Fast Food Nation

Chapter 4 :
  1. What legal issues have been involved with fast food franchises?    It is perfectly legal under federal law for a fast food chain to take kickbacks (known as "rebates") from its suppliers, to open a new resturant next door to an existing franchisee, and to evict a franchisee without giving cause or paying any compensation.
  2.  In what particular legal action has the Subway fast food franchise been involved? (100-102)         Subway fast food franchies was involved in development agents, the worlds largest fast food chain, they also had SBA loans.                                            

Chapter 3:
Why haven't fast food workers unionized and what tactics have management used to defeat union efforts? It will take a paragraph to thoroughly answer this question. Answers should be posted on your home page.

I think that the fast food wrokers do not unionize because then the restrurant will just find new workers


Chapter 2:
Discuss the fast food industry's marketing to children and explore the ethics of targeting children, especially as they relate to advertising in schools. To thoroughly address this prompt your response will need to be at least a paragraph long.

The fast food industry is pulling childeren in because of the toys and playgrounds that they entered at there resturants. They pull the childeren into wanting to play on the playgounds or wanting the toys. The kids would through a tantrum. The perents will then become imbaressed and end up giving the kids what they want so that they will stop acting that way. Also as childeren are younger they do not like to eat, and alot of parents brive there childeren with toys or the playground so that they will eat. When the fast food busniesses are advertising at school they get the childeren to go home and tell there parnets. Some parents dont like there kids seeing about fast food places and when they advertise at school, the parents are not there and they still tell the kids.

Chapter 1:
Intro: How is the 'American world view' embodied in the fast food industry?
Our obesity rates are going to be increasing due to the fastfood resturants, and other nations will see that our rate is going up and will not want the same for there own nation.

Chapter 1: What elements of Southern California "culture" contributed to and encouraged the development of fast food restaurants?
The effect that automobiles industry would help his fastfood resturants.