Article: Research International USA Announces Findings From First of Its Kind 'Fast Food Nation 2008' Report.

Article: Fast Food Nation.
Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  February 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ...There's no denying that fast food has changed the way people live and eat. Not...other commodities,'' writes Eric Schlosser in Fast Food Nation, The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, ``fast food isn't viewed, read, played or worn. It enters...

Article: Fast food leads in consumption, fast-casual leads in industry.
The Food Institute Report;  July 7, 2008 ;     443 words ...In Research International USA's study Fast Food Nation 2008: A Consumer Perspective of the Fast Food Industry, it is stated that the fast food industry appears to be one of the few food sectors that will remain profitable, even during the current...

Article: COLUMN: Fast food consumption hurts poor
University Wire;  March 3, 2003 ;     578 words ......Forty-Niner) (U-WIRE) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Fast food is such a common feature in our lives that...visit our country he would think that without fast food we would die, since there are fast food restaurants virtually on every street corner...

Article: Causes and consequences of fast food sales growth.(Statistical Data Included)
Food Review;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Perhaps one of the most obvious examples is fast food. The rate of growth in consumer expenditures on fast food has led most other segments of the food-away-fro...Since 1982, the amount consumers spent at fast food outlets grew at an annual rate of 6.8...

Article: Fast Food's Foe; Why the Author of 'Fast Food Nation' Won't Be Having Hamburger for Lunch
The Washington Post;  February 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ...You unwrap your fast food burger, pick it up and, just as you...you anyway. His best-selling book, "Fast Food Nation," flips off the bun, scrapes...years meticulously researching the fast food industry, from the slaughterhouses...

Article: Why Fast Food?; Poll Shows Convenience Is What Counts
The Washington Post;  June 27, 1990 ;     700+ words ......the biggest reason Americans eat at fast-food restaurants? It's fast, said 44 percent...A majority (54 percent) said that fast food isn't particularly healthful. Even half of those who said they eat fast food at least once a day said fast food...

Article: FEATURE: Western Fast Food Influence Lifestyle in Bangladesh
Xinhua News Agency;  May 11, 2002 ;     506 words ......For many Dhaka citizens, visiting a fast food shop is just another usual activity of...traditional meal has been replaced by fast food, a much quicker option. Thus the new...mushrooming all over the cities. Pick any fast food joint in posh Gulshan, Banani, Motijheel...

Article: FAST FOOD MOVES BEYOND THE BURGER CHAINS LOOK TOWARD HEALTH WITH NEW ITEMS @TXT
The Boston Globe;  January 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Fast food chains across the country are attempting...ingredient information. For the most part, fast food establishments are trying to overhaul...seems to be working. Over the past year, fast food companies reported a 16 percent growth...

Article: Food Matters: Hidden costs of fast food
Michigan Citizen;  October 12, 2002 ;     595 words ......Citizen 10-12-2002 Most of us know about the dangers of fast food. Fast food contributes to the obesity epidemic. Nearly 60 percent...Those costs take the form of a proliferation of fast food restaurants everywhere, and in low income, working...

Article: Fast food nation
St. Joseph News-Press;  November 14, 2006 ;     591 words ...Hollywood is taking on the fast food industry. And it isn't pretty. Feature-leng...Super Size Me" and the upcoming release "Fast Food Nation," attempt to relate, in graphic...immigration and overall cultural problems. "Fast Food Nation" focuses on all aspects of the...

Article: Fast food can make fast bucks or cause rapid disintegration. (food service operations in gas stations)
National Petroleum News;  August 1, 1984 ;     700+ words ......to sink their teeth into a new trade--fast food service. At projected gross margins of...inventory control problems. Even successful fast food/gasoline marketers say this business...Industry report says per-store investment in fast food equipment alone in 1983 averaged $14...

Article: Fast food isn't why we're fat, study says
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 26, 1997 ;     355 words ......the fattest states in the nation, but fast food isn't the reason, according to a new...American obesity with the growth of the fast food industry. In several past studies, Wisconsin...obese, compared with 27% nationally. Fast food long has been fingered as a key suspect...

Article: Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want To Know About Fast Food.(Book review)
Childhood Education;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Everything You Don't Want To Know About Fast Food. Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson. New...Mifflin, 2007. 320 pp. Paperback, $8.95. Fast food seems to be the topic du jour, as evident...film Super Size Me, the publication of Fast Food Nation, and now, a version adapted for...

Article: Finer than fast food A quick meal doesn't mean the same old . . .
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Whoever came up with the words "fast food" didn't do any favors for the business of...to beat off an alligator with your spoon? Fast food is not my cup of tea. I am, however, a fan of fast food that is slower. I call it Slow Fast Food...