gustav_errata
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I would see 10 local fish & chips shops shut if it meant that a Portillo's could open here in Exeter.
Cultural Imperialism via junk food
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Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Apart from it's wrongness on several levels, it just goes to show what happens when you rely on algorithms to run your publicity campaigns.
Joe P
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Enfield boy
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I've been holidaying/touring France for over 40 years. Used to avoid péage with my old sports cars and bikes and found great Relais/Routiers, small auberges and roadside friteries. As I've got older I use the autoroute system more until a 4 week tour this year, so shocked, none of the aforementioned left. None. Every few km there are hoardings advertising the fallen arches or some other American shite export. I really thought the French were serious about their food but judging by the size of most citizens there these days, perhaps not. There's a lot of money in making poor people die younger.
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
Are fast food emporiums solely aimed at poor people?
Do you associate being poor with being unable to make any choice as to where to eat?
I am not convinced that poor people are the only patrons of fast food joints.
In fact, I reckon some are unable to afford it.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
We could be gyros.
monkfish
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We could be giros.
Enfield boy
pfm Member
Regarding your first point I suspect 99p Big Macs are.
Regarding your second, being poor tends to limit choice and it's natural that people may want to eat out from time to time.
Re the third I agree
Re the fourth yes 99p is more than 3 times the cost of a Lee Anderson recipe but the latter may be out of date as cooking and staying warm is dearer.
mansr
Objectionist
Have you ever attempted to eat soup with chopsticks?
Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
I do like the fact that McDonalds failed in Barbados (and Jamaica I think) -
it seems the locals dig chicken, fish and pork far more than beefs
https://www.uncommoncaribbean.com/barbados/mcdonalds-failure-in-barbados-hides-in-plain-sight/
When introduced in northern Sweden McDo failed at first. It turned out the Northerners insisted on using cutlery! In the end, McDo had to bend over and introduce forks and knifes.
Ah Exeter, I hear that the KFC is six finger licking good there.
No, but some of their products are. Fast food outlets want to be as attractive as they can to as many people as they can, for obvious reasons.
Poor people have fewer choices as to where to eat. They aren't going to be going to The Ivy, after all.
No, they're not.
I'm sure that they are unable to afford it. I used to live around the corner from a parade of shops with a couple of takeaway outlets. It wasn't a wealthy bit of town. Whenever I passed that way, the people I saw in there were almost invariably the people who could least afford it.
There are a number of reasons why people choose to eat fast food, as with many things there is no "one size fits all" explanation, though there are certain observations that can be made as with any population. Observations such as "most people at Glyndebourne are wealthy, educated and middle class" are almost certainly true but it doesn't mean that everybody there fits that description.
The French are serious about their food, but they are prepared to have McDo every now and then as a form of culinary entertainment. They seem not to regard the stuff as food but as an interesting diversion.
I remember asking to go to a Wimpy while shopping at a similar age and being told no in such a tone that it was clear that there would be no further discourse on the subject.