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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Script error: No such module "Protection banner". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Multiple image". Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. Fast food is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredients and served in packaging for take-out or takeaway. Fast food was created as a commercial strategy to accommodate large numbers of busy commuters, travelers and wage workers. In 2018, the fast-food industry was worth an estimated $570 billion globally.^[1]

The fastest form of "fast food" consists of pre-cooked meals which reduce waiting periods to mere seconds. Other fast-food outlets, primarily hamburger outlets such as McDonald's and Burger King, use mass-produced, pre-prepared ingredients (bagged buns and condiments, frozen beef patties, vegetables which are pre-washed, pre-sliced, or both; etc.) and cook the meat and french fries fresh, before assembling "to order".

Fast-food restaurants are traditionally distinguished by the drive-through. Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating,^[2] or fast-food restaurants (also known as quick-service restaurants).^[3] Franchise operations that are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.^[4]

Many fast foods tend to be high in saturated fat, sugar, salt and calories.^[5] Fast-food consumption has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, obesity, high cholesterol, insulin resistance conditions and depression.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] These correlations remain strong even when controlling for confounding lifestyle variables, suggesting a strong association between fast-food consumption and increased risk of disease and early mortality.^[10]

History

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Pulling wheat dough into thin strands to form lamian

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Thus, urbanites were encouraged to purchase pre-prepared meats or starches, such as bread or noodles, whenever possible. This also ensured that customers with strictly limited time (a commuter stopping to procure dinner to bring home to their family, for example, or an hourly laborer on a short lunch break) were not inconvenienced by waiting for their food to be cooked on-the-spot (as is expected from a traditional "sit down" restaurant). In Ancient Rome, cities had street stands—a large counter with a receptacle in the middle from which food or drink would have been served.^[12]

It was during post-WWII American economic boom that Americans began to spend more and buy more as the economy boomed and a culture of consumerism bloomed. As a result of this new desire to have it all, coupled with the strides made by women while the men were away, both members of the household began to work outside the home. Eating out, which had previously been considered a luxury, became a common occurrence, and then a necessity. Workers, and working families, needed quick service and inexpensive food for both lunch and dinner. The traditional family dinner is increasingly being replaced by the consumption of takeaway fast food. As a result, the time invested on food preparation is getting lower, with an average woman in the United States spending 47 minutes per day preparing food and the average man spending 19 minutes per day in 2013.^[13]

Pre-industrial Old World

In the cities of Roman antiquity, much of the urban population living in insulae, multi-story apartment blocks, depended on food vendors for many of their meals; the Forum itself served as a marketplace where Romans could purchase baked goods and cured meats.^[14] In the mornings, bread soaked in wine was eaten as a quick snack and cooked vegetables and stews later in popina, a simple type of eating establishment.^[15] In Asia, 12th-century Chinese ate fried dough, soups and stuffed buns, all of which still exist as contemporary snack food.^[16] Their Baghdadi contemporaries supplemented home-cooked meals with processed legumes, purchased starches, and even ready-to-eat meats.^[17] During the Middle Ages, large towns and major urban areas such as London and Paris supported numerous vendors that sold dishes such as pies, pasties, flans, waffles, wafers, pancakes and cooked meats. As in Roman cities during antiquity, many of these establishments catered to those who did not have means to cook their own food, particularly single households. Unlike richer town dwellers, many often could not afford housing with kitchen facilities and thus relied on fast food. Travelers such as pilgrims en route to a holy site, were among the customers.^[18]

United Kingdom

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Blue plaque in Oldham, England commemorating the 1860s origins of fish and chip shops and the fast food industry

In areas with access to coastal or tidal waters, 'fast food' frequently included local shellfish or seafood, such as oysters or, as in London, eels. Often this seafood was cooked directly on the quay or close by.^[19] The development of trawler fishing in the mid-nineteenth century led to the development of a British favourite, fish and chips, and the first shop in 1860.^[20]

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Fish and chips in a wrapper

A blue plaque at Oldham's Tommyfield Market marks the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries.^[20] As a cheap fast food served in a wrapper, fish and chips became a stock meal among the Victorian working classes.^[20] Via the Industrial Revolution, the fish and chip business expanded rapidly in Britain during the 19th century to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population.^[21] By 1910, there were more than 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, and in the 1920s there were more than 35,000 shops.^[22] Harry Ramsden's fast food restaurant chain opened its first fish and chip shop in Guiseley, West Yorkshire in 1928. On a single day in 1952, the shop served 10,000 portions of fish and chips, earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records.^[23]

British fast food had considerable regional variation. Sometimes the regionality of a dish became part of the culture of its respective area, such as the Cornish pasty and deep-fried Mars bar. The content of fast food pies has varied, with poultry (such as chickens) or wildfowl commonly being used. Since the Second World War, turkey has been used more frequently in fast food.^[24] The UK has adopted fast food from other cultures as well, such as pizza, doner kebab, and curry. More recently, healthier alternatives to conventional fast food have also emerged.

United States

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Neighboring fast food restaurant advertisement signs in Bowling Green, Kentucky for Wendy's, KFC, Krystal and Taco Bell. A McDonald's sign can be seen in the very far background.

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". As automobiles became popular and more affordable following World War I, drive-in restaurants were introduced. The American company White Castle, founded by Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, is generally credited with opening the first fast food outlet and first hamburger chain, selling hamburgers for five cents each.^[25] Walter Anderson had built the first White Castle restaurant in Wichita in 1916, introducing the limited menu, high-volume, low-cost, high-speed hamburger restaurant.^[26] Among its innovations, the company allowed customers to see the food being prepared. White Castle was successful from its inception and spawned numerous competitors.

Franchising was introduced in 1921 by A&W Root Beer, which franchised its distinctive syrup. Howard Johnson's first franchised the restaurant concept in the mid-1930s, formally standardizing menus, signage and advertising.^[26]

Curb service was introduced in the late 1920s and was mobilized in the 1940s when carhops strapped on roller skates.^[27]

The United States has the largest fast food industry in the world, and American fast food restaurants are located in over 100 countries. Approximately 5.4 million U.S. workers are employed in the areas of food preparation and food servicing, including fast food in the US as of 2018.^[28] Worries of an obesity epidemic and its related illnesses have inspired many local government officials in the United States to propose to limit or regulate fast-food restaurants. Yet, US adults are unwilling to change their fast food consumption even in the face of rising costs and unemployment characterized by the great recession, suggesting an inelastic demand.^[29] However, some areas are more affected than others. In Los Angeles County, for example, about 45% of the restaurants in South Central Los Angeles are fast-food chains or restaurants with minimal seating. By comparison, only 16% of those on the Westside are such restaurants.^[30]

In 2023, the median age of a fast-food worker was 22, and workers' wages make up about one third of the cost of operating a fast food restaurant.^[31]

On the go

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McDonald's first two-lane drive-thru was at the Rock N Roll McDonald's in Chicago.

Fast food outlets are take-away or take-out providers that promise quick service. Such fast food outlets often come with a "drive-through" service that lets customers order and pick up food from their vehicles. Others have indoor or outdoor seating areas where customers can eat on-site. The boom in IT services has allowed customers to order food from their homes through their smartphone apps in recent times.

Nearly from its inception, fast food has been designed to be eaten "on the go," often does not require traditional cutlery, and is eaten as a finger food. Common menu items at fast food outlets include fish and chips, sandwiches, pitas, hamburgers, fried chicken, french fries, onion rings, chicken nuggets, tacos, pizza, hot dogs, and ice cream, though many fast food restaurants offer "slower" foods like chili, mashed potatoes, and salads.

Filling stations

Convenience stores located within many petrol/gas stations sell pre-packaged sandwiches, doughnuts, and hot food. Many gas stations in the United States and Europe also sell frozen foods, and have microwave ovens on the premises in which to prepare them. Petrol stations in Australia sell foods such as hot pies, sandwiches, and chocolate bars, which are easy for a customer to access while on their journey. Petrol stations are a place that are often open long hours and are open before and after shop trading hours, therefore, it makes it easy to access for consumers.

Street vendors and concessions

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Street vendor serving fast food in Nepal

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Fastfood restaurant in Eastern Europe: The Pajdaš (in Prekmurje Slovene Buddy), Murska Sobota Slovenia.

Traditional street food is available around the world, usually through small and independent vendors operating from a cart, table, portable grill or motor vehicle. Common examples include Vietnamese rice soup vendors, Middle Eastern falafel stands, New York City hot dog carts, and taco trucks. Turo-Turo vendors (Tagalog for point point) are a feature of Philippine life. Commonly, street vendors provide a colorful and varying range of options designed to captivate passers-by and attract as much attention as possible quickly.

Multiple street vendors may specialize in specific types of food; typically, they are characteristic of a given cultural or ethnic tradition depending on the locale. In some cultures, it is typical for street vendors to call out prices, sing or chant sales-pitches, play music, or engage in other forms of "street theatrics" to engage prospective customers.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Cuisine

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Fastfood in Ilorin, Kwara

Modern commercial fast food is often ultra-processed food and prepared in an industrial fashion, i.e., on a large scale with standard ingredients and standardized cooking and production methods.^[32] It is usually rapidly served in cartons or bags or in plastic wrapping, in a fashion that minimizes cost. In most fast food operations, menu items are generally made from processed ingredients prepared at a central supply facility and then shipped to individual outlets where they are reheated, cooked (usually by microwave or deep frying) or assembled in a short amount of time. This process ensures a consistent level of product quality. It is key to being able to deliver the order quickly to the customer and eliminate labor and equipment costs in the individual stores.

Because of commercial emphasis on quickness, uniformity and low cost, fast food products are often made with ingredients formulated to achieve a certain flavor or consistency and to preserve freshness.

Variants

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Many types of sushi ready to eat

Chinese takeaways/takeout restaurants are particularly popular in Western countries such as the US and UK. They normally offer a wide variety of Asian food (not always Chinese), which has normally been fried. Most options are some form of noodles, rice, or meat. In some cases, the food is presented as a smörgåsbord, sometimes self service. The customer chooses the size of the container they wish to buy, and then is free to fill it with their choice of food. It is common to combine several options in one container, and some outlets charge by weight rather than by item. In large cities, these restaurants may offer free delivery for purchases over a minimum amount.

