Analysis+and+Prediction


 * __Introduction: __** I can’t believe the amount of money in America spent on fast food went up from six billion dollars in 1970 to one hundred and ten dollars billion dollars in 2001. Also it’s interesting that on any given day one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant. It’s sad that most children can recognize Ronald McDonald faster than famous presidents. Lastly it’s sad that Golden Arches are more widely recognized than the Christian cross.  I predict that the book is going to talk about why we eat fast food even though we no it’s bad for us to eat.
 * __Chapter 1: __**I can’t believe that back in the 1939 people who worked at a bakery made just $24 dollars per week. Also it’s interesting that in the 1950’s fast food hamburgers cost 15 cents each. I was surprised to hear that in the early 1960’s Kentucky Fried Chicken was the largest restaurant chain in the United States. I thought that it would be McDonalds’. Next it was interesting to learn that McDonalds’ and Taco Bell both came from the same place, southern California. I was shocked to that hear that the number of McDonalds’ went up from roughly 250 to 3,000 between 1960 and 1973. I predict that the next part of the book is going to talk about the mascot of the fast food restaurants and their impact on bringing people to the restaurants.

**__Chapter 2: __**I was surprised to hear that you can buy an American flag with the fifty stars replaced with a pair of golden arches. It was also interesting to learn that the founder of McDonalds’ and Disney are both from Illinois, born 1 year apart. Also they both knew one other as young men and served together in the same War World 1 ambulance group. After the war they both settled in southern California. Also I thought McDonalds’ first mascot was Ronald McDonald but it was Speedee a winking little chef with a hamburger for a head. Next it was interesting to learn that the typical American child spends about half a mouth a year watching TV. Lastly I was surprised to learn that McDonalds’ sells more Coca-Cola than any-one else in the world. I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about what goes on behind the counters of fast food restaurants. 
 * __Chapter 3: __**It was interesting to hear that the number of army and air force personnel stationed in Colorado Springs subsequently grew to be larger than the entire population before World War 2. I was surprised to hear that in 1967, Colorado Springs had a total of twenty chain restaurant and now it has twenty-one McDonalds. I thought that it was interesting that around two-thirds of the nation’s fast food workers are under the age of twenty. Next it was interesting to hear that equipment in fast food restaurants are written at a fifth-grade level. It was sad to hear that in Colorado, kids can drop out of school at the age of sixteen. Also it’s sad that the injury rate of teenage workers in the United States is about twice as high as that of adult workers. Also it was interesting to hear that every year about 200,000 teenage workers are injured. Next I was surprised to hear that America’s fast food restaurants are more attractive to arm robbery than convenience stores, gas stations, or banks. Lastly it was interesting that two-thirds of the robberies at fast food restaurants involve current or former  employees. I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about why fast food restaurants have a lot of success.
 * __Chapter 4: __**It was interesting that Ronald McDonald, the Big Mac, and the Egg McMuffin were not founded by the founders of the company but franchisees. I was surprised to hear that Subway was involved in more legal disputes with franchisees than any other chain, more than Burger King, KFC, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s combined. Next it was interesting to hear that around 30 to 50 present of Subway’s new franchisees are immigrants and many of them are not fluent in English. Also it was interesting to learn that Papa John’s is the fastest growing pizza chain in the United States, adding about thirty new restaurants each month. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about what the fast food restaurants do to make their food taste so good.

