Bias of Fast Food Chains “Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.” (Schlosser). Many people favors several popular Fast food restaurants in a way that impacts others’ opinions about that specific restaurant. The bias of many media outlets mainly affects people negatively since the unawareness of credible information shapes peoples’ knowledge and opinion of fast food. As they collect huge amounts of profits through the food they make for their customers, their popularity increases. In terms of money, they tend to get competitive with each other; thus, they try to upgrade their food to a more healthy direction to attract more customers, …show more content…
The author analyzes those ingredients by stating how they’re gratuitous to put in their food to make it sound that Chick Fil A lied about their motto of giving out healthy food. It was portrayed that the intended audience were the families who eat at Chick Fil when he stated,“Monosodium glutamate is an excitotoxin that affects brain function. While I’m not ready to claim that MSG and ADHD are strongly linked, I have no doubt that screwing with children’s neurotransmitters isn’t a good thing.” (Heary) The author tries to make Monosodium glutamate (MSG) look dangerous for children’s health to the parents when it is actually a food enhancer used in many foods. Although reports of reactions to food that contains MSG makes the topic controversial on whether it affects our body system or not, researchers stated that there is no clear evidence that MSG used in food is actually involved in the cause of those symptoms. Furthermore, the author’s statement about MSG affecting our brain function shows false correlation, connecting phenomena with conditions that don’t exist. Another example of their usage of false correlation was when they stated,“They believed the same about Subway until they found out they use yoga mat chemicals in their bread to make it more stretchy. Oh shit — that same chemical is in Chick-fil-A chicken …show more content…
Undoubtedly, the people who eat at fast food chains are their intended audience, as they state “Before you start, we recommend going and getting a Munchie Meal or Postmating one over.” (Newtrients) The quote proves that their intended audience are consumers since they are recommending the food to anyone. Although the article may seem informational towards this audience, the information given should not be considered credible since it is incomplete as they stated, “Take your first bite of that crunchy taco. Do you taste that crunchy lettuce? It’s filling your body with iron, calcium, and magnesium. All essential life nutrients.” (Newtrients) As established in the quote, the author is being vague about the other ingredients that a taco contains since they ignored the negative downsides of tacos. Due to the fact that the article is not credible, the article is also considered bias, as they state,“Take a bite of that Siracha Burger, as you bite into that bun, you’re nurturing your body with carbohydrates (yes, you heard that right). Your body is converting those carbohydrates into glucose to use for energy at nearly all processes of your body.” (Newtrients) Without a doubt, the author showed how people would receive energy just by
“But their health benefits were illusory. A chemical analysis of McNuggets by a researcher at Harvard Medical School found that their “fatty acid profile” more closely resembled beef than poultry. They were cooked in beef tallow, like McDonald’s fries. The chain soon switched to vegetable oil, adding “beef extract” to Nuggets during the manufacturing process in order to retain their familiar taste .Today Chicken Nuggets are wildly popular among young children — and contain twice as much fat per ounce as a hamburger.
Working at Chick-fil-a, I play the role of captain, mentor, and leader. Although I get paid to interact with guests, it is more important to care for my team. I get to work with and care for the team members every day as they are like family. The best part of working at Chick-fil-a is the interaction between team members and leaders. Many look up to me for guidance and leadership, but they are also my friends.
How Uniformity Killed The Cat (and Many Others) In Eric Schlosser’ Fast Food Nation, Schlosser reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly secrets that brought fame and fortune to many fast food companies. One distinct reason why Schlosser believes that fast food companies gained a large amount of power is because of uniformity. Many corporations and their leaders claim that “the key to a successful franchise… can be expressed in one word: ‘uniformity’. (5)”
“Fast food is popular because it’s convenient, it’s cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.” When the idea of fast food was first created, it was met with mixed reactions. White Castle and A&W--the first two fast food restaurants ever created--worked very hard to create a service that could provide meals quickly to the people around them. Customers, at first, refused to eat hamburgers because of their tarnished image influenced by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
In David Freedman’s essay How Junk food Can End Obesity, Freedman makes the claim to policy arguing that instead of demonizing processed foods, Americans should instead support the idea and production of healthier processed and junk foods. He calls on the public to recognize that while many products on the market these days are labeled as “wholesome” and “healthy”, consumers should learn to become aware of the fat and calorie content in these products because many times they have the same- if not more- fat and calorie contents as that of a typical Big Mac or Whopper. In his essay, Freedman primarily places blame on the media and the wholesome food movement for the condemnation of the fast and processed food industries saying, “An enormous amount of media space has been dedicated to promoting the notion that all processed food, and only processed food, us making us sickly and overweight” (Freedman), he further expresses that this portrayal of the
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser discusses how the American nation has been shaped and changed by fast food. The author takes something that is so American, fast food, and portrays to the reader the impact it has really had on American life and its culture. The author talks to multiple people who feel the negative impacts of the fast food industry and then goes more in depth about it. He relates life today to different time periods, such as the 1920s, great depression, and the industrial revolution. This book shows the read that in fact, history does repeat itself.
