The Fast Food Industry

The Fast Food Industry

There are many arguments whether we are better off living with or

without the existence of fast food. It is true that there are many

reasons why it is good having fast food chains around us, but at the

same time, it isn’t that good either. In this article, I will talk you

through whether society is better or worse off with the existence of

fast food. The example of fast food chain I would be using for this

article will be McDonalds.

McDonalds is an example of globalization. They have stores everywhere

around the world. They’re not far from having one at the corner of

each block. But how are they able to open as many stores as this? The

reason is because with each store, they earn a large sum of profit,

from having many people visit their stores. The more people that visit

their stores, the more they are able to sell, which leads to an

increase in profits and their share values also go up at the same

time. With all their profits, they are able to expand their business

and open more stores in more countries worldwide, hence the term

globalization.

But how do McDonalds actually get so many customers? They rely a lot

on advertisement. Advertisement brings in customers, but it is not the

pure reason. Customers are captivated to many things that McDonalds

endeavour them. Some of these include having an open air play area for

children so that they can play while having their meals. With a play

area, parents need not worry that their children will be complaining

and fussy from boredom after a meal.

Is having a play area just a pretext for McDonalds despite the fact

that health pro...

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...hut down from the lack of clientele. Other impacts

include environmental and cultural impacts. With every serving of

McDonalds comes litter, especially cartons, paper and cows. If you are

wondering why I put cows down, well that is because you need a lot of

cows to produce burgers, and believe it or not, but it actually

destroys the environment. Cultural impacts are from globalisation

which damages local and national cultures.

To end up this analysis, I would have to say that the fast food

culture is worse off for our society, as it doesn’t really do us any

good, especially for our health, because the more McDonalds we eat,

the higher the mortality and diseases rate, but also a major increase

in an obese population. Not only does McDonalds harm our health, it

also wastes our money from the food and also health bills!