fast food nation part 1

4. Among franchises, what is "encroachment

"another outlet of the same chain opens nearby this decreases the original outlet's sales and customers

6. What is "throughput;" Where did the term come from and how does it apply to the fast food industry

-speed and volume of a company's flow -assembly line systems -with innovative technology and the proper organization, a small number of workers can produce an huge amount of goods cheaply

how many americans eat fast food on any given day

1/4

Fair Labor Standards Act

1938 act which provided for a minimum wage and restricted shipments of goods produced with child labor good intentions but never followed through

Taxpayer Bill of Rights

1992 split opinion some like not paying taxes but then there was not enough money

robert schuler

1st drive in church

1 child=

2 more customers

__/__ of nations ff workers are under ___

2/3 20

average time a week 4 yro spend on the tv

21 hours

english

2nd language of 1/6 fast food workers 1/3 speak mcd english

how many commericals are on everyday

30,000

8. What is the average job turnover rate in the fast food industry

300-400 percent

how many ff workers are killed each month around the nation why

4-5 robberies from former employees teenages are workers few workers in morn and night

James McNeal

7 nagging techniques

___% of f.f. visits are ___________

70 impulsive

Lobbyist

A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.

joe camel

Cartoon character logo for Camel cigarettes; teen smoking Camels rose sharply "cool" camel

carl karcher

Fast Food pioneer. Started hot dog stand in California and went on to become the creator of a Carl Jr's

speedee

First McDonald's mascot quickly rid this idea bc speedy was alka seltze

Eisenhower

Interstate Highway Act allows travel to and fro different parts of the country

Jean Piaget

Known for his theory of cognitive development in children

fair labor standards act

Sets minimum wage, hours teens can work, and ages to work certain machienes due to safety reasons

dan derose

advertised junk food in schools

2. What new businesses have moved into Colorado Springs in recent years

aerospace, telecommunications, biotech, computer software, restaurant industry

mcd arches

arches are more recognized than cross

12. What are the benefits and costs of having teenagers work after school

benefits: do not have to pay overtime, can pay them min. wage, easier to control, do not give benefits costs: many neglect school work and drop out of high school

general motors

bought trolley tracks and broke them all to make bus lines and cars this action was illegal (monopoly) effect: ppl could live in suburbs

cars

brought first large scale migration invalids, retirees, small businessmen were able to move to s. cali

keith cramer

burger kind

ppl more from...to... why key idea

cali, to colorado springs company moves to cs migration

fun factory

cartoon making like assembly line used by disney when cartoonist went on strike, disney called them communists and terriorized them disney got many blacklisted when he worked with the fbi which put many out of work took fed funds

violence

dark parking lots, robbbed by own employees, a lot of cash in stores, location is off highways

1980s

decade of child consumer

9. How has the "real value" of wages at fast food restaurants changed over time

decreased over past 30 years

In what ways is Colorado Springs much like southern California

dependent on military spending home of subdivisions and clusters of fast food restaurants

thomas monaghan

dominos

dan acuff

dream research found children dream of animals

rosenberg

dunkin donuts

stroking

flattery post. reinforcement too keep teens to do the longer hours and make them feel as if they can go against regulations

13. What is the impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act and of Colorado state law on the hours that minors in Colorado Springs work at fast food restaurants

flsa= prohibits the employement of kids under 16 for more than 3 hours on a school day or later than 7pm colorado- prohibits the employement of kids under18 for more than 8 hours a day and prohibits jobs invloving dangerous machinery

james dobson

founded "focus on family" 60 religious organizations yet over vision of city- religious near adult stores

jesse kirby

founder of drive ins

5. What are some of the disadvantages of running a franchise

franchisees are not covered by fed. law that protects employees franchisees are not protected as indep. businessmen and not covered by consumer protection laws when contract ends, the franchisee can lose all their investments

Horatio Alger

fulfiller of american dream highschool dropout founder of ff

10. How has the fast food industry responded to efforts to unionize its workers

held rap sessions and hired high paid attorneys

cheyenne mountain hs harrison hs

high end- work at retail stores low end- work at ff restaurants

Heinz Haber

hired by disney to create tomorrowland chief scientist consultor to walt disney created "our friend the atom"

consequences of teens in ff restuarants

inexperience, neglect to school work, drop out, many injuries

harland sanders

kfc

mcdonaldworld

kroc wanted to create this, but was denied, so instead he put playgrounds at all his restaurants

What was different about the way McDonald's franchised businesses

kroc was patient and was not driven by gree more eager to sell than decifer through financial details other chain s demanded large fees from franchises, sold their rights to franchisrs, and wanted to make a quick buck

mcd purchases

largest purchaser of beef, pork, and potatoes, 2nd largest purchaser of chix.