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Lamb shish kebab

Sushi has seen rapidly rising popularity recently in the Western world. A form of fast food created in Japan (where bentō is the Japanese variety of fast food), sushi is normally cold sticky rice flavored with a sweet rice vinegar and served with some topping (often fish), or, as in the most popular kind in the West, rolled in nori (dried green laver) with filling. The filling often includes fish, seafood, chicken or cucumber.

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A fast-food kiosk in Yambol, Bulgaria

Pizza is a common fast food category in the United States, with nationwide chains including Papa John's, Domino's Pizza, Sbarro and Pizza Hut. It trails only the burger industry in supplying children's fast food calories.^[33] Menus are more limited and standardized than in traditional pizzerias, and pizza delivery is offered.

Kebab houses are a form of fast food restaurant from the Middle East, especially Turkey and Lebanon. Meat is shaven from a rotisserie, and is served on a warmed flatbread with salad and a choice of sauce and dressing. These doner kebabs or shawarmas are distinct from shish kebabs served on sticks. Kebab shops are also found throughout the world, especially Europe, New Zealand and Australia but they generally are less common in the US.

Fish and chip shops are a form of fast food popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Fish is battered and then deep-fried, and served with deep-fried potato strips.^[34]

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A box of five chicken wings, served at a Hesburger fast food restaurant in Helsinki, Finland

The Dutch have their own types of fast food. A Dutch fast food meal often consists of a portion of french fries (called friet or patat) with a sauce and a meat product. The most common sauce to accompany french fries is fritessaus. It is a sweet, vinegary and low fat mayonnaise substitute, that the Dutch nevertheless still call "mayonnaise". When ordering it is very often abbreviated to met (literally "with"). Other popular sauces are ketchup or spiced ketchup ("curry"), Indonesian-style peanut sauce ("satésaus" or "pindasaus") or piccalilli. Sometimes the fries are served with combinations of sauces, most famously speciaal (special): mayonnaise, with (spiced) ketchup and chopped onions; and oorlog (literally "war"): mayonnaise and peanut sauce (sometimes also with ketchup and chopped onions). The meat product is usually a deep-fried snack; this includes the frikandel (a deep-fried skinless minced meat sausage), and the kroket (deep-fried meat ragout covered in breadcrumbs).

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Fast-food place in Portugal

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A small restaurant with pasztecik szczeciński in Szczecin, Poland

In Portugal, there are some varieties of local fast-food and restaurants specialized in this type of local cuisine. Some of the most popular foods include frango assado (Piri-piri grilled chicken previously marinated), francesinha, francesinha poveira, espetada (turkey or pork meat on two sticks) and bifanas (pork cutlets in a specific sauce served as a sandwich). This type of food is also often served with french fries (called batatas fritas), some international chains started appearing specialized in some of the typical Portuguese fast food such as Nando's.

An example of a local form of fast food in Poland is pasztecik szczeciński, a deep-fried yeast dough stuffed with meat or vegetarian filling, typical fast food dish of the city of Szczecin well known in many other cities in the country. A dish is on Polish List of traditional products. The first bar serving pasztecik szczeciński, Bar "Pasztecik" founded in 1969, is located on Wojska Polskiego Avenue 46 in Szczecin.

A fixture of East Asian cities is the noodle shop. Flatbread and falafel are today ubiquitous in the Middle East. Popular Indian fast food dishes include vada pav, panipuri and dahi vada. In the French-speaking nations of West Africa, roadside stands in and around the larger cities continue to sell—as they have done for generations—a range of ready-to-eat, char-grilled meat sticks known locally as brochettes (not to be confused with the bread snack of the same name found in Europe)

Business

In the United States, consumers spent $160 billion on fast food in 2012 (up from $6 billion in 1970).^[35]^[36] In 2013, the US restaurant industry had total projected sales of $660.5 billion.^[37] Fast food has been losing market share to fast casual dining restaurants, which offer more robust and expensive cuisines.^[38] Due to this competition, fast food giants have seen dramatic drops in their sales.^[39] While overall fast food sales have fallen, the number of Americans who eat in these restaurants "once a month or 'a few times a year'" has risen.^[39]

In contrast to the rest of the world, American citizens spend a much smaller amount of their income on food — largely due to various government subsidies that make fast food cheap and easily accessible.^[40] Calorie for calorie, foods sold in fast food restaurants, costs less and is more energy-dense, and is made mostly of products that the government subsidizes heavily: corn, soy, and beef.^[41]

The Australian fast food market is valued at more than 2.7 billion GPB and is composed of 1.4 billion fast food meals. This includes meals serviced at 17,000 fast food outlets. The fast food market has experienced an average annual growth rate of 6.5 percent, which is the most rapidly growing sector of the retail food market.^[42]

Employment

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Globalization

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McDonald's in Russia

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McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut fast food restaurants in the United Arab Emirates

In 2006, the global fast-food market grew by 4.8% and reached a value of £102.4 billion and a volume of 80.3 billion transactions.^[46] McDonald's alone, has outlets in 126 countries on 6 continents and operates over 31,000 restaurants worldwide.^[47]

One example of McDonald's expansion on a global scale was its introduction to the Russian market. In order for the American business to succeed it would have to be accepted and integrated into the daily lives of natives in Moscow. Thus, the restaurant was strategically implemented so that its offerings would align with the distinct and established eating habits, also known as the customs around food, eating and cooking, of Muscovites. One significant characteristic of Russian food culture is the emphasis on knowing about the locality of goods that are consumed. Essentially, in order to successfully launch this American brand in a foreign country, McDonald's interpreted the local interests of consumers in Moscow by promoting the origins of the produce used in the restaurant.^[48] On January 31, 1990, McDonald's opened a restaurant in Moscow and broke opening-day records for customers served.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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There are numerous other fast food restaurants located across the world. Burger King has more than 11,100 restaurants in more than 65 countries.^[50] KFC is located in 25 countries.^[51] Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with approximately 39,129 restaurants in 90 countries as of May 2009,^[52] the first non-US location opening in December 1984 in Bahrain.^[53] Wienerwald has spread from Germany into Asia^[54] and Africa.^[55] Pizza Hut is located in 97 countries, with 100 locations in China.^[56] Taco Bell has 278 restaurants located in 14 countries besides the United States.^[57]

Criticism

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The intake of fast food is increasing worldwide.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A 2010 study undertaken in the city of Jeddah indicated that fast-food habits were related to an increased level of obesity among adolescents in Saudi Arabia.^[63] In 2014, the World Health Organization published a study which indicated that deregulated food markets were largely to blame for an obesity crisis, and suggested tighter regulations to reverse the trend.^[64] In the United States, it was reported in 2015 that local governments were restricting fast-food chains by limiting the number of restaurants found in certain geographical areas.^[65]

To combat criticism, fast-food restaurants have started to offer an increased number of health-friendly menu items.^[66] In addition to health criticisms, there are suggestions for the fast-food industry to become more eco-friendly. The chains have responded by "reducing packaging waste".^[66]

Although trying to overcome criticism through healthy options on fast-food menus, Marion Nestle, who serves as the chair of New York University's Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, suggests that fast-food industries intentionally market unhealthy foods to children through advertising options and therefore create customers for life.^[67]

Fast foods reportedly have adverse impacts on the health and academic performance of students. In a 2017 study, fifty-six percent of university students in Germany consumed fast food on a weekly basis.^[68] The researcher who wrote the 2001 book Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser, argued that fast food chains are not only a financial but also a psychological bait, in that the students are lured towards this early employment opportunity knowing little that the time spent on this no-skill-learning job is wasted.^[69]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The dangerous impacts and consequences regarding the hiring and firing of teenage school-goers in the fast-food industry have also been a point of criticism of the fast-food industry.^[70] In a 2010 article in The Atlantic, Kelly Brownwell further supported this argument that Burger King and McDonald's adopted another dangerous practice for marketing to children.^[71]

There have been books and films, such as the 2004 film Super Size Me, designed to highlight the potential negative health effects from the overconsumption of fast food, such as its contribution to obesity.^[72]

