Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Fast food industry

  • Fast Food Nation: by Eric Schlosser

    Most reports about the fast food industry refer to nothing more than the food. It's terrible for you. It makes people obese.

    www.teenink.com

  • Lighting, Music Can Curtail Eating, Cornell Study Finds

    "Smart restaurants and fast food companies we have contacted have said they will change some of their music to make it softer," Wansick said.

    www.cornellsun.com

  • Quick Service Restaurants Offer Fix for US Job Market

    "Even if that doesn't happen, having this background in the healthful food industry should help me along the right path instead of going from restaurant to restaurant.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Chicken is king as beef prices soar

    The fast-food industry's love affair with chicken could blossom into a long-term romance. Amid record high ground beef prices, chains led by McDonald's and Burger King are pushing chicken on consumers and considering price increases as they brace for ...

    www.ocregister.com

  • Are Fast Food Restaurants Getting Healthier?

    In 2009, three years after the ban went into effect, diners at fast food joints were eating an average of .5 grams of trans fat per meal—down from 2.4 grams of the bad-for-you fats before the ban.

    www.mensfitness.com

  • Companies With The Least Valuable Employees: 24/7 Wall St.

    Most of these companies' employees make low wages because most of the tasks they perform do not require high-level skills.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Fast food giant McDonald's menus to include calorie count (Video)

    Ring the alarm, in an action likely to rock the fast-food industry, McDonald's made an announcement Wednesday that it will post calories for all items on its menu boards and drive-thru menus in the U.S.. The move by the world's largest fast-food chain ...

    www.examiner.com

  • Food service packaging is changing the way we eat

    In an industry with few new stories left to tell, a small company named GreenDustries is making a big name by revolutionizing the foodservice packaging industry. GreenDustries is changing the way people eat fast food with its two proprietary packages ...

    www.packagingdigest.com

  • How fast-food chains use the value menu to get you to spend more

    Taco Bell, for example, is known for its affordable prices even in the fast-food industry; its "Why Pay More" menu offers 89-cent nachos and 99-cent tacos.

    chronicle.augusta.com

  • Can These Fast-Food Chains Score With Innovative Menu Items?

    As recently as a decade ago, few would have suspected the fast-food industry capable of fresh thought and innovation.

    www.dailyfinance.com

  • McDonald's Transparency Offers Financial Industry Food for Thought

    Global fast food juggernaut McDonald's will list the calorie values on its menus across the U.S. next week, giving customers the chance to evaluate their choices.

    www.forbes.com

  • A Brief History on the Midwestern Origins of Fast Food

    They say the Midwest is the country's breadbasket - but it's also the country's fast food incubator. For an area that produces such a large portion of the country's quality crops, it's also the home base of the fast food industry. It all started in the ...

    blog.zagat.com

  • McDonald's and Coca-Cola -- An Unhealthy Alliance

    The fast food industry has gotten plenty of flak for pushing a diet of cheeseburgers, French fries and other highly processed pseudo-foods, but they should also be recognized as a major purveyor of sugary beverages.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Smart Spending: The secrets of the value menu

    By CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer - Sep 13, 2012. NEW YORK (AP) - That cheeseburger on the value menu may end up costing more than you think.

    www.google.com

  • Is the UAE a Fast Food Nation on steroids?

    From the Triple-By-Pass Burger to a deep fried stick of butter, I have long since observed the disastrous diabetes-inducing industry from an alarmed and guarded distance. Of recent, I have noticed a rather unusual trend: fast food joints from the ...

    www.kippreport.com

  • Leadership is a steering that keeps companies going in right direction'

    What is the role of a leader in a sector like fast food chain services? The fast food services industry is highly innovative; it is a taste-driven sector.

    www.hindustantimes.com

  • Food chain Arby's apologizes for ad referencing West Liberty Foods plant

    A television ad for Arby's, a popular fast-food chain, took aim at Subway for buying presliced meat produced from a West Liberty Foods plant in Mount Pleasant.

    thegazette.com

  • Five Guys Beats McDonald's, Burger Pollution in California, Fast Food Brain ...

    One other quick serve study (because you can never study the fast food industry too much) may have an influence on all retail restaurants, whether they are in the quick serve category or not.

    retailindustry.about.com

  • Why Soda Ban Will Work In Fight Against Obesity; Food Regulations Have ...

    Following a harrying battle against the beverage industry, fast food giants and New York residents determined to drink themselves into a saccharine oblivion, Mayor Bloomberg, has emerged victorious.

    www.forbes.com

  • Fast-food logos are 'branded' on young brains: study

    Scientists have discovered that kids love so much of junk food because the logos of fast-food companies have been "branded" on their young brains.

    www.business-standard.com

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