Just by looking at the French fries provided for America’s fast food chains, the reader of Fast Food Nation can see the impact that the industry has on Americans. The typical American will eat around forty – nine pounds of fresh potatoes a year and more than thirty pounds of frozen French fries, which they mainly purchase at fast food restaurants. The French fries at most fast food chains are frozen fries that they heat up in oil before serving them to the customer (very unhealthy). McDonald’s purchases all their fries from J.R. Simplot who has a privately owned company. He was an eighth grade drop out and is now one of the richest men in the United States, which proves how successful a man can become simply through the fast food industry.
Again, fast food industries receive a large profit off of their French fries. Fast food chains buy French fries for 30 cents a pound from their providers and then sell them for six dollars a pound. In business views, this makes sense because it makes the larger profit However, in the view of a customer; it seems like a bit of a rip off. There needs to be a common meeting place in between that is fair for both the customer and the restaurant.
Rightly said back in 2010. People should realize they're being farmed and slaughtered just like the cattle you mentioned in a previous blog. Personally, I haven't eaten a single french fry since 2003 - because of the toxic oil content. Sure, they taste good, if your conditioned to them. Reminds me of the Somali immigrant boy who was given these 'American" foods as a gesture of welcome, fries, pizza, etc. When he tasted these, he could not even swallow them in orderto be polite, such is the state of all things American these days, just toxic.
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