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 '''Fast food''' is a type of [[Mass production|mass-produced]] food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. ''Fast food'' is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a [[restaurant]] or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredients and served in packaging for [[take-out]] or takeaway. Fast food was created as a commercial strategy to accommodate large numbers of busy commuters, travelers and [[Wage|wage workers]]. In 2018, the fast-food industry was worth an estimated $570 billion globally.<ref name="FH-2018">{{cite web |title=Fast Food Industry Analysis 2018 – Cost & Trends |url=https://www.franchisehelp.com/industry-reports/fast-food-industry-analysis-2018-cost-trends/ |website=franchisehelp.com |publisher=Franchise Help |access-date=July 16, 2019 |page=1 |date=2018 |archive-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716203725/https://www.franchisehelp.com/industry-reports/fast-food-industry-analysis-2018-cost-trends/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 [[Fast-food restaurants]] are traditionally distinguished by the [[drive-through]]. Outlets may be stands or [[kiosk]]s, which may provide no shelter or seating,<ref>{{cite book | title = Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age | url = https://archive.org/details/fastfoodroadside0000jakl | url-access = registration | first = John | last = Jakle | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-8018-6920-4 }}; {{cite book | title = Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible and Postmodern Imagination | url = https://archive.org/details/textsundernegoti0000brue | url-access = registration | first = Walter | last = Brueggemann | publisher = Fortress Press | year = 1993 | isbn = 978-0-8006-2736-2 }}</ref> or fast-food restaurants (also known as ''quick-service restaurants'').<ref>{{cite press release |title=Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) Market Worth USD 577.71 Billion by 2028 at 3.65% CAGR – Report by Market Research Future (MRFR) |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/08/18/2282854/0/en/Quick-Service-Restaurants-QSR-Market-Worth-USD-577-71-Billion-by-2028-at-3-65-CAGR-Report-by-Market-Research-Future-MRFR.html |website=[[GlobeNewswire]] |date=August 18, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826002255/https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/08/18/2282854/0/en/Quick-Service-Restaurants-QSR-Market-Worth-USD-577-71-Billion-by-2028-at-3-65-CAGR-Report-by-Market-Research-Future-MRFR.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Franchising|Franchise]] operations that are part of [[Chain store|restaurant chains]] have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.<ref>{{cite book | title = Fast Food, Fast Track: Immigrants, Big Business, and the American Dream | first = Jennifer | last = Talwar | publisher = Westview Press | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-8133-4155-2 }}</ref>
-Many fast foods tend to be high in [[saturated fat]], sugar, salt and calories.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hellesvig-Gaskell |first=Karen |title=Definition of Fast Foods {{!}} LIVESTRONG.COM |url=http://www.livestrong.com/article/49366-definition-fast-foods/ |access-date=May 3, 2016 |website=LIVESTRONG.COM |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302133604/https://www.livestrong.com/article/49366-definition-fast-foods/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fast-food consumption has been linked to increased risk of [[cardiovascular disease]], [[colorectal cancer]], [[obesity]], [[high cholesterol]], [[Metabolic syndrome|insulin resistance conditions]] and [[Mood disorder|depression]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/f-sf-tlb033012.php|title=The link between fast food and depression has been confirmed|website=EurekAlert!|language=en|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423102221/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/f-sf-tlb033012.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coloncancerfoundation.org/prevention/eatingWellDiet.html|title=Susan Cohan Colon Cancer Foundation: Prevention: Eating Well/Diet|website=coloncancerfoundation.org|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018155440/https://coloncancerfoundation.org/prevention/eatingWellDiet.html|archive-date=October 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.health.harvard.edu/family-health-guide/red-meat-and-colon-cancer|title=Red meat and colon cancer – Harvard Health|last=Publications|first=Harvard Health|language=en-US|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222181735/http://www.health.harvard.edu/family-health-guide/red-meat-and-colon-cancer|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bao|first1=Wei|last2=Tobias|first2=Deirdre K.|last3=Olsen|first3=Sjurdur F.|last4=Zhang|first4=Cuilin|author-link4=Cuilin Zhang|date=December 1, 2014|title=Pre-pregnancy fried food consumption and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study|journal=Diabetologia|language=en|volume=57|issue=12|pages=2485–2491|doi=10.1007/s00125-014-3382-x|issn=1432-0428|pmc=4221538|pmid=25303998|doi-access=free}}</ref> These correlations remain strong even when controlling for confounding lifestyle variables, suggesting a strong association between fast-food consumption and increased risk of disease and early mortality.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pan|first1=An|last2=Malik|first2=Vasanti|last3=Hu|first3=Frank B.|date=July 10, 2012|title=Exporting Diabetes to Asia: The Impact of Western-Style Fast Food|journal=Circulation|volume=126|issue=2|pages=163–165|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.115923|issn=0009-7322|pmc=3401093|pmid=22753305}}</ref>
+Many fast foods tend to be high in [[saturated fat]], sugar, salt and calories.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hellesvig-Gaskell |first=Karen |title=Definition of Fast Foods {{!}} LIVESTRONG.COM |url=http://www.livestrong.com/article/49366-definition-fast-foods/ |access-date=May 3, 2016 |website=LIVESTRONG.COM |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302133604/https://www.livestrong.com/article/49366-definition-fast-foods/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fast-food consumption has been linked to increased risk of [[cardiovascular disease]], [[colorectal cancer]], [[obesity]], [[high cholesterol]], [[Metabolic syndrome|insulin resistance conditions]] and [[Mood disorder|depression]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/f-sf-tlb033012.php|title=The link between fast food and depression has been confirmed|website=EurekAlert!|language=en|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423102221/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/f-sf-tlb033012.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coloncancerfoundation.org/prevention/eatingWellDiet.html|title=Susan Cohan Colon Cancer Foundation: Prevention: Eating Well/Diet|website=coloncancerfoundation.org|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018155440/https://coloncancerfoundation.org/prevention/eatingWellDiet.html|archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.health.harvard.edu/family-health-guide/red-meat-and-colon-cancer|title=Red meat and colon cancer – Harvard Health|last=Publications|first=Harvard Health|language=en-US|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222181735/http://www.health.harvard.edu/family-health-guide/red-meat-and-colon-cancer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bao|first1=Wei|last2=Tobias|first2=Deirdre K.|last3=Olsen|first3=Sjurdur F.|last4=Zhang|first4=Cuilin|author-link4=Cuilin Zhang|date=December 1, 2014|title=Pre-pregnancy fried food consumption and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study|journal=Diabetologia|language=en|volume=57|issue=12|pages=2485–2491|doi=10.1007/s00125-014-3382-x|issn=1432-0428|pmc=4221538|pmid=25303998|doi-access=free}}</ref> These correlations remain strong even when controlling for confounding lifestyle variables, suggesting a strong association between fast-food consumption and increased risk of disease and early mortality.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pan|first1=An|last2=Malik|first2=Vasanti|last3=Hu|first3=Frank B.|date=July 10, 2012|title=Exporting Diabetes to Asia: The Impact of Western-Style Fast Food|journal=Circulation|volume=126|issue=2|pages=163–165|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.115923|issn=0009-7322|pmc=3401093|pmid=22753305}}</ref>
 == History ==
 [[File:Chinese noodles.JPG|thumb|Pulling wheat dough into thin strands to form ''[[lamian]]'']]
 {{See also|Fast-food restaurant#History}}
 The concept of ready-cooked food for sale is closely connected with urban developments. Homes in emerging cities often lacked adequate space or proper food preparation accoutrements. Additionally, procuring cooking fuel could cost as much as purchased produce. Frying foods in vats of searing oil proved as dangerous as it was expensive. Homeowners feared that a rogue cooking fire "might easily conflagrate an entire neighborhood".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Laudan|first=Rachel|year=2001|title=A Plea for Culinary Modernism: Why We Should Love New, Fast, Processed Food|journal=Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies|volume=1|pages=36–44|doi=10.1525/gfc.2001.1.1.36|s2cid=154951102 }}</ref>
 Thus, urbanites were encouraged to purchase pre-prepared meats or starches, such as bread or noodles, whenever possible. This also ensured that customers with strictly limited time (a commuter stopping to procure [[dinner]] to bring home to their family, for example, or an hourly laborer on a short [[lunch break]]) were not inconvenienced by waiting for their food to be cooked on-the-spot (as is expected from a traditional "sit down" [[restaurant]]). In [[Ancient Rome]], cities had street stands—a large counter with a receptacle in the middle from which food or drink would have been served.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ancient Romans preferred fast food|url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/06/20/1956392.htm|website=ABC Science|access-date=June 30, 2016|date=June 19, 2007|archive-date=December 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229123925/http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/06/20/1956392.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 It was during post-WWII American economic boom that Americans began to spend more and buy more as the economy boomed and a culture of [[consumerism]] bloomed. As a result of this new desire to have it all, coupled with the strides made by women while the men were away, both members of the household began to work outside the home. Eating out, which had previously been considered a luxury, became a common occurrence, and then a necessity. Workers, and working families, needed quick service and inexpensive food for both lunch and dinner. The traditional family dinner is increasingly being replaced by the consumption of takeaway fast food. As a result, the time invested on food preparation is getting lower, with an average woman in the United States spending 47 minutes per day preparing food and the average man spending 19 minutes per day in 2013.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jaworowska |first1=Agnieszka |last2=Blackham |first2=Toni |last3=Davies |first3=Ian G. |last4=Stevenson |first4=Leonard |date=May 1, 2013 |title=Nutritional challenges and health implications of takeaway and fast food |url=http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6791/1/O%3A%5CPhase%201%20-%20Manuscripts%5CAccepted%20-%20Nutrition%20Reviews%20%28The%20nutritional%20challenge%20and%20health%20implications%20of%20takeaway%20and%20fast%20food%29%5CSUBMITTED%20-%20The%20nutritional%20challenge%20and%20health%20%20%20Revised%20V1%200%2027%2001%2012%20%28submitted%20version%29.pdf |journal=Nutrition Reviews |language=en |volume=71 |issue=5 |pages=310–318 |doi=10.1111/nure.12031 |issn=0029-6643 |pmid=23590707 |s2cid=20897192 |access-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908174518/http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6791/1/O%3A%5CPhase%201%20-%20Manuscripts%5CAccepted%20-%20Nutrition%20Reviews%20(The%20nutritional%20challenge%20and%20health%20implications%20of%20takeaway%20and%20fast%20food)%5CSUBMITTED%20-%20The%20nutritional%20challenge%20and%20health%20%20%20Revised%20V1%200%2027%2001%2012%20(submitted%20version).pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
 === Pre-industrial Old World ===