<span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> **__<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 5: __** <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It was interesting to hear that the sales of refrigerators, freezers, and other kitchen appliances soared after World War 2 because I thought that, that would happen in the modern era. I was surprised to find out that a decade after 1966 the number of McDonald’s in the United States went from 725 to 3000. Next it was interesting to hear that the typical American eats around forty-nine pounds of fresh potatoes every year, when more than thirty pounds are frozen fries and ninety percent of those fries come from fast food restaurants. It’s sad that out of every $1.50 spent on a large order of fries sold at a fast food restaurant only 2 cents go to the farmer who grew the potatoes. Also I was surprised to learn that about 90 percent of the money that Americans spend on food is used to buy processed food. This makes sense but was still interesting to hear that studies have found that the color of a food can greatly affect how it tastes and is perceived. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about the beef that comes to fast food restaurants. __**<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 6: **__<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I feel bad that a rancher can lose ten acres of land in a single day from fierce storms in Colorado Springs. I don’t understand why because most ranchers have wanted to be one from a young age that over the last twenty years, about half a million ranchers have sold off their cattle and quit the business. I was surprised to hear that McDonald’s is the nation’s largest purchaser of beef. Next it was interesting to learn that the typical American eats about sixty-eight pounds of beef every year. Lastly it was sad to hear that the suicide rate among ranchers and farmers in the United States is now three times higher than the national average. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about the machines fast food restaurants use.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 7: __** <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I thought that it was interesting that a meatpacking industry lost 95% of its workers. Also I was surprised to hear that the average worker in the meatpacking industry quit or was fired every three months. Next it was interesting to find out that roughly two-thirds of the workers at a beef plant in Greely, Colorado can’t speak English. I think that it’s sad that one-quarter of all meatpacking workers in Iowa and Nebraska are illegal immigrants. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about the most dangerous jobs in the fast food industry.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 8: __** <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I would never want to work at a slaughterhouse because the injury rate is about three times higher than the rate in a typical American factory. Also I wouldn’t want to because one-quarter of the meatpacking workers in this county suffer an injury or a work related illness that requires medical attention beyond first aid. I feel bad for slaughterhouse workers because they get a knife cut every two to three seconds, which adds up to be about 10,000 cuts during a eight hour shift. Also it’s sad that they make workers go back to work after getting stitches and strong prescription painkiller for a deep gash in the shoulder. I don’t get why a worker had to spend $2,000 on a leg brace because he was hurt at work and the company didn’t pay for it. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about what’s in the meet at fast food restaurants.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 9: **__<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It surprised me that in 1997 35 million pounds of ground beef produced at the Columbus, Nebraska plant was voluntary recalled but by the time it was announced about 25 million pounds of the ground beef had already been eaten. I think that we need to change the fact that every day in the U.S 200,000 people are sickened by a food born disease, 900 are hospitalized and fourteen die. I think that it’s gross that the average American eats three hamburgers a week with two-thirds of them coming from fast food restaurants and children between the ages of seven and six eat more than anyone else. Also it’s gross that a single fast food hamburger contains meat from dozens or even hundreds of different cattle. I found it interesting that many fast food restaurant workers will not eat anything at their restaurants unless the make it themselves. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I predict that that the next part on the book is going to talk about what the world really needs to know about the fast food industry.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 10: __** <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It was interesting to hear that a decade ago, McDonalds had about three thousand restaurants outside of the U.S. and now it has about seventeen thousand restaurants in more than 120 foreign countries. I was surprised to hear that McDonalds opens about five restaurants every day and at least four of them are overseas. One thing that was interesting to me was that the main dish at McDonald’s the hamburger was named after the German City, Hamburg, where ground-beef steaks were popular in the nineteenth century and the hamburger was born when Americans added the bun. It’s sad that the U.S. has the highest obesity rate of any industrialized nation in the world and more than half of all American adults and about one-quarter of all American children are now obese or overweight. Also it was sad that in 1991, only four states had obesity rates of 15 percent or higher; today at least thirty-seven states do. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I predict that the next part of the book is going to be about what to do to stop the fast food restaurants harm to people.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Epilogue: __** <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t believe that at one restaurant they peel two hundred pounds of potatoes every morning in the kitchen. It didn’t surprise me that In-N-Out ranked highest in quality of food and McDonalds ranked lowest in the quality of food of any major hamburger chain. Also I can’t believe that every month in the U.S. 90 percent of the children eat at a McDonalds. It’s sad that every year in the U.S. more than half a million people become ill after eating eggs contaminated with Salmonella, and more than 300 people die. <span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">I predict that the last part of the book is going to be about how //Fast Food Nation// can change the way people think about fast food. **__<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Afterward: __** <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It didn’t surprise me that McDonalds gave //Fast Food// //Nation// a hard time. I can’t believe that McDonalds has been lying to Hindus and vegetarians for years, telling them that they used “100 percent vegetable oil. It’s sad that since 1990, approximately 375 cattle have been slaughtered in the U.S and about 15,000 of them were tested for mad cow disease.