Tag: fast food nation
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The Fat Cats of Fast-Food
from consortiumnews.com: Pay inequity has worsened across the U.S. economy, but perhaps nowhere more than in the fast-food industry where CEOs and other top executives fatten their compensation as their fast-food workers subsist on taxpayer-provided food stamps, as Michael Winship explains. Bad enough that the empty calories of many a fast-food meal have all the nutritional…
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Subway Leads Fast Food Nation In Underpaying Workers
from money.cnn.com: McDonald’s gets a lot of bad press for its low pay. But there’s an even bigger offender when it comes to fast food companies underpaying their employees: Subway. Individual Subway franchisees have been found in violation of pay and hour rules in more than 1,100 investigations spanning from 2000 to 2013, according to…
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Fast Food Not Major Cause of Rising Childhood Obesity Rates
Parents Deserve More Blame For Obesity Than Fast Food from sciencedaily.com: For several years, many have been quick to attribute rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. However a new study found that fast-food consumption is simply a byproduct of a much bigger problem: poor all-day-long dietary habits that…
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France: Hamburger sales increase 40% in last two years
from rawstory.com: Once considered the worst kind of food sin in France, the hamburger is conquering the land of haute cuisine. From humble fast food to Michelin-starred gourmet burgers, sales of the most quintessentially American sandwich have soared in France and the dish has become a fixture on restaurant menus. “The French discovered the burger…
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Fast Food Strikes Planned for 100 Cities
from usatoday.com: Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in their push for higher pay. The actions are intended to build on a campaign that began about a year ago to call attention to the difficulties of living on the…
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‘Heart Attack Grill’ Founder Jon Basso: “My Food Will Kill You”
“I am probably the only restaurateur in the entire world who is unapologetically telling you that my food is bad for you, that it will kill you and that you should stay away from it.”
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A Bacon Sundae? Really?
from therealfoodchannel.com: In a faltering economy, inexpensive entertainment becomes more popular. Burger King is taking food entertainment to new lows as it attempts to recapture lost market share. Fast food chains are trying all kinds of new concoctions to lure consumers. Really, Burger King? A bacon sundae? This new item on the fast food giant’s…
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Fast Food Chains Use Loopholes, Low-Tax Countries To Avoid Millions In Taxes Each Year
Technology companies have mastered the use of schemes involving low-tax foreign countries in order to avoid billions of dollars in American taxes each year. Now, fast food chains like McDonalds, Burger King, and Subway are doing the same.
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#BingeAndPurge: Labels, Endless, Bogus and more
Poll finds California initiative on food labels is likely to pass* Juicing: the surprising benefits of raw cannabis* Medical Marijuana: The Real Story* The bogus drug war: Part One: The Endless “War on Drugs”* The bogus drug war: Part Two: The Endless “War of Drugs”* The bogus drug war: Part Three: The Endless “War on…
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Retired Generals Say Junk Food An Issue Of National Security
According to a group of 300 retired admirals and generals called Mission: Readiness, three-quarters of Americans aged 17 through 24 are not capable of serving in the military, many of them because of weight.
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#BingeAndPurge: Weather Wars, Steroids, Nuggets and more
#Geoengineering Could Turn Skies White: Scientific American* Video: Isaac Hammers Key West, Florida Social Spotlight* Video: CNN on Isaac + Cholera 400,000 Haitians At Risk* Bat Lyssavirus Fears At Bat House in Cape Tribulation* USADA strips Lance Armstrong of Tour De France titles, issues lifetime ban from cycling over steroids use* Diet foods & drinks…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode029 – No Rain
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Criminalizing Permaculture, Monkey Mind Control, Twinkies and Milk Wars + Updates, Headlines, the ‘Binge and Purge’ and more…
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#BingeAndPurge: London Smog, Digital Health and More
2012 Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy // BP Sending Gulf Coast Chefs to Olympics to Tout Louisiana Cuisine It Destroyed // Martial law shakes hands with the US vaccine program // Bat virus offers insight into deadly Nipah, Hendra viruses
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McDonald’s Force Olympics To Only Serve Chips With Fish
from dailymail.co.uk: Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald’s. Olympic chiefs have banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of ‘sponsorship obligations.’ The only loophole in the agreement, announced…
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Fast-Food Burgers Have Tripled In Size Since the 1950s: CDC
According to a shocking new graphic from the Centers for Disease Control, a typical fast-food burger weighed just 3.9 ounces in the 1950s. Now, it’s 12 ounces — three times larger.