-In the cities of Roman antiquity, much of the urban population living in ''[[insulae]]'', multi-story apartment blocks, depended on food vendors for many of their meals; the Forum itself served as a marketplace where Romans could purchase baked goods and cured meats.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Life in Ancient Rome|last=Dupont|first=Florence|publisher=Blackwell|year=1992|location=Oxford|pages=181}}</ref> In the mornings, bread soaked in wine was eaten as a quick snack and cooked vegetables and stews later in ''[[popina]]'', a simple type of eating establishment.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Ancient Roman City | publisher=JHU Press | author=Stambaugh, John E. | year=1988 | pages=200, 209 | isbn=978-0-8018-3692-3}}</ref> In Asia, 12th-century Chinese ate fried dough, soups and stuffed buns, all of which still exist as contemporary snack food.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives|last=Chang|first=Kwang-chih|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1977|location=New Haven}}</ref> Their Baghdadi contemporaries supplemented home-cooked meals with processed legumes, purchased starches, and even ready-to-eat meats.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources, 81–82|last=Le Strange|first=G.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1924|location=London|pages=81–82}}</ref> During the [[Middle Ages]], large towns and major urban areas such as [[London]] and [[Paris]] supported numerous vendors that sold dishes such as [[pie]]s, [[pasty|pasties]], [[Custard tart|flans]], [[waffle]]s, [[wafer]]s, [[pancake]]s and cooked meats. As in Roman cities during antiquity, many of these establishments catered to those who did not have means to cook their own food, particularly single households. Unlike richer town dwellers, many often could not afford housing with kitchen facilities and thus relied on fast food. Travelers such as [[pilgrim]]s en route to a [[Shrine|holy site]], were among the customers.<ref>{{cite book | title=Food and Eating in Medieval Europe | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | author=Carling, Martha | year=2003 | pages=27–51 | isbn=978-1-85285-148-4}}</ref>
+In the cities of Roman antiquity, much of the urban population living in ''[[insulae]]'', multi-story apartment blocks, depended on food vendors for many of their meals; the Forum itself served as a marketplace where Romans could purchase baked goods and cured meats.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Life in Ancient Rome|last=Dupont|first=Florence|publisher=Blackwell|year=1992|location=Oxford|page=181}}</ref> In the mornings, bread soaked in wine was eaten as a quick snack and cooked vegetables and stews later in ''[[popina]]'', a simple type of eating establishment.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Ancient Roman City | publisher=JHU Press | author=Stambaugh, John E. | year=1988 | pages=200, 209 | isbn=978-0-8018-3692-3}}</ref> In Asia, 12th-century Chinese ate fried dough, soups and stuffed buns, all of which still exist as contemporary snack food.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives|last=Chang|first=Kwang-chih|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1977|location=New Haven}}</ref> Their Baghdadi contemporaries supplemented home-cooked meals with processed legumes, purchased starches, and even ready-to-eat meats.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources, 81–82|last=Le Strange|first=G.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1924|location=London|pages=81–82}}</ref> During the [[Middle Ages]], large towns and major urban areas such as [[London]] and [[Paris]] supported numerous vendors that sold dishes such as [[pie]]s, [[pasty|pasties]], [[Custard tart|flans]], [[waffle]]s, [[wafer]]s, [[pancake]]s and cooked meats. As in Roman cities during antiquity, many of these establishments catered to those who did not have means to cook their own food, particularly single households. Unlike richer town dwellers, many often could not afford housing with kitchen facilities and thus relied on fast food. Travelers such as [[pilgrim]]s en route to a [[Shrine|holy site]], were among the customers.<ref>{{cite book | title=Food and Eating in Medieval Europe | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | author=Carling, Martha | year=2003 | pages=27–51 | isbn=978-1-85285-148-4}}</ref>
 === United Kingdom ===
-[[File:Oldham - first chip shop in UK.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|[[Blue plaque]] in Oldham, England commemorating the 1860s origins of [[Fish and chip shop|fish and chip shops]] and the fast food industry]]
+[[File:Oldham - first chip shop in UK.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|[[Blue plaque]] in Oldham, England commemorating the 1860s origins of [[fish and chip shop]]s and the fast food industry]]
-In areas with access to [[coast]]al or tidal waters, 'fast food' frequently included local [[shellfish]] or [[seafood]], such as [[oyster]]s or, as in London, [[Eel (food)|eels]]. Often this seafood was cooked directly on the [[quay]] or close by.<ref name="pie">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5301158.stm|title=Eel and pie shop|access-date=November 24, 2007|publisher=BBC|author=BBC|date=August 31, 2006|archive-date=March 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307000426/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5301158.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The development of [[Commercial trawler|trawler fishing]] in the mid-nineteenth century led to the development of a British favourite, [[fish and chips]], and the first shop in 1860.<ref name="Webb">Webb, Andrew (2011). ''Food Britannia''. Random House. p. 397.</ref>
+In areas with access to [[coast]]al or tidal waters, 'fast food' frequently included local [[shellfish]] or [[seafood]], such as [[oyster]]s or, as in London, [[Eel (food)|eels]]. Often this seafood was cooked directly on the [[quay]] or close by.<ref name="pie">{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5301158.stm|title=Eel and pie shop|access-date=November 24, 2007|publisher=BBC|author=BBC|date=August 31, 2006|archive-date=March 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307000426/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5301158.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The development of [[Commercial trawler|trawler fishing]] in the mid-nineteenth century led to the development of a British favourite, [[fish and chips]], and the first shop in 1860.<ref name="Webb">Webb, Andrew (2011). ''Food Britannia''. Random House. p. 397.</ref>
 [[File:BCLM fish+chips.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Fish and chips]] in a wrapper]]
-A [[blue plaque]] at [[Oldham]]'s Tommyfield Market marks the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries.<ref name="Webb"/> As a cheap fast food served in a wrapper, fish and chips became a stock meal among the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[working classes]].<ref name="Webb"/> Via the Industrial Revolution, the fish and chip business expanded rapidly in Britain during the 19th century to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population.<ref>{{cite news |title=The History of Fish and Chips |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608152727/https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1910, there were more than 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, and in the 1920s there were more than 35,000 shops.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=James |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8419026.stm |title=The unlikely origin of fish and chips |work=BBC News |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=July 16, 2013 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826195312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8419026.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harry Ramsden's]] fast food restaurant chain opened its first fish and chip shop in [[Guiseley]], West Yorkshire in 1928. On a single day in 1952, the shop served 10,000 portions of fish and chips, earning a place in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/nov/30/harry-ramsdens-closure-guiseley-fish-and-chips "Harry Ramsden's famous original fish and chip shop faces closure after losses"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107233008/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/nov/30/harry-ramsdens-closure-guiseley-fish-and-chips |date=January 7, 2018 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved January 6, 2018</ref>
+A [[blue plaque]] at [[Oldham]]'s Tommyfield Market marks the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries.<ref name="Webb"/> As a cheap fast food served in a wrapper, fish and chips became a stock meal among the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[working classes]].<ref name="Webb"/> Via the Industrial Revolution, the fish and chip business expanded rapidly in Britain during the 19th century to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population.<ref>{{cite news |title=The History of Fish and Chips |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608152727/https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1910, there were more than 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, and in the 1920s there were more than 35,000 shops.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=James |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8419026.stm |title=The unlikely origin of fish and chips |work=BBC News |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=July 16, 2013 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826195312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8419026.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harry Ramsden's]] fast food restaurant chain opened its first fish and chip shop in [[Guiseley]], West Yorkshire in 1928. On a single day in 1952, the shop served 10,000 portions of fish and chips, earning a place in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/nov/30/harry-ramsdens-closure-guiseley-fish-and-chips "Harry Ramsden's famous original fish and chip shop faces closure after losses"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107233008/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/nov/30/harry-ramsdens-closure-guiseley-fish-and-chips |date=January 7, 2018 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved January 6, 2018</ref>
-British fast food had considerable regional variation. Sometimes the regionality of a dish became part of the culture of its respective area, such as the [[Cornish pasty]] and [[deep-fried Mars bar]]. The content of fast food pies has varied, with [[poultry]] (such as [[chicken]]s) or [[Anatidae|wildfowl]] commonly being used. Since the [[World War II|Second World War]], [[Turkey as food|turkey]] has been used more frequently in fast food.<ref name="turkeyuk">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6331007.stm|title=How turkey became a fast food|access-date=November 23, 2007|publisher=BBC|author=BBC News|date=February 7, 2007|archive-date=December 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206012338/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6331007.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The UK has adopted fast food from other cultures as well, such as [[pizza]], [[doner kebab]], and [[curry]]. More recently, healthier alternatives to conventional fast food have also emerged.
+British fast food had considerable regional variation. Sometimes the regionality of a dish became part of the culture of its respective area, such as the [[Cornish pasty]] and [[deep-fried Mars bar]]. The content of fast food pies has varied, with [[poultry]] (such as [[chicken]]s) or [[Anatidae|wildfowl]] commonly being used. Since the [[World War II|Second World War]], [[Turkey as food|turkey]] has been used more frequently in fast food.<ref name="turkeyuk">{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6331007.stm|title=How turkey became a fast food|access-date=November 23, 2007|publisher=BBC|author=BBC News|date=February 7, 2007|archive-date=December 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206012338/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6331007.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The UK has adopted fast food from other cultures as well, such as [[pizza]], [[doner kebab]], and [[curry]]. More recently, healthier alternatives to conventional fast food have also emerged.
 === United States ===
 [[File:Fastfood.jpg|thumb|Neighboring fast food restaurant advertisement signs in [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]] for [[Wendy's]], [[KFC]], [[Krystal (restaurant)|Krystal]] and [[Taco Bell]]. A [[McDonald's]] sign can be seen in the very far background.]]
 {{see also|Fast food restaurant#North America}}
-As [[automobile]]s became popular and more affordable following [[World War I]], [[Drive-through|drive-in restaurants]] were introduced. The American company [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]], founded by Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Kansas]] in 1921, is generally credited with opening the first fast food outlet and first [[hamburger]] chain, selling hamburgers for five cents each.<ref name="npr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hamburger/|title=The Hamburger|access-date=November 23, 2007|publisher=[[National Public Radio|NPR]]|year=2002|author=National Public Radio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222171713/http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hamburger/|archive-date=December 22, 2007|url-status=dead|author-link=National Public Radio}}</ref> Walter Anderson had built the first White Castle restaurant in Wichita in 1916, introducing the limited [[menu]], high-volume, low-cost, high-speed hamburger restaurant.<ref name="jpfarrell">{{Cite web|url=http://jpfarrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/evolution-of-quick-service-restaurant.html|title=The Evolution of the Quick Service Restaurant|access-date=February 14, 2008|publisher=A Management Consultant @ Large|author=James P Farrell|archive-date=May 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511063010/http://jpfarrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/evolution-of-quick-service-restaurant.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Among its innovations, the company allowed customers to see the food being prepared. [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]] was successful from its inception and spawned numerous competitors.
