that. (newsweek) Second, the following quote shows that fast food companies produce consistent and inexpensive food for people. “The strict rules at fast-food restaurants help to create food that always tastes the same. They help workers fill orders quickly.” (McJobs by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson) This supports my claim because it shows how fast food is inexpensive and consistent. This means that people that don’t have the money to go to the grocery store every week can put food on the table for their families that always tastes the same. Finally, the following quote shows that the fast food industry provides jobs for uneducated people. “When all the knowledge is built into the operating system and the machines in the kitchen, a restaurant no longer needs skilled workers.” (McJobs by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson) This supports my claim because it shows how the fast food industry provides jobs for uneducated people. To wrap things up, fast food is an industry provides jobs for uneducated people and provides cheap, consistent, and easy to access food for