Tyarra L. Lundy
Professor Smith
English 101
March 24, 2014
Fast food industries and
big companies target mainly children and teenagers. The profit to these
companies increases rapidly because of the kids and teenagers. Companies such
as Disney and McDonalds studies children in which they know the love
relationship the kids have with toys and playgrounds. In the book Fast Food
Nation, Eric Schlosser states “Young children often could not tell the
difference between television programming and television advertising. They also
could not comprehend the real purpose of commercials and trusted that
advertising claims were true.” (46). When children see interesting commercials
while watching cartoon, they are bound to beg their parents for whatever it is,
some parents may refuse at first but after many attempts from the child, the
parents will finally give in to their child’s needs.
The fast food industry
started in the 1950s in California. The largest populations of consumers were
teenagers when fast food first opened, because they were able to drive in at
the restaurants instead of getting out of their vehicles for food. At first
they tried to make their business have a family like atmosphere, but now they
market directly towards children. Teenagers are a huge contribution to fast
food industries’ success. Teenagers are looking for jobs, and they know that
fast food industries hire 16 and up. Hardly any training is needed to operate
the machines for the food, so fast food industries hire mainly teenagers as
well for the less pay.
Is the meat we eat safe
for us and our children? "Pink slime" is the common name for a
controversial beef product. The recovered meat material is processed, heated,
and treated with ammonia or citric acid to kill diseases such as E. coli,
salmonella, and other bacteria. The Food and Drug Administration are
responsible for approving the product and Beef Products, Inc. McDonald’s and
other fast food places have discontinued the use of the controversial meat
product known as boneless lean beef trimmings in its burgers. It is good that McDonalds and other fast food
companies have stopped using “Pink slime” because our food should be safe for
us to eat and not washed by so many chemicals. The pink slime may not be sold
in fast food places, but it is being given out as school lunch.
In the book “Fast Food
Nation” by Eric Schlosser Ray Kroc and Walt Disney both became good examples,
of how to make a great profit off of young minds. McDonalds may be bad for you
but it is also delicious which keeps the customers coming back. It is easy to
find Fast Food Companies because they are located all throughout the world. With
so many fast food industries, our food should be safer for us to eat with fewer
chemicals. It is our responsibility as adults to create awareness to our
children to eat healthy when it comes to our bodies and environment, because
these companies make use of everyone they can think of to save and earn a
profit from.
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