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Marketing of Food. Food Rules. # 11 – Avoid foods you see advertised on television. Definitions. Marketing : the action or business of promoting and selling products or services. Advertising : the activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.
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Food Rules #11 – Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
Definitions Marketing: the action or business of promoting and selling products or services. Advertising: the activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.
“Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.” – Michael Specter
Definitions Media: the main means of mass communication (television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively. Media literacy: a repertoire of competences that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and forms.
History of Fast Food • 1921 White Castle, Wichita, KS • 1930 Kentucky Fried Chicken, Corbin, KY • 1937 McDonalds, San Bernardino, CA • 1950 Dunkin Donuts, Quincy, MA • 1951 Jack in the Box born in San Diego • 1952 Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes KFC • 1953 Burger King, Jacksonville, FL • 1953 Sonic Drive In, Shawnee, OK • 1958 Pizza Hut, Wichita, KS • 1961 Ray Kroc buys McDonald's for $2.7mil • 1962 Taco Bell, Downey, CA • 1965 Subway, Bridgeport, CT • 1969 Wendy's, Columbus, OH
McDonald’s • McDonald's has 761,000 employees worldwide, that's more than the population of Luxembourg. • According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald's. • McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys, with one included in 20 percent of all sales. • For the next three years, McDonald's is going to open one restaurant every day in China. • The only place in the lower 48 that is more than 100 miles from a McDonald's is a barren plain in South Dakota. • Americans alone consume one billion pounds of beef at McDonald's in a year – five and a half million head of cattle. • McDonald's' daily customer traffic (62 million) is more than the population of Great Britain. • McDonald's sells more than 75 hamburgers every second. • McDonald's feeds 68 million people per day, that's about 1 percent of the world's population. • McDonald's' $27 billion in revenue makes it the 90th-largest economy in the world. • The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald's richer than Mongolia. • McDonald's hires around 1 million workers in the US every year. This estimate from Fast Food Nation assumes a 700,000 domestic workforce with 150% turnover rate.