The biggest problem *I* have with McDonalds is that they market to children (not unlike certain tobacco companies you may have heard of).
Read "Fast Food Nation" as previously mentioned. McDonalds is well aware of which age range is most vulnerable to marketing. And guess what, when these children are adults, they WILL equate McDonalds with "comfort food" despite logically knowing it is terrible for you.
Not to mention all the parents that are drug to McDonalds by their kids.
Part of the problem is the lack luster education we receive re: nutrition in this country. I once read that the entire federal budget for nutritional marketing in the US is less than the marketing budget for Altoids.
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The biggest problem *I* have with McDonalds is that they market to children (not unlike certain tobacco companies you may have heard of). Read "Fast Food Nation" as previously mentioned. McDonalds is well aware of which age range is most vulnerable to marketing. And guess what, when these children are adults, they WILL equate McDonalds with "comfort food" despite logically knowing it is terrible for you. Not to mention all the parents that are drug to McDonalds by their kids. Part of the problem is the lack luster education we receive re: nutrition in this country. I once read that the entire federal budget for nutritional marketing in the US is less than the marketing budget for Altoids.
Which McDonalds location are you getting "jucy" burgers at? I've only had flat tasteless meat sponges.
Actually it's pretty amazing how many best sellers and other books have incorrect spellings.
Usually it's not something that spell check on a computer would catch. I.e. "there" vs. "their".
So, essentially illiteracy is on the rise even in the literate.