Chapter 10 Reading response Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation By Eric Schlosser

Chapter 10: Fast food industries began to expand their companies abroad after the cold war. Mcdonalds was the first major fast food corporation to succeed. Many American corporations began to bring their companies abroad and continued to succeed. Fast food took foreign countries by storm and excessively increased the obesity rate. Even though these American fast food companies were doing well in business not all foreigners were happy with the fact they were there. Even though people tried to stop and destroy these American fast food industries they still found ways to keep their business on track.

Quotes:

“Mcdonalds represents, “Americana and the promise of modernization.” (231)

“The success of Mcdonalds, Pizza Hut, and T.G.I Fridays in Germany has helped spark a franchise boom.” (231)

“No other nation in history has gotten so fat so fast.” (240)

Questions, Ideas:

I find it interesting that fast food industries always get their ways and never get into serious problems that threaten their company. This shocks me because their food sickens thousands or maybe a million people a year.

Americans are not the only one’s who are suffering from these fast food industries,so why don't both foreign and American citizens join forces to try to make these fast food industries more healthy and less deadly?