HW# 3

In our society food is a huge source of commerce and continues to increase. Even though Fast Food is very popular in our country it does not mean that is the most healthy source of food. So why do people eat fast food? I asked the customer. He said, “Its cheap and its good.” This is one of the typical answers one will most likely get if you ask a customer at McDonalds why does he/she eat here. While in McDonalds i was able to notice the easy access and quick serve time for your food. The quick serve time and easy access is very convenient to a costumer. When i wondered why it was so important that Mcdonalds had easy access and quick serve time i thought about one thing ; money. I thought about money because food is a business and is a very good one. If food is cheap and taste well people will keep coming back for more and thats what Mcdonalds does, they remind you of it every time you see the sign “over a billion costumers served”

Do you ever wonder why healthy food doesn't get the exposure that Fast food does? I use to wonder that every day until i began to analyze how fast food restaurants like Mcdonalds run there business. One of their biggest sources of income are children. They attract children in with things such as “Happy meals” which includes a toy, most of the time the children just ask their parents for the meal for the toy. This isn't fair to the market because there not trying to sell toys but trying to sell the healthy food the produce. The healthy food at the food market does not attract children because children most of the time are not attracted to vegetables and healthy food, they will prefer candy and sweets, something they can get at Mcdonalds. While observing the market today i noticed that the food had a higher price even though it had a better quality. One probably wonders why healthy food doesn't sell as much as fast food does? That is when convenience comes in the picture again. Not a great amount of people want to pay more and take more time to prepare food when they can pay less and get there food in the matter of minutes at Mcdonalds.