German journalist Eric Schlosser has studied for a long time how things are with the fast food system in America. His book "Fast Food Nation" made a splash.
We have compiled a memo based on his work, which will tell you why McDonald's is so popular around the world.
Key facts:
- On average, an American eats 3 servings of french fries and hamburgers a week.
- The turnover in the American fast food chain is more than 350% - on average, workers leave 3-4 months after work. Mostly young people from disadvantaged families work there, especially children of migrants, who themselves know English only at the level of dishes on the menu.
- Young restaurant workers are very fond of jokes. So, on the Internet, you can find many videos showing how they sneeze into dishes, lick their fingers before serving, and drop the food on the floor. For example, in 2000, three teenagers were severely fined for urinating in dishes before serving them. In addition, many videos show cockroaches and mice running around the kitchen.
- Everyone likes the taste of McDonald's potatoes. And if earlier potatoes were fried on the basis of cottonseed oil and beef fat, then in the future, in order to save money, they began to use vegetable oil that had no taste. To solve this problem, many different flavorings are added, which is what makes potatoes so popular.
- Americans spent $ 6 billion on food in 1970. Today this amount is over $ 100 billion. These are expenses that exceed spending on education, books, computers.
- For McDonald's, a special breed of chicken was bred, the main feature of which is large breasts.
- "Recipes" for cooking cannot be found in specially designed books - only in such works as "Food Engineering". This is because the tastes and smells of McDonald's food are made in chemical plants, not kitchens.
- The cows raised by farmers are grass-fed. But those animals that are used for the further preparation of hamburgers are fed with anabolic steroids. This makes the meat very fatty and juicy.
- Obesity is a very dangerous problem not only for Americans, but also for residents of other countries where fast food restaurants are popular. According to the latest data, about 30 thousand people die every year from being overweight. For example, before McDonald's came to Japan, the people who lived there were not obese.
But, of course, Schlosser was called a fool and an ignoramus for the published book. According to the leaders of the network, everything that is written in the book has nothing to do with McDonald's.
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