Introduction

I was surprised on how much Americans spend on fast food. I maybe eat fast food once a week. What I count as fast food would be ordering a pizza or picking up dinner from Chick-Fil-A. The author states that we spend more on fast food than we do cars, personal computers, higher education, etc. But I would say that over all of that you've got to eat, and if that's what you do with your money, go ahead. I was also surprised that McDonald's had a clothing line, something I had never heard of. But I can assure you that I would never buy clothes from the same company that sells a 530 calorie burger (the Big Mac). Eric said that about 1 in 8 people have worked for McDonald's sometime in their life. I can actually believe this statistic; my Dad worked at McDonald's for a day, but then later quit. Eric says he wrote this book because he wanted people to know what really goes into making all those burgers, fries, etc. But I think a lot of our population wouldn't want to know. I really wouldn't care if I knew. It's not going to stop me from eating it. Why would I think most Americans wouldn't want to know? Well if you're squeamish around germs, slaughtering of animals, etc, you probably don't want to know what your food goes through before it's given to you on a tray.