+As [[automobile]]s became popular and more affordable following [[World War I]], [[Drive-through|drive-in restaurants]] were introduced. The American company [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]], founded by Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Kansas]] in 1921, is generally credited with opening the first fast food outlet and first [[hamburger]] chain, selling hamburgers for five cents each.<ref name="npr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hamburger/|title=The Hamburger|access-date=November 23, 2007|publisher=[[National Public Radio|NPR]]|year=2002|author=National Public Radio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222171713/http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hamburger/|archive-date=December 22, 2007|author-link=National Public Radio}}</ref> Walter Anderson had built the first White Castle restaurant in Wichita in 1916, introducing the limited [[menu]], high-volume, low-cost, high-speed hamburger restaurant.<ref name="jpfarrell">{{Cite web|url=http://jpfarrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/evolution-of-quick-service-restaurant.html|title=The Evolution of the Quick Service Restaurant|access-date=February 14, 2008|publisher=A Management Consultant @ Large|author=James P Farrell|archive-date=May 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511063010/http://jpfarrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/evolution-of-quick-service-restaurant.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Among its innovations, the company allowed customers to see the food being prepared. [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]] was successful from its inception and spawned numerous competitors.
 Franchising was introduced in 1921 by [[A&W Root Beer]], which franchised its distinctive syrup. [[Howard Johnson's]] first franchised the restaurant concept in the mid-1930s, formally standardizing menus, [[signage]] and advertising.<ref name="jpfarrell" />
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 The United States has the largest fast [[food industry]] in the world, and American fast food restaurants are located in over 100 countries. Approximately 5.4&nbsp;million U.S. workers are employed in the areas of food preparation and food servicing, including fast food in the US as of 2018.<ref name="bls.gov">{{cite web | url=http://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/food-and-beverage-serving-and-related-workers.htm | title=BLS.gov: Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers | date=December 17, 2015 | access-date=April 6, 2016 | archive-date=March 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311034125/http://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/food-and-beverage-serving-and-related-workers.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Worries of an obesity epidemic and its related illnesses have inspired many local government officials in the United States to propose to limit or regulate fast-food restaurants. Yet, US adults are unwilling to change their fast food consumption even in the face of rising costs and unemployment characterized by the [[Great Recession|great recession]], suggesting an [[Price elasticity of demand|inelastic demand]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Resistant to the recession: low-income adults' maintenance of cooking and away-from-home eating behaviors during times of economic turbulence|journal = American Journal of Public Health|date = May 1, 2014|issn = 1541-0048|pmc = 3987573|pmid = 24625145|pages = 840–846|volume = 104|issue = 5|doi = 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301677|first1 = Lindsey P.|last1 = Smith|first2 = Shu Wen|last2 = Ng|first3 = Barry M.|last3 = Popkin}}</ref> However, some areas are more affected than others. In [[Los Angeles County]], for example, about 45% of the restaurants in [[South Central Los Angeles]] are fast-food chains or restaurants with minimal seating. By comparison, only 16% of those on the [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Westside]] are such restaurants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-10-me-fastfood10-story.html|title=A strict order for fast food|author=Tami Abdollah|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=December 27, 2013|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229111109/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/10/local/me-fastfood10|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In 2023, the median age of a fast-food worker was 22, and workers' wages make up about one third of the cost of operating a fast food restaurant.<ref name=LAT_2024-03-27 > {{ cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-03-27/fast-food-minimum-wage | title=Higher prices on the menu as fast-food chains brace for California's big minimum wage jump | last1=Chang | first1=Andrea | last2=Lee | first2=Don | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=2024-03-27 | quote=...labor accounts for roughly a third of a typical fast-food operator’s expenses. ... Over the years, the average age of fast-food workers in the U.S. has been rising gradually as many teens have instead sought enrichment jobs to prepare for college. The median age for fast-food workers is now 22.1, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. }} </ref>
+In 2023, the median age of a fast-food worker was 22, and workers' wages make up about one third of the cost of operating a fast food restaurant.<ref name=LAT_2024-03-27 >{{ cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-03-27/fast-food-minimum-wage | title=Higher prices on the menu as fast-food chains brace for California's big minimum wage jump | last1=Chang | first1=Andrea | last2=Lee | first2=Don | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=2024-03-27 | quote=...labor accounts for roughly a third of a typical fast-food operator's expenses. ... Over the years, the average age of fast-food workers in the U.S. has been rising gradually as many teens have instead sought enrichment jobs to prepare for college. The median age for fast-food workers is now 22.1, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. }}</ref>
 == On the go ==
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 Traditional street food is available around the world, usually through small and independent [[Hawker (trade)|vendors]] operating from a cart, table, portable grill or motor vehicle. Common examples include [[Vietnam]]ese rice soup vendors, Middle Eastern falafel stands, New York City [[hot dog cart]]s, and [[Food truck|taco trucks]]. Turo-Turo vendors ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] for point point) are a feature of [[Philippines|Philippine]] life. Commonly, street vendors provide a colorful and varying range of options designed to captivate passers-by and attract as much attention as possible quickly.
-Multiple street vendors may specialize in specific types of food; typically, they are characteristic of a given cultural or ethnic tradition depending on the locale. In some cultures, it is typical for street vendors to call out prices, sing or chant sales-pitches, play music, or engage in other forms of "[[Street theatre|street theatrics]]" to engage prospective customers. In some cases, this can garner more attention than the food.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}
+Multiple street vendors may specialize in specific types of food; typically, they are characteristic of a given cultural or ethnic tradition depending on the locale. In some cultures, it is typical for street vendors to call out prices, sing or chant sales-pitches, play music, or engage in other forms of "[[Street theatre|street theatrics]]" to engage prospective customers.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}
 == Cuisine ==
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 [[File:Fast-food-in-Yambol.jpg|thumb|A fast-food kiosk in [[Yambol]], Bulgaria]]
-Pizza is a common fast food category in the United States, with nationwide chains including [[Papa John's]], [[Domino's Pizza]], [[Sbarro]] and [[Pizza Hut]]. It trails only the burger industry in supplying children's fast food calories.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rehm|first1=Colin D.|last2=Drewnowski|first2=Adam|title=A New Method to Monitor the Contribution of Fast Food Restaurants to the Diets of US Children|journal=PLOS ONE|year=2014|volume=9|issue=7|pages=e103543|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0103543|pmid=25062277|pmc=4111613|bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j3543R|doi-access=free}}</ref> Menus are more limited and standardized than in traditional pizzerias, and [[pizza delivery]] is offered.
+Pizza is a common fast food category in the United States, with nationwide chains including [[Papa John's]], [[Domino's Pizza]], [[Sbarro]] and [[Pizza Hut]]. It trails only the burger industry in supplying children's fast food calories.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rehm|first1=Colin D.|last2=Drewnowski|first2=Adam|title=A New Method to Monitor the Contribution of Fast Food Restaurants to the Diets of US Children|journal=PLOS ONE|year=2014|volume=9|issue=7|article-number=e103543|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0103543|pmid=25062277|pmc=4111613|bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j3543R|doi-access=free}}</ref> Menus are more limited and standardized than in traditional pizzerias, and [[pizza delivery]] is offered.
 [[Kebab shop|Kebab houses]] are a form of fast food restaurant from the Middle East, especially [[Turkey]] and [[Lebanon]]. Meat is shaven from a [[rotisserie]], and is served on a warmed flatbread with salad and a choice of sauce and dressing. These [[doner kebab]]s or [[shawarma]]s are distinct from [[shish kebab]]s served on sticks. Kebab shops are also found throughout the world, especially [[Europe]], New Zealand and Australia but they generally are less common in the US.
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 == Business ==
-In the United States, consumers spent $160&nbsp;billion on fast food in 2012 (up from $6&nbsp;billion in 1970).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franchisehelp.com/industry-reports/fast-food-industry-report|title=Fast Food Industry Analysis 2015 – Cost & Trends|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317103508/https://www.franchisehelp.com/industry-reports/fast-food-industry-report/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Schlosser000">{{cite book | title = Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | first = Eric | last = Schlosser | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-395-97789-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/fastfoodnation00eric_0 }}</ref> In 2013, the US restaurant industry had total projected sales of $660.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/News-Research/Factbook2013_LetterSize.pdf | title=NRA Pocket Factbook | publisher=National Restaurant Association | date=2013 | access-date=April 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042924/http://www.restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/News-Research/Factbook2013_LetterSize.pdf | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Fast food has been losing [[market share]] to fast casual dining restaurants, which offer more robust and expensive [[cuisine]]s.<ref name="nyt-eligon">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/nyregion/13casual.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=fast%20casual&st=cse |title=Where to Eat? A New Restaurant Genre Offers Manhattan More Choices |author=John Eligon |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 13, 2008 |access-date=December 30, 2008 |quote=Though still a relatively small sector within the nation's $350&nbsp;billion restaurant industry, several fast-casual chains are showing success and growth in Manhattan, and industry experts say it could be a sign of the sector's maturity and sustainability nationwide. |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417114902/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/nyregion/13casual.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=fast%20casual&st=cse |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to this competition, fast food giants have seen dramatic drops in their sales.<ref name=foodpolicydebates>{{cite journal|last=Kiener|first=Robert|title=Food Policy Debates|date=October 3, 2014|volume=24|issue=35|url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2014100300|journal=CQ Researcher|access-date=2023-05-15|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515171818/https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2014100300|url-status=live}}</ref> While overall fast food sales have fallen, the number of Americans who eat in these restaurants "once a month or 'a few times a year'" has risen.<ref name=foodpolicydebates />
