binge for fast food. These three artists take different approaches in informing us the cause and effects of the fast food industry. Spurlock perfectly illustrates the negative effects fast food has on the body by conducting an experiment with the McDonald’s menu for thirty days straight in his comical documentary film, Supersize Me. In both The World is Fat and “Fast Food Nation”, Popkin and Schlosser talk about how fast food has quickly evolved during the years and how fast food has implemented itself
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Introduction/Background Over the past several years adults have become more adapt to a healthy and fit lifestyle. Society has become more demanding of nutritional facts and has forced fast food restaurants to be accountable for the food the food that they are offering the public. The interest from the public has become so wide spread that it has sparked the interest of film makers and has lead to two very popular documentaries: Food Inc and Supersize me. With all of the news stories and articles
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found in the Midwest, though the company also has outposts in Texas and Kentucky. Culver's restaurants occupy a middle ground between fast food and family dining. The average restaurant seats 120 patrons, and the average check is $7, $2 higher than McDonald's. The principal menu items are a butter-basted hamburger called the Butter Burger, and a high-fat ice cream known as frozen custard. The chain began expanding rapidly in the mid-1990s, and its sales have grown at a rate far outpacing the industry
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McDonald's Faces 'Millennial' Challenge by: Julie Jargon Aug 25, 2014 TOPICS: Change; Competitive Positioning SUMMARY: McDonald's is losing its luster with younger consumers. Customers in their 20s and 30s are defecting to competitors, in particular so-called fast-casual restaurants like Chipotle Mexican Grill and gourmet-burger chain Five Guys. Younger diners are seeking out fresher, healthier food and chains that offer customizable menu options for little more than the price of a combo meal
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In the article “Born in the USA, Made in France: How McDonald’s Succeeds in the Land of Michelin Stars,” Lucy Fancourt (2013) describes how McDonald’s succeeded in France and how McDonald’s survived protest from French activist Jose Bove who stated that McDonald’s was taking away from the farms and producing restaurants with junk food. However, the French felt that McDonald’s along with other fast food restaurants would offer more jobs for the people. In a land where fine dinners are on every corner
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From September 16th to 29th, McDonald’s restaurants around the country gave out absolutely free small coffees to their customers during breakfast hours. The first free coffee giveaway took place around six months ago, and this past one was more or less a repetition of the first. McDonald’s released a statement that explained the reasoning behind the giveaway, which stated, “This event builds on McDonald’s first-ever Free Coffee Event launched in March, when the company gave away millions of cups
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The threat of substitute products A substitute product is one that can be used as an alternative to a company’s own. It could be argued that the threat of substitute to McDonald’s comes from pizzas and other domestic kebab and fast food houses. However, most of the above do not have the same level of convenience that McDonald’s offers, in having a number of outlets in big cities and also through the use of multiple drive-through outlets. The threat of new competitors The easier it is for new companies
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is to increase growth not by increasing US locations but offering different items then what they currently stock. 2. What advantages does McDonald’s have in competing with Starbucks for coffee sales? McDonald’s has been somewhat successful with the offering new coffee products when it launched the McCafe line in 2008, a more upscale version of McDonald’s plain cup of coffee. These products are a more reasonably priced version of a gourmet coffee drink and are available with the convenience
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McDonald’s was bullied by burgeoning environmental groups (who were concerned about “how many trees it takes to make paper” ) into switching from paper packaging to Styrofoam containers. These containers are what McDonald’s soon came to call (apparently without irony) “clam shells.” Clam shells were not McDonald’s first choice. But Styrofoam is an exceptionally good insulator and so McDonald’s acquiesced to this environmental strong-arming. Shortly thereafter, near the end of the 1980′s, environmentalists
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Caso Mc Donald’s en la India Cuando la cadena de restaurantes de comida rápida Mc Donald’s decidió conquistar el mercado de la India se encontró con un gran obstáculo, por creencias religiosas los hindúes no comen carne de vaca ya que para estos son sagradas. El atractivo mayor para los clientes de Mc Donald’s son sus ricas hamburguesas de carne, sus papas fritas y para los niños la famosa Cajita Feliz. Este obstáculo más que eso fue un reto para la compañía ya que esta decidió adaptar su
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