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Originally Posted by sanctus
Well, it seems to be true then, not just statistics in the US you've got "thousands" of big fast food brands....I boycott all of them, a part the Kebab-stands, mainly since I wrote a work on environmental impact of the fast food chains
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Fast food is definitely an American Culture kinda thing, but like so much American Culture, someone always finds a way to exploit it, ruthlessly make money on it, and destroy it in the process. The interesting thing about my top 12 list is that with the exception of Krispy Kreme and maybe In-N-Out, there's no way you would have heard of any of these places unless you'd been there. Some, like Pinks, well...there's only *one* Pinks! You can't replicate the ladies behind the counter who will listen to a 20 item order with lots of exceptions (noonionnotomato) once and bring it all back exactly the way you ordered it. No writing it down, just sheer brain power. Wow!
What makes real fast food so good is, well... its good! Even vegetarians break down sometimes: Berkeley used to have a fantastic (again, one outlet only) place called "The Station" who's specialty was deep-fried veggies: zucchini, artichoke hearts, carrots, etc. along with exotic burgers. Not good for you but no meat either if that's your gig.
I'm all for hitting back a corporate congomerates for an endless variety of sins, but even McDonalds (eeeeewwwww!), has seen fit to get more eco-friendly on packaging when pressured to (remember those sucky evil styrofoam boxes they put everything in? long gone thanks to our eco-warriors. yeaaaa!). The most important though is that they stifle competition coming from the little guys. On the coffee front, there's a real push by many here to patronize the local coffee places to keep them from being "Starbucked"...
Stop by Krispy Kreme, order a "hot", let it melt in your mouth and go to heaven...mmmm!
CheeseborgerCheesborgerPepsiPepsi!
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