+In the United States, consumers spent $160&nbsp;billion on fast food in 2012 (up from $6&nbsp;billion in 1970).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fast Food Industry Analysis 2015 – Cost & Trends |url=http://www.franchisehelp.com/industry-reports/fast-food-industry-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317103508/https://www.franchisehelp.com/industry-reports/fast-food-industry-report/ |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |website=Franchise Help}}</ref><ref name="Schlosser000">{{cite book | title = Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | first = Eric | last = Schlosser | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-395-97789-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/fastfoodnation00eric_0 }}</ref> In 2013, the US restaurant industry had total projected sales of $660.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/News-Research/Factbook2013_LetterSize.pdf | title=NRA Pocket Factbook | publisher=National Restaurant Association | date=2013 | access-date=April 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042924/http://www.restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/News-Research/Factbook2013_LetterSize.pdf | archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> Fast food has been losing [[market share]] to fast casual dining restaurants, which offer more robust and expensive [[cuisine]]s.<ref name="nyt-eligon">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/nyregion/13casual.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=fast%20casual&st=cse |title=Where to Eat? A New Restaurant Genre Offers Manhattan More Choices |author=John Eligon |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 13, 2008 |access-date=December 30, 2008 |quote=Though still a relatively small sector within the nation's $350&nbsp;billion restaurant industry, several fast-casual chains are showing success and growth in Manhattan, and industry experts say it could be a sign of the sector's maturity and sustainability nationwide. |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417114902/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/nyregion/13casual.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=fast%20casual&st=cse |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to this competition, fast food giants have seen dramatic drops in their sales.<ref name=foodpolicydebates>{{cite journal|last=Kiener|first=Robert|title=Food Policy Debates|date=October 3, 2014|volume=24|issue=35|url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2014100300|journal=CQ Researcher|access-date=2023-05-15|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515171818/https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2014100300|url-status=live}}</ref> While overall fast food sales have fallen, the number of Americans who eat in these restaurants "once a month or 'a few times a year'" has risen.<ref name=foodpolicydebates />
 In contrast to the rest of the world, American citizens spend a much smaller amount of their income on food — largely due to various government subsidies that make fast food cheap and easily accessible.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/what_we_do.aspx?id=81 | title=Commodity Policy and Agricultural Subsidies | publisher=Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity | date=January 1, 2013 | access-date=August 18, 2014 | archive-date=March 28, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328094531/http://yaleruddcenter.org/what_we_do.aspx?id=81 | url-status=usurped }}</ref> Calorie for calorie, foods sold in fast food restaurants, costs less and is more energy-dense, and is made mostly of products that the government subsidizes heavily: corn, soy, and beef.<ref name="Parker-Pope">{{cite news | url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/a-high-price-for-healthy-food/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | title=A High Price for Healthy Food | newspaper=The New York Times | date=December 5, 2007 | access-date=August 17, 2014 | author=Parker-Pope, Tara | archive-date=August 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821134454/http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/a-high-price-for-healthy-food/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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 == Employment ==
 {{update|section|date=April 2022}}
-According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 4.1 million U.S. workers are employed in food preparation and serving (including fast food) as of 2010.<ref name="bls.gov" /> The BLS's projected job outlook expects average growth and excellent opportunity as a result of high turnover. However, in April 2011, McDonald's hired approximately 62,000 new workers and received a million applications for those positions—an acceptance rate of 6.2%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hard-it-is-to-get-a-job-at-mcdonalds-2011-4|title=It's Harder To Get A Job At McDonald's Than It Is To Get Into Harvard|date=April 28, 2011|work=Business Insider|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092123/http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hard-it-is-to-get-a-job-at-mcdonalds-2011-4|url-status=live}}</ref> The median age of workers in the industry in 2013 was 28.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/08/28/trying-to-raise-a-family-on-a-fast-food-salary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831172248/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/08/28/trying-to-raise-a-family-on-a-fast-food-salary/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2013|title=Trying to raise a family on a fast-food salary|last=Owens|first=Christine|date=August 29, 2013|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>
+According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 4.1 million U.S. workers are employed in food preparation and serving (including fast food) as of 2010.<ref name="bls.gov" /> The BLS's projected job outlook expects average growth and excellent opportunity as a result of high turnover. However, in April 2011, McDonald's hired approximately 62,000 new workers and received a million applications for those positions—an acceptance rate of 6.2%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hard-it-is-to-get-a-job-at-mcdonalds-2011-4|title=It's Harder To Get A Job At McDonald's Than It Is To Get Into Harvard|date=April 28, 2011|work=Business Insider|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092123/http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hard-it-is-to-get-a-job-at-mcdonalds-2011-4|url-status=live}}</ref> The median age of workers in the industry in 2013 was 28.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/08/28/trying-to-raise-a-family-on-a-fast-food-salary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831172248/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/08/28/trying-to-raise-a-family-on-a-fast-food-salary/|archive-date=August 31, 2013|title=Trying to raise a family on a fast-food salary|last=Owens|first=Christine|date=August 29, 2013|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>
 Obtaining [[Human Resource Management]] diploma or diploma in Fast Food Management can help to get a job in major fast food restaurants since it is one of the most desired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eapplicants.com/fast-food-jobs//|title=Fast Food Job Applications|access-date=June 22, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830150306/http://www.eapplicants.com/fast-food-jobs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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-In 2006, the global fast-food market grew by 4.8% and reached a value of £102.4&nbsp;billion and a volume of 80.3&nbsp;billion transactions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ourlife.org.uk/silo/files/takeaways-factsheet.pdf |title=Our Life Policy Research Notes on takeaways – The UK fast-food market |access-date=July 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114222613/http://ourlife.org.uk/silo/files/takeaways-factsheet.pdf |archive-date=January 14, 2013 }}</ref> [[McDonald's]] alone, has outlets in 126 countries on 6 continents and operates over 31,000 restaurants worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1616_fastfood/|title=The Fast Food Factory|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012132623/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1616_fastfood/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+In 2006, the global fast-food market grew by 4.8% and reached a value of £102.4&nbsp;billion and a volume of 80.3&nbsp;billion transactions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ourlife.org.uk/silo/files/takeaways-factsheet.pdf |title=Our Life Policy Research Notes on takeaways – The UK fast-food market |access-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114222613/http://ourlife.org.uk/silo/files/takeaways-factsheet.pdf |archive-date=January 14, 2013 }}</ref> [[McDonald's]] alone, has outlets in 126 countries on 6 continents and operates over 31,000 restaurants worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1616_fastfood/|title=The Fast Food Factory|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012132623/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1616_fastfood/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-One example of [[McDonald's]] expansion on a global scale was its introduction to the Russian market. In order for the American business to succeed it would have to be accepted and integrated into the daily lives of natives in [[Moscow]]. Thus, the restaurant was strategically implemented so that its offerings would align with the distinct and established eating habits, also known as the customs around food, eating and cooking, of Muscovites. One significant characteristic of Russian food culture is the emphasis on knowing about the locality of goods that are consumed. Essentially, in order to successfully launch this American brand in a foreign country, McDonald's interpreted the local interests of consumers in Moscow by promoting the origins of the produce used in the restaurant.<ref>Caldwell, Melissa L. "Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald’s and Consumerism in Moscow." ''Journal of Consumer Culture'' 4.1 (2004): 5–26. Web. January 30, 2017.</ref> On January 31, 1990, McDonald's opened a restaurant in Moscow and broke opening-day records for customers served.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
+One example of [[McDonald's]] expansion on a global scale was its introduction to the Russian market. In order for the American business to succeed it would have to be accepted and integrated into the daily lives of natives in [[Moscow]]. Thus, the restaurant was strategically implemented so that its offerings would align with the distinct and established eating habits, also known as the customs around food, eating and cooking, of Muscovites. One significant characteristic of Russian food culture is the emphasis on knowing about the locality of goods that are consumed. Essentially, in order to successfully launch this American brand in a foreign country, McDonald's interpreted the local interests of consumers in Moscow by promoting the origins of the produce used in the restaurant.<ref>Caldwell, Melissa L. "Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in Moscow." ''Journal of Consumer Culture'' 4.1 (2004): 5–26. Web. January 30, 2017.</ref> On January 31, 1990, McDonald's opened a restaurant in Moscow and broke opening-day records for customers served.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
 The largest McDonald's in the world is located in [[Orlando, Florida]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/OrlandoFL/pointsOfInterest/WorldsLargestMcDonaldsinOrlandoFL.cfm|title=World's Largest McDonald's in Orlando, FL|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-date=March 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318012752/https://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/orlandofl/pointsofinterest/worldslargestmcdonaldsinorlandofl.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{clarify|date=April 2012}}<!--see talk page-->