More cheaper and “efficient” products mean more money coming their way. As people are getting more greedy with their income, the people who can not afford the better choice of a healthier diet are getting unhealthy. “More sweeteners, salt, and trans fat. Cheaper meat, more animal fat”, Saletan expressed. As a server at a ramen restaurant, I fully understand how this works.
While we often kid about Chick-Fil-A and how perfect the restaurant is, it’s hard to ignore just how glorious their food can be. Chick-Fil-A is top six favorite foods in Texas according to Fox news. Their success rate is very high due to the variety of food. This restaurant specializes in delicious and affordable food for anybody. It is a great restaurant to have a delicious meal for lunch or dinner, or even both without emptying our wallets.
Just like any other organization, chick-fil-A is greatly affected by the external environment of the business. Often, the external environment is made up of all outside factors and influences that affect the way an organization conducts its daily operation. It is worth noting that an organization has no influence over its external factors and thus, it has to re-engineer and redefine its process, products and services to work under the influence of the external environment. Below are some of the external factors that affect Chick-fil-A. Consumer income Consumer income is in the wider field of economic factors that affect the sales level of the enterprise. Consumers with high income are likely to possess the power and the ability to purchase products from the company in large quantities.
That’s one argument. But where, exactly, are consumers---particularly teenagers---supposed to find alternatives?” ” (Zinczenko, 2015, p463). I believe that he try to make argument that fast food restaurant are everywhere and the alternative are limited. Once he make clear of the problem and who he believe that is the main responsible, then he presents the argument about the lack of approach that this industry has to try to provide consumers with proper information in order for then to be able to make the right choice.
In Margaret Visser’s essay, “The Rituals of Fast Food”, she explains the reason why customers enjoy going to fast food restaurants and how it adapt to customer’s needs. Some examples of the most loyal fast-food customers are people seeking convenience, travelers, and people who are drug addicts. First, most loyal customers are people seeking convenience. The reason why fast food restaurants are convenient because longer hours of being open, the prices are good , etc. As Visser said in her essay, “Convenient, innocent simplicity is what the technology, the ruthless politics, and the elaborate organization serve to the customer” (131).
The food industry is gradually changing to include innovative processes and technologies. This has made the industry very competitive, as businesses strive to acquire and maintain customers by offering them the best services and products (Garcia et al., 2014). The industry also greatly impacts other industry segments such as beverages, packaging, the farmers of fresh produce, wholesale and retail, supply chains, and the sale of food-related equipment. The industry is huge because it provides very basic needs for individuals, and these individuals are willing to purchase products that satisfy their needs. In the current age, customers want to purchase high quality products that are healthy, natural, and provide convenience.
Title: FAST FOOD POPULARITY A. Introduction: Nowadays, most people -especially kids and youngsters- prefer to eat fast food, such as McDonald, pizza, fried food, and etc. Why it has become so popular? It is tastes better than homemade food? B. General Statement: Fast food industry has grown dramatically and become so popular. According to the research, people spend more money on fast food than the education.
(Freeman, 2006). The consumption of MSG has increased globally in recent years with an estimation of the average daily intake from foods reported to be about up
According to Centres of Disease Control and Prevention more than one-third (34.9% or 76.6 million) of U.S adults are obese. In this fast moving world, may it be people from the corporate world or even students no one really have the time to wait to get their food done. So the only way is that they buy themselves fast food. However, awareness is being created these days about the effects of fast food people are also starting to blame fast food for increasing rate of obesity.