Fast Food Nation: Ch. 4 Questions

What legal issues have been involved with fast food franchises? Encroachment, inflated prices, bankruptcies and termination. In what particular legal action has the Subway fast food franchise been involved? Encroachment.

Chapter 2 Questions

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.(wasn't here this day.) Fast food restaraunts target children in many different ways. One way that McDonald's had was making a cartoon show. These cartoon characters are still seen all over McDonald's. These different techniques I do not believe are ethical.children are excited very easily and when they hear and see commercials they want to see the different things in person. And get the free toys that are offered in children meals.

Chapter 1 Questions

How is the 'American world view' embodied in the fast food industry? People think of the us as a fast paced, fat nation and fast food just shows how true that is. Chapter 1: What elements of Southern California "culture" contributed to and encouraged the development of fast food restaurants? the fast paced highway development. the new crowd of people flocking there. the young population. and the fast paced life that was going on all around the country.

Chapter 3 Questions

Why haven't fast food workers unionized and what tactics have management used to defeat union efforts? I think unions haven't organized firstly because of the opposition to it. Many thing that unions are only needed in some industries. Unions are usually also shot down by management who does not want to have tonight unions after they have formed they fight them before. Management has had many different attics in different places to fight the union origination.