-There are numerous other fast food restaurants located across the world. [[Burger King]] has more than 11,100 restaurants in more than 65 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burgerking.com/|title=Burger King|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=April 15, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970415114954/http://www.burgerking.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[KFC]] is located in 25 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kfc.com/|title=KFC|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=February 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224031052/http://www.kfc.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with approximately 39,129 restaurants in 90 countries as of May 2009,<ref name="Subway">{{cite web |url=http://www.subway.com/ |title=Official SUBWAY Restaurants Web Site |author=Subway publication |publisher=Subway Restaurants |year=2008 |access-date=May 24, 2009 |archive-date=October 19, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001019091051/http://subway.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the first non-US location opening in December 1984 in [[Bahrain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subway.com/|title=Subway|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=October 19, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001019091051/http://subway.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wienerwald (restaurant)|Wienerwald]] has spread from Germany into Asia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wienerwald.com.tr/restoranlar.php |title=Wienerwald – Türkiye – Restoranlar |access-date=May 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523111642/http://www.wienerwald.com.tr/restoranlar.php |archive-date=May 23, 2015 }}</ref> and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wienerwald.com.eg/restaurants/egypt|title=WIENERWALD – Restaurants in Egypt|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221084216/http://wienerwald.com.eg/restaurants/egypt|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pizza Hut is located in 97 countries, with 100 locations in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yum.com/company/ourbrands.asp|title=Yum! Brands|access-date=October 26, 2009|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208170337/http://www.yum.com/company/ourbrands.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Taco Bell]] has 278 restaurants located in 14 countries besides the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tacobell.com/|title=Taco Bell|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=April 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411153234/https://www.tacobell.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+There are numerous other fast food restaurants located across the world. [[Burger King]] has more than 11,100 restaurants in more than 65 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burgerking.com/|title=Burger King|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=April 15, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970415114954/http://www.burgerking.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[KFC]] is located in 25 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kfc.com/|title=KFC|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=February 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224031052/http://www.kfc.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with approximately 39,129 restaurants in 90 countries as of May 2009,<ref name="Subway">{{cite web |url=http://www.subway.com/ |title=Official SUBWAY Restaurants Web Site |author=Subway publication |publisher=Subway Restaurants |year=2008 |access-date=May 24, 2009 |archive-date=October 19, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001019091051/http://subway.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the first non-US location opening in December 1984 in [[Bahrain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subway.com/|title=Subway|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=October 19, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001019091051/http://subway.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wienerwald (restaurant)|Wienerwald]] has spread from Germany into Asia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wienerwald.com.tr/restoranlar.php |title=Wienerwald – Türkiye – Restoranlar |access-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523111642/http://www.wienerwald.com.tr/restoranlar.php |archive-date=May 23, 2015 }}</ref> and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wienerwald.com.eg/restaurants/egypt|title=WIENERWALD – Restaurants in Egypt|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221084216/http://wienerwald.com.eg/restaurants/egypt}}</ref> Pizza Hut is located in 97 countries, with 100 locations in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yum.com/company/ourbrands.asp|title=Yum! Brands|access-date=October 26, 2009|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208170337/http://www.yum.com/company/ourbrands.asp}}</ref> [[Taco Bell]] has 278 restaurants located in 14 countries besides the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tacobell.com/|title=Taco Bell|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-date=April 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411153234/https://www.tacobell.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 == Criticism ==
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-Fast-food chains have come under criticism over concerns ranging from claimed negative health effects, alleged animal cruelty, cases of worker exploitation, and claims of cultural degradation via shifts in people's eating patterns away from traditional foods.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jeffery|first=Robert|date=January 25, 2006|title=Are fast food restaurants an environmental risk factor for obesity?|journal=International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity|volume=3|page=2|doi=10.1186/1479-5868-3-2|pmid=16436207|pmc=1397859 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Freeman|first=Andrea|date=December 6, 2007|title=Fast Food: Oppression through Poor Nutrition|jstor=20439143|journal=California Law Review|volume=95|issue=6|pages=2221–2259}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronald|first=Adams|date=September 8, 2008|title=Fast Food and Animal Rights: An Examination and Assessment of the Industry's Response to Social Pressure|journal=Business and Society Review|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8594.2008.00322.x|volume=113|issue=3|pages=301–328|s2cid=154438433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Duffey|first=Kiyah|date=January 2007|title=Differential associations of fast food and restaurant food consumption with 3-y change in body mass index: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study|url=http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/1/201.full.pdf+html|journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition|volume=85|issue=1|pages=201–8|doi=10.1093/ajcn/85.1.201|pmid=17209197|access-date=April 8, 2016|doi-access=free|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327190129/http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/1/201.full.pdf+html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>James F. Sallis, [[Karen Glanz]]. "[https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ795891.pdf The Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Eating, and Obesity in Childhood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101022413/https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ795891.pdf |date=January 1, 2019 }}". The Future of Children Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2006 pp. 89–108 | 10.1353/foc.2006.0009. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/foc/summary/v016/16.1sallis.html Alternative link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114252/http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/foc/summary/v016/16.1sallis.html |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
+Fast-food chains have come under criticism over concerns ranging from claimed negative health effects, alleged animal cruelty, cases of worker exploitation, and claims of cultural degradation via shifts in people's eating patterns away from traditional foods.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jeffery|first=Robert|date=January 25, 2006|title=Are fast food restaurants an environmental risk factor for obesity?|journal=International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity|volume=3|article-number=2|doi=10.1186/1479-5868-3-2|pmid=16436207|pmc=1397859 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Freeman|first=Andrea|date=December 6, 2007|title=Fast Food: Oppression through Poor Nutrition|jstor=20439143|journal=California Law Review|volume=95|issue=6|pages=2221–2259}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronald|first=Adams|date=September 8, 2008|title=Fast Food and Animal Rights: An Examination and Assessment of the Industry's Response to Social Pressure|journal=Business and Society Review|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8594.2008.00322.x|volume=113|issue=3|pages=301–328|s2cid=154438433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Duffey|first=Kiyah|date=January 2007|title=Differential associations of fast food and restaurant food consumption with 3-y change in body mass index: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study|url=http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/1/201.full.pdf+html|journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition|volume=85|issue=1|pages=201–8|doi=10.1093/ajcn/85.1.201|pmid=17209197|access-date=April 8, 2016|doi-access=free|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327190129/http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/1/201.full.pdf+html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>James F. Sallis, [[Karen Glanz]]. "[https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ795891.pdf The Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Eating, and Obesity in Childhood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101022413/https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ795891.pdf |date=January 1, 2019 }}". The Future of Children Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2006 pp. 89–108 | 10.1353/foc.2006.0009. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/foc/summary/v016/16.1sallis.html Alternative link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114252/http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/foc/summary/v016/16.1sallis.html |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
-The intake of fast food is increasing worldwide. A study done in the city of [[Jeddah]] has shown that current fast-food habits are related to the increase of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=A. Washi|first=Sidiga|author2=Maha B. Ageib|author-link1=Sidiga Washi|title=Poor diet quality and food habits are related to impaired nutritional status in 13- to 18-year-old adolescents in Jeddah|journal=Nutrition Research|year=2010|volume=30|issue=8|pages=527–34|doi=10.1016/j.nutres.2010.07.002|pmid=20851306}}</ref> In 2014, the [[World Health Organization]] published a study which claims that deregulated food markets are largely to blame for the obesity crisis, and suggested tighter regulations to reverse the trend.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/health-obesity-deregulation-idUSL5N0L70PZ20140202 Study finds deregulation fuelling obesity epidemic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814121731/https://www.reuters.com/article/health-obesity-deregulation-idUSL5N0L70PZ20140202 |date=August 14, 2021 }}. ''[[Reuters]].'' February 2, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.</ref> In the United States, local governments are restricting fast-food chains by limiting the number of restaurants found in certain geographical areas.<ref name=fastfoodfights>{{cite journal|last1=Nixon|first1=Laura|last2=Mejia|first2=Pamela|last3=Dorfman|first3=Lori|last4=Cheyne|first4=Andrew|last5=Young|first5=Sandra|last6=Friedman|first6=Lissy C.|last7=Gottlieb|first7=Mark A.|last8=Wooten|first8=Heather|title=Fast-Food Fights: News Coverage of Local Efforts to Improve Food Environments Through Land-Use Regulation, 2000–2013 [corrected]|journal=The American Journal of Public Health|date=March 2015|volume=105|issue=3|pages=490–496|doi=10.2105/AJPH.2014.302368|pmid=25602875 |pmc=4330826 }}</ref>
+The intake of fast food is increasing worldwide.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} A 2010 study undertaken in the city of [[Jeddah]] indicated that fast-food habits were related to an increased level of obesity among adolescents in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=A. Washi|first=Sidiga|author2=Maha B. Ageib|author-link1=Sidiga Washi|title=Poor diet quality and food habits are related to impaired nutritional status in 13- to 18-year-old adolescents in Jeddah|journal=Nutrition Research|year=2010|volume=30|issue=8|pages=527–34|doi=10.1016/j.nutres.2010.07.002|pmid=20851306}}</ref> In 2014, the [[World Health Organization]] published a study which indicated that deregulated food markets were largely to blame for an obesity crisis, and suggested tighter regulations to reverse the trend.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/health-obesity-deregulation-idUSL5N0L70PZ20140202 Study finds deregulation fuelling obesity epidemic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814121731/https://www.reuters.com/article/health-obesity-deregulation-idUSL5N0L70PZ20140202 |date=August 14, 2021 }}. ''[[Reuters]].'' February 2, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.</ref> In the United States, it was reported in 2015 that local governments were restricting fast-food chains by limiting the number of restaurants found in certain geographical areas.<ref name=fastfoodfights>{{cite journal|last1=Nixon|first1=Laura|last2=Mejia|first2=Pamela|last3=Dorfman|first3=Lori|last4=Cheyne|first4=Andrew|last5=Young|first5=Sandra|last6=Friedman|first6=Lissy C.|last7=Gottlieb|first7=Mark A.|last8=Wooten|first8=Heather|title=Fast-Food Fights: News Coverage of Local Efforts to Improve Food Environments Through Land-Use Regulation, 2000–2013 [corrected]|journal=The American Journal of Public Health|date=March 2015|volume=105|issue=3|pages=490–496|doi=10.2105/AJPH.2014.302368|pmid=25602875 |pmc=4330826 }}</ref>
-To combat criticism, fast-food restaurants are starting to offer more health-friendly menu items.<ref name=fastfoodshakeup>{{cite journal|last=Clark|first=Charles S.|title=Fast-Food Shake-Up|url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1991110800|journal=CQ Researcher|date=1991-11-08|volume=1|pages=825–848|access-date=2023-05-15|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515171817/https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1991110800|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to health criticisms, there are suggestions for the fast-food industry to become more eco-friendly. The chains have responded by "reducing [[packaging waste]]".<ref name=fastfoodshakeup />
