Eric Schlosser starts the first chapter by describing the early life of Carl Karcher. Originally from Ohio he moved to Southern California to work for his uncle. Schlosser then describes the area through Carl’s viewpoint of Anaheim, California. The rural land is used to farm citrus fruits and nuts. Carl later gets married and buys a hot dog stand. One of the first stepping stones in way to success. A little bit later Fast Food Nation tells us that Karcher buys another hot dog stand.
Eric Schlosser then tells us that in between 1920 and 1940 there was a large amount of urbanization in California. The Southern California area had increased by about 2 million people. Many people traveled by car and in 1940 there were more cars in the Los Angeles
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Kirby. He first opened up his drive-ins in Texas and then moved it to California. It quickly became a popular thing in California. Flashy signs seen from the road, car hops, and hangout areas were highly associated with drive-ins.
Shortly after World War 2, the book tells us that South California turned into the most important economic region in the west. L.A. will soon be the second largest manufacturing area in America. The author also updates us on Carl Karcher’s hot dog stand. His sales there had incredibly grew.
Next, Fast Food Nation talks about the lives of McDonald’s founders, Richard and Maurice Mcdonald. At first, they had a small restaurant, but later upgraded to an even bigger restaurant. In comparison to Carl Karcher restaurant, Mcdonald’s was selling their hamburgers for 20 cents less than his. This tactic helped bring in more customers. The two businessman soon had made themselves a fortune. Word quickly spread to people across the nation and others made their own fast- food companies inspired by McDonald’s. Glen Bell made Taco Bell, Keith Cramer founded Insta-Burger-King, and Carl Karcher founded Carl’s Jr’s. Restaurants such as Wendy’s, Dunkin Donuts, and KFC put their efforts in fast food and for them it worked. Many other companies tried coming into the Fast-food industry but didn’t last. I can make a connection to this in a way because I have seen some restaurants go out of