Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Overview of FFN

This book was not what I thought it was going to be about. I was thinking it was going to be more like the movie Super-Size Me. I’m glad it wasn’t, not because that wasn’t a good movie but reading a whole book about how bad McDonalds is didn’t sound like good reading. But this book was about all aspects of the fast food industry. From the start of a few fast food chains; to where fast food chains get their potatoes and meat. The whole book was interesting to me. I enjoyed the parts where the author drove around and got the information from the workers, farmers, and civilians first hand. He did a great job in explain how the environments were when he was there. It really hasn’t affected me personally too much. I don’t believe I am going to stop eating fast food but it is not like I eat it a lot anyways. Some of the information surprised me like the guy that fell into the tub of lard and the company never shut off the machine. The just continued and sold the stuff with the guy in it. The issues it made me think of is just how much the fast food industries especially McDonalds doesn’t care how unhealthy their food is. But it is their food and nobody is forcing anybody to eat it.

3 comments:

  1. I also thought it was going to be like Super-Size Me but it was much more informative.

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  2. I agree the author did such a good job at painting a vivid picture of the places he was describing.

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  3. It all comes down to personal responsibility, I suppose, but I feel sorry for the parents of young kids who are fighting to get their kids to eat right. The marketing of fast food is relentless!

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