5. Why are so many fast food employees teenagers

less expensive to hire than adults easier to control due to lack of experience

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station

located in colorado springs colorado useful in world wars protects against atomic bombs eats dominos daily contrains n. american aerospace command, air force space commmand, and us space command

Anaheim***

located in s. cali

7. What is meant by "McDonald's English

many mcD employees cannot speak or read english, they can only recognize the names of the items on the menue

colorado springs politics

military base, religious organizations, cap on taxes

osha's reccomendation towards violence

more lights, escorts, nra said no

14. What does Schlosser say about robbery and murder in fast food restaurants

more restuarant employees were murdered on the job than police officers in the us

4. How does McDonald's decide where to build new restaurants

near intersections with a lot of traffic near schools assess regional growth patterns

Erik Erikson

neo-Freudian, humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who am I?"

11. How many workers at McDonald's in North America are unionized

none of the 15 thousand McD employees in NA

why teens are in fast food restuarants

obedient, cheap, easy to control

Willard Scott

og ronald mcd and went to playgrounds

mcd and children

operates most playgrounds and largest distributor of toys

2. How does the cost of a McDonald's franchise compare with the cost of a franchise from other fast food chains

other: 1.5 million $ mcd: 1/3 of the amount above (cheaper)

16. How has the fast food industry responded to efforts by OSHA to reduce workplace violence

persuaded congress to oppose their ideas, supported lobbists against the osha, some ff companies took security measures, but they were not good enough to protect against violence

camp Carson

peterson army air base?

crattle to grave advertising

popular at the time brand loyalty starts at 2 years old

Jim Hightower

predicted ff would have neg. impact on us ff would overpower indep businesses

carhops

primarily women waitresses more male customers came not family oriented

"bible"

regulations and operations instructions if one does not follow franchise can be taken away created by fred turner

where does mcd mainly get their money from

rent

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger. after mcd told children to tell ronald all their secrets this act was never actually passde children under age 7 cannot tell the difference between an ad and tv

mcd in relation to jobs

responsible for 90% of jobs 1/8 workers has worked here at some point

3. What type of business is the largest private employer in the state of Colorado

restaurant industry

largest private employer

restaurants

Richard and Mac McDonald

shut down drive in and implemented speedee service system food assembly line put "m" arch so it could be seen and recognized

if unionised, mcd...

shuuts down that franchise

annual multi unit foodserver operations conferense

some say need to have fun and others say destroy unions-sending mixed messages

americans spending on fast food

spend more on fast food than anything else

Hells Angels

start rebellious side of america just as american as mcd the two sides of america

6. What fast food chain is considered the worst in its treatment of franchisees

subway

glen bell

taco bell

turn over rate

the percentage of employees in a workforce that leave during a certain period of time 300-400%

franchised-uniformity

trust corp. or recognized name over individual

Werner Von Braun

us army leading rocket scientist co host produced show supporting atomic war German scientist who got our rocket program going hired by disney to create tomorrowlamd

osha

want to make workplace safe lobbists and nra oppose their ideas

mcd bill

want to pay teens below min wage got lobbist to try and pass it worked

disneyland og only sold

welch, stouffers, and aunt jemina

dave thomas

wendy's

3. How does the failure rate of franchises, in general, compare to that of other businesses

within 4-5 years of opening 38.6 percent of new franchised business had failed whereas other business failing reate wa 32.4 percent

Vance Packard

wrote the hidden persuaders in 1957 which informed ppl of MR and distorted extent of psychological advertising, a popular attack on advertising

15. Who is often responsible for committing robberies of fast food restaurants

young, poor, and disgruntled former/current employees