Fast Food – Quotes

I used to love

I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor. Eva Mendes

Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves. Eric Schlosser

The life’s work of

The life’s work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald’s began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney’s theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on … Read more

In 1970, Americans spent

In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined. Eric Schlosser

I’d been eating fast

I’d been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became. Eric Schlosser

The fast-food industry is

The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices. Eric Schlosser

The executives who run

The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit. Eric Schlosser

I went into the

I went into the library and read about fast food and became amazed by all the stuff I didn’t know. I learned that there is a whole world behind the counter that, it seemed to me, has been deliberately hidden from the public. Eric Schlosser

Future historians, I hope,

Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century–a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged from postwar southern California, that embodied its limitless faith in technology, that quickly spread across the globe, flourished briefly, and then receded, once its true costs became clear and its … Read more

When you go into

When you go into a fast food restaurant, you may just think about how good your meal tastes while you’re eating it. But you’re not thinking about all the consequences that come from that one purchase – the consequences for your body, the consequences for supporting this company and how it’s treating it workers, all … Read more