+To combat criticism, fast-food restaurants have started to offer an increased number of health-friendly menu items.<ref name=fastfoodshakeup>{{cite journal|last=Clark|first=Charles S.|title=Fast-Food Shake-Up|url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1991110800|journal=CQ Researcher|date=1991-11-08|volume=1|pages=825–848|access-date=2023-05-15|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515171817/https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1991110800|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to health criticisms, there are suggestions for the fast-food industry to become more eco-friendly. The chains have responded by "reducing [[packaging waste]]".<ref name=fastfoodshakeup />
-Although trying to overcome criticism through healthy options on fast-food menus, [[Marion Nestle]], who serves as the chair of New York University's Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, suggests that fast-food industries intentionally [[Food marketing toward children|market unhealthy foods to children]] through advertising options and therefore create customers for life.<ref name=FoodPolitics>{{Cite book|title=Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health|last=Nestle|first=Marion|publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press|year=2002|isbn=9780520955066|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39oVBbtt6IEC|access-date=May 24, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108071953/https://books.google.com/books?id=39oVBbtt6IEC|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Although trying to overcome criticism through healthy options on fast-food menus, [[Marion Nestle]], who serves as the chair of New York University's Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, suggests that fast-food industries intentionally [[Food marketing toward children|market unhealthy foods to children]] through advertising options and therefore create customers for life.<ref name=FoodPolitics>{{Cite book|title=Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health|last=Nestle|first=Marion|publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-520-95506-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39oVBbtt6IEC|access-date=May 24, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108071953/https://books.google.com/books?id=39oVBbtt6IEC|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Despite so much popularity, fast foods and fast-food chains have adverse impacts not only on the job and social skills, but on the health and academic performance of students. Fifty-six percent of students consume fast food on a weekly basis.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hilger|first1=J.|last2=Loerbroks|first2=A.|last3=Diehl|first3=K.|title=Eating behaviour of university students in Germany: Dietary intake, barriers to healthy eating and changes in eating behaviour since the time of matriculation.|journal=Appetite|volume= 109|pages=100–107|via=Elsevier Science Direct|doi=10.1016/j.appet.2016.11.016|pmid=27864073|year=2017|s2cid=3626607}}</ref> The researcher who wrote ''[[Fast Food Nation]]'', [[Eric Schlosser]], highlights this fact, arguing that this is not only a financial but also a psychological bait, in that the students are lured towards this early employment opportunity knowing little that the time spent on this no-skill-learning job is wasted.<ref>Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. The Dark Side of All American Meals. Mariner Books. New York. 2012. Print.</ref> The dangerous impacts and consequences regarding the hiring and firing of teenage school-goers in the fast-food industry have also been a point of criticism of the fast-food industry.<ref>Hirschman, Charles, and Irina Voloshin. "The Structure of Teenage Employment: Social Background and the Jobs Held by High School Seniors". Research in social stratification and mobility 25.3 (2007): 189–203. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Web. November 13, 2015.</ref> Kelly Brownwell of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' has further supported this argument that Burger King and McDonald's adopted another dangerous practice for marketing to innocent children.<ref>Brownwell, Kelly. "Are Children Prey for Fast Food Companies?" The Atlantic. The Atlantic. November 8, 2008. Web. November 13, 2015.</ref>
+Fast foods reportedly have adverse impacts on the health and academic performance of students. In a 2017 study, fifty-six percent of university students in Germany consumed fast food on a weekly basis.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hilger|first1=J.|last2=Loerbroks|first2=A.|last3=Diehl|first3=K.|title=Eating behaviour of university students in Germany: Dietary intake, barriers to healthy eating and changes in eating behaviour since the time of matriculation.|journal=Appetite|volume= 109|pages=100–107|via=Elsevier Science Direct|doi=10.1016/j.appet.2016.11.016|pmid=27864073|year=2017|s2cid=3626607}}</ref> The researcher who wrote the 2001 book ''[[Fast Food Nation]]'', [[Eric Schlosser]], argued that fast food chains are not only a financial but also a psychological bait, in that the students are lured towards this early employment opportunity knowing little that the time spent on this no-skill-learning job is wasted.<ref>Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. The Dark Side of All American Meals. Mariner Books. New York. 2012. Print.</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2025}} The dangerous impacts and consequences regarding the hiring and firing of teenage school-goers in the fast-food industry have also been a point of criticism of the fast-food industry.<ref>Hirschman, Charles, and Irina Voloshin. "The Structure of Teenage Employment: Social Background and the Jobs Held by High School Seniors". Research in social stratification and mobility 25.3 (2007): 189–203. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Web. November 13, 2015.</ref> In a 2010 article in ''[[The Atlantic]]'', Kelly Brownwell further supported this argument that Burger King and McDonald's adopted another dangerous practice for marketing to children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/11/are-children-prey-for-fast-food-companies/66237/|title=Are Children Prey for Fast Food Companies?|first=Kelly|last=Brownell|work=The Atlantic|date=November 8, 2010|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref>
-{{Clarify span|In a research study conducted by Professors Purtell Kelly and Gershoff, they found that the students of fifth grades, who ate fast foods as compared to the students of the same age after some other social factors were controlled.|reason=This sentence is incomprehensible, it seems to be missing a key part|date=February 2016}} Also, the percentage of the students having consumed fast food and showed poor grades was around 11 percent more than those who used organic foods. They are of the view that other social factors such as television-watching, video games and playing were controlled to assess the real impacts of fast foods.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Purtell | first1 = K. M. | last2 = Gershoff | first2 = E. T. | year = 2014 | title = Fast Food Consumption and Academic Growth in Late Childhood | journal = Clinical Pediatrics | volume = 54 | issue = 9| pages = 871–77 | doi=10.1177/0009922814561742| pmid = 25480321 | pmc = 8887837 | s2cid = 25605019 }}</ref>
 There have been books and films, such as the 2004 film ''[[Super Size Me]]'', designed to highlight the potential negative health effects from the overconsumption of fast food, such as its contribution to obesity.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Brindal|first1=Emily|last2=Mohr|first2=Philip|last3=Wilson|first3=Carlene|last4=Wittert|first4=Gary|date=July 1, 2008|title=Obesity and the effects of choice at a fast food restaurant|journal=Obesity Research & Clinical Practice|language=en|volume=2|issue=2|pages=111–117|doi=10.1016/j.orcp.2008.03.004|pmid=24351729|issn=1871-403X}}</ref>
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 == Further reading ==
 * {{cite journal | last1 = Adams | first1 = Catherine | year = 2007 | title = Reframing the Obesity Debate: McDonald's Role May Surprise You | journal = Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics | volume = 35 | issue = 1| pages = 154–157 | doi=10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00120.x| pmid = 17341224 | s2cid = 42933273 }}
-* Arndt, Michael. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120710231128/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-02-04/mcdonalds-24-7 McDonald's 24/7.]" Business Week February 4, 2007
+* {{cite magazine | last = Arndt | first = Michael | title = McDonald's 24/7 | magazine = Business Week | date = February 4, 2007 | url = http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-02-04/mcdonalds-24-7 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120710231128/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-02-04/mcdonalds-24-7 | archive-date = 2012-07-10 }}
-* ''Food and Eating in Medieval Europe.'' Martha Carlin and Joel T. Rosenthal (editors). The Hambledon Press, London. 1998. {{ISBN|1-85285-148-1}}
+* {{cite book | title = Food and Eating in Medieval Europe | editor1-last = Carlin | editor1-first = Martha | editor2-last = Rosenthal | editor2-first = Joel T. | publisher = The Hambledon Press | location = London | year = 1998 | isbn = 1-85285-148-1 }}
-* Hogan, David. ''Selling 'em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food''. New York: New York University Press, 1997.
+* {{cite book | last = Hogan | first = David | title = Selling 'em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food | publisher = New York University Press | location = New York | year = 1997 }}
-* Kroc, Ray with Robert Anderson. ''Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's''. St. Martin's Press, 1992.
+* {{cite book | last1 = Kroc | first1 = Ray | last2 = Anderson | first2 = Robert | title = Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's | publisher = St. Martin's Press | year = 1992 }}
-* Levinstein, Harvey. Paradox of Plenty: a Social History of Eating in Modern America. Berkeley: University of California P, 2003. 228–229.
+* {{cite book | last = Levinstein | first = Harvey | title = Paradox of Plenty: a Social History of Eating in Modern America | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 2003 | pages = 228–229 }}
-* Luxenberg, Stan. ''Roadside Empires: How the Chains Franchised America''. New York: Viking, 1985.
+* {{cite book | last = Luxenberg | first = Stan | title = Roadside Empires: How the Chains Franchised America | publisher = Viking | location = New York | year = 1985 }}
-* McGinley, Lou Ellen with Stephanie Spurr, ''Honk for Service: A Man, A Tray and the Glory Days of the Drive-In''. St. Louis: Tray Days Publishing, 2004. For photos of the Parkmoor Restaurants see {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101002095634/http://www.shootstlouis.com/gallery/2521555#132478756 Drive-In Restaurant Photos]}}
+* {{cite book | last1 = McGinley | first1 = Lou Ellen | last2 = Spurr | first2 = Stephanie | title = Honk for Service: A Man, A Tray and the Glory Days of the Drive-In | publisher = Tray Days Publishing | location = St. Louis | year = 2004 }}
-* Pollan, M. (2009). In Defense of Food: an Eater's Manifesto. New York City: Penguin
+* {{cite book | last = Pollan | first = M. | title = In Defense of Food: an Eater's Manifesto | publisher = Penguin | location = New York City | year = 2009 }}
-* Schlosser, Eric, ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal'', Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001
+* {{cite book | last1 = Penfold | first1 = Steve |editor1-last = Pilcher | editor1-first = Jeffrey M. |title = The Oxford Handbook of Food History | date = 2012 | publisher = Oxford University Press | isbn = 978-0-19-972993-7 | pages = 279–302 | edition = 1st |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199729937.013.0016 | language = en | chapter = Fast Food}}
-* Schultz, Howard with Dori Jones Yang, ''Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time'', Hyperion, 1999
+* {{cite book | last = Schlosser | first = Eric | title = Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company | year = 2001 }}
-* Warner, Melanie "[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/business/19mcdonalds.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Salads or No, Cheap Burgers Revive McDonald's.]" The New York Times April 19, 2006.
+* {{cite book | last1 = Schultz | first1 = Howard | last2 = Yang | first2 = Dori Jones | title = Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time | publisher = Hyperion | year = 1999 }}
+* {{cite book | title = Fast Food: The Good, the Bad and the Hungry | last = Smith | first = Andrew F. | publisher = Reaktion Books | year = 2016 | isbn = 978-1-78023-574-5 | location = London }}
+* {{cite magazine | last = Warner | first = Melanie | title = Salads or No, Cheap Burgers Revive McDonald's | magazine = The New York Times | date = April 19, 2006 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/business/19mcdonalds.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 }}
 == External links ==
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-*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Fast food in the United States and Canada}}
+*{{Wikivoyage inline|Fast food in the United States and Canada}}
 * [http://www.qsrmagazine.com/ ''QSR'' magazine] – publication that covers the fast food industry
-* [http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/mcdonalds/barbermcds72302cmp.pdf A copy of the Caesar Barber lawsuit]
 * [https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo41817 Caloric Intake from Fast Food Among Adults: United States, 2007–2010]

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