Supersize Me: The Rhetoric of French Fries The United States of America has long been considered a “big nation”, whether is has the biggest cities, houses, and on a negative note, biggest people. In 2003, Morgan Spurlock, a healthy-bodied film director, set on a quest to show America the detrimental effects of the fast food industry and raise awareness on the controversial issue. He produced the documentary “Supersize Me”, where McDonald’s meals were consumed for every meal of the day for thirty
Baked Potatoes or French Fries Is it ever a wonder that kids get away with eating the darndest things. They gobble candy ice pops, french fries and for the most part remain amazingly thin and fit. However, adults with the same type of diet are high-cholesterol dynamites just waiting for an explosion into triple-bypass heaven. Why do the little brats get to eat what ever they so desire without worry, while adults have to monitor every gram of anything that even considers passing through their lips
Although, French Fries contain a little amount of potato, in America French Fries are still considered as a vegetable. According to a website, ‘Brandon[Gaille]’ McDonalds French Fries are the most eaten vegetable in North America. The average American eats 13.8 kilograms of French Fries and, usually, the French Fries are just a side. Medium sized French fries contain approximately 43 percent fat and 52 percent carbohydrates, which would
extremely obese (The State of Obesity). These seem to be some pretty high numbers, and in many peoples lives the label of “overweight” or “obese” can cause many other issues throughout their life. Just as Anna Mae is addicted to McDonalds in the play “French Fries”, many Americans have addictions to things such as fast food chains. Are restaurants, such as McDonalds to blame for issues such as obesity in Americans? Many would argue yes. I mentioned the amount of Americans that are considered to be obese
are the fourth largest crop in the world behind rice, wheat, and corn, they comprise nearly three percent of all calories consumed by U.S. adults (National Potato Council 2012), and one third of them are used to produce just one product: frozen french fries. There are three sides to this staple food that now so pervades our fast food restaurants: the market, utilization, and regulation. First, the market. In any market there are four possible models to follow: perfect competition, monopolistic competition
“Out of every $1.50 spent on a large order of fries at fast food restaurant, perhaps 2 cents goes to the farmer that grew the potatoes,” (Schlosser 117). Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser brings to light these realities in his bestselling book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Schlosser, a Princeton and Oxford graduate, is known for his inspective pieces for Atlantic Monthly. While working on article, for Rolling Stone Magazine, about immigrant workers in a strawberry
chicken fries commercial. The commercial uses talking chickens as the main persuasive element. The commercial starts by showing two chickens approaching another chicken that is hanging around a group of french fries on a stair case. The two chickens taunt the chicken for hanging out with the packages of french fries. They state that he might want to be a french fry, and the chicken replies with “Maybe I do want to be a french fry.” The two chickens mock for saying that he wants to be a french fry, but
Argument Analysis: Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good “Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good” is a detailed, highly informative and investigative article about the secrets of flavorings and aromas, which influence the fast food and processed food business in the United States of America. It is composed by a well-known investigative journalist and an author of multiple books, Eric Schlosser. The purpose of this essay is to unfold the mysteries that revolve around these flavors and how there is a separate
the New York Times bestsellers list for nearly two years. Schlosser has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, FOX News, and many others. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone and The New Yorker (Drury University). In Schlosser’s book, Chapter 5: “Why the Fries Taste Good” helps to explain what we are actually eating when it comes to America’s fast food industry. The beginning of this chapter focuses on the J.R. Simplot Plant which is located in Arberdeen, Idaho and processes around a million pounds of potatoes
Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good (Page 111-132) John Richard Simplot is the owner and founder of the J.R. Simplot plant. This plant is in Aberdeen, Idaho and process potatoes into french-fries. J.R Simplot was born on 1909 in Dubuque, Iowa and eventually moved to Idaho. When he turned fifteen, worked at a potato warehouse in Idaho, and when he turned sixteen, he became a potato farmer. In the 1920s Simplot and his partner Lindsay Margaret bought an electric potato sorter. Simplot wanted to expose
Table 2.0 MARKETING STRATEGIES QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL Tarpaulin (3ft x 5ft) 2 250.00 500.00 Leaflets 100 2.00 200.00 TOTAL 700.00 Expenses for Marketing Strategies TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION A burger also called hamburger is a sandwich consist of cooked patties of ground beef placed inside a sliced bun. Traditionally, the slice of cheese is placed on top of the meat patty, but the burger
giant had a more specific mission/philosophy to fulfill and had developed a special menu for these Indian customers to take into account their culture and religion. When it was realized that beef extracts were found being used in producing McDonald?s fries, outraged vegetarians and Hindus across the United States and Canda filed a class action lawsuit. Along with this, riots and demonstrations at restaurants in India took place, with mobs calling for the closure of all McDonald?s in India. II. Customer
specifically, major competitors like McDonald’s and Wendy’s. These efforts support the company’s long term goal of achieving the top position in the fast food restaurant industry. a) Product Figure A. Which Fast Food Chain Has the Best Burger & Fries? Burger King, as a quick service restaurant, it is classified as offering food, a non-durable good. Since its beginnings, and as its name says, Burger King’s main product has always been the hamburger, with which has stand out over its main competitors
the professional issues regarding this case mainly deals with food quality issues. These range from the technology in processing the food to store sanitary policies. First, take the production of the famous McDonald's French fry. During the chain's early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were peeled, cut into shoestrings, and fried in McDonald's kitchens. As the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut labor costs, reduce the numb
foods - World Famous French Fries, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, Chicken McNuggets and Egg McMuffin. As a result of many changes in the habits of Americans, competition and other factors such as the economy and profit loss, McDonalds attempts to continue new innovations and services. These attempts are in hope of maintaining old customers, attracting new customers and ultimately increasing revenue and profit. Obviously, McDonalds is the leading producer of hamburgers and French fries. Also, there is no
The middle Class The middle class occupies a position between the upper class and lower class; especially: the socio-economic group, composed mainly of business and professionals, bureaucrats and some skilled workers who share the same social interests and values. It is composed of people who have similar incomes, education and similar tastes. The middle class is currently constituted by professionals who have achieved more than a high School diploma or a technician. Since today there is a greater
milkshakes. That’s enough of a reason for me to start salivating over the smell of freshly cooked French fries filling the air.
is the specter of obesity and diseases related to obesity. A few years back, a man sued McDonald’s for making him fat. Though the case was dismissed, it did show where the tide was turning – namely that Quarter Pounders with Cheese, Big Macs and French fries could no longer be considered the typical all-American meal. The McDonald's cause was not helped when, Morgan Spurlock released the film Super Size Me in 2004. In that documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s for a month, morning
One of the worst restaurants you can possibly eat at is McDonald’s. McDonald’s is one of the most popular fast food restaurant throughout the country. It is very popular in America but, since it is spreading out, Europe is becoming very familiar to this fast food chained restaurant. I have to say, one of the worst things about McDonald’s is when they forget or mess up on your order. (They Always Get Your Order Wrong.” They Always Get Your Order Wrong: Worst Things About McDonald's | TheTopTens®,
say that the folks in the food industry want us to be fat. But make no mistake: When they do well economically, we gain weight. It wasn't always thus. There was a time when a trip to McDonald's seemed like a treat and when a small bag of French fries, a plain burger and a 12-ounce Coke seemed like a full meal. Fast food wasn't any healthier back then; we simply ate a lot less of it. How did today's oversized appetites become the norm? It didn't happen by accident or some inevitable evolutionary