Analysis+&+Prediction

Analysis and Prediction **__Chapter 1-__** I predict this chapter will be about all the founders of all the different fast food restaurants. Carl N. Karcher was born in 1917 near Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He had six brothers and a sister. Carl's father was a sharecropper so the family had to move a lot. Karcher dropped out of school after eighth grade to work on a farm about twelve to fourteen hours a day harvesting crops. In 1937, one of Carl's uncles offered him a job in Anaheim, California. Carl decided to make the trip west. Karcher bought his first hotdog cart for a little over $300 but by the end of 1944 he owned four hotdog carts. If running four hotdog carts wasn't enough Carl still worked full time at a bakery known as Armstrong Bakery? A restaurant across the street went for sell and Carl made the decision to buy it. On January 16, 1945 this restaurant became Carl's Drive-In Barbeque. Walt Disney bought 160 acres a few miles from the drive-in which became what we know as Disneyland. The McDonald brothers headed for southern California at the beginning of the Depression. The Speedee Service System the McDonald brothers' came up with soon became the basics of the fast food industry. Carl saw how well McDonalds was doing and decided to open his own self-service restaurant. An ice cream truck driver named William Rosenburg later was a proud owner of Dunkin' Donuts. Glen W. Bell Jr. took the McDonalds idea and added a Mexican flavor to it which became Taco Bell. Matthew Burns and his father-in-law opened Insta-Burger-King later known as Burger King home of the Whopper. Dace Thomas opened a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio which we know as Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers. More businesses such as Domino's and Kentucky Fried Chicken followed. Carl opened restaurants in Texas but added higher-priced dinners to the menu which didn't help him or his company. By the Securities and Exchange Commission Karcher was accused of insider trading. He soon owed more than $70 million but had no way to pay it off. Carl was fired and the new manager took charged and turned everything around. In the end everything worked out for him. **__Chapter 2-__** I predict this chapter will be about how the major fast food restaurants got started. The McDonald's headquarters is located in Oak Brook, Illinois. A few miles from it is Hamburger University, a training facility for managers. Walt Disney didn't write or draw the animated classic put to his name and Ray Kroc's attempts to add new items to the menu weren’t successful. One thing both men did have is the ability to appear to children. Both Walt Disney and Kroc had a mascot but Kroc's mascot become more popular than Walt Disney's. Both Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald are well known figures around the world today. Kroc had a major accomplishment he took and small idea and made it known nationwide. The McDonald brothers' Speede Service System became the beginning of the fast food empire. Walt Disney and Kroc weren’t always successful. Disney's animators went on strike in 1941 and Ray tried a traveling salesman approach but had doors slammed in his face. Both men took a new route and geared their advertising toward children which really help production. The advertising toward children went as far as involving fast food in schools. **__Chapter 3-__** I predict this chapter will be about everything that happens behind the counter and will explain how the food is prepared at the restaurant. Different parts of Colorado Springs represented different periods of time. Places in this are consisted of Kinko's, a Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, a Subway and a couple Starbucks. Academy Boulevard is where the modern neighborhoods began to grow. Fast food restaurants along the boulevard consisted of Burger King, Wendy's, McDonalds, Subway, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Colorado Springs has been seen as one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. World War II offered a great economic opportunity for Colorado Springs. After the war it gained new military bases and friendships formed between local businessmen. Stuff people don't know is that the burgers, chicken, French fries, and buns are all frozen when they arrive at McDonald's which means the only they do there is cook the food. **__Chapter 4-__** I predict this chapter will be about the success of the different fast food restaurants. A business wants to expand without spreading out funds which is extremely hard to do. Franchising schemes have been along for a long time and they still exist today. For example General Motors hired salesman to sell their new cars but the salesman ended up paying the company instead of the company paying the salesman. Most American franchises during this period went out of business within ten years. In 1978 Congress had passed the first federal legislation that regulated franchising. In 1999 a new legislation was introduced that would force franchisors to obey the same fundamental business rules as other American companies. Dave Feamster signed a franchise agreement to open Little Caesars in Pueblo, Colorado. him three years to pay off his original debt. Today he now owns five Little Caesar restaurants. He got worried when Papa John's arrived in Pueblo. He should have been because Papa John's is known as the fastest growing pizza chain. **__Chapter 5-__** I predict this chapter will explain why fast food French fries tastes so good. The Simplot Plant is a small facility that produces about a million pounds of potatoes each day. Machines in the plant wash, sort, peel, slice, blanch, blow-dry, fry and flash freeze the potatoes. In 1953 J.R. Simplot started selling frozen French fries. The reduced cost made French fries the most profitable item on the menu. McDonalds used these fries and nobody noticed a taste difference. Two of the largest French fry producers are Lamb Weston and McCain. The taste of the French fries is determined based on the oil it's cooked in. For example McDonalds cooks their fries in 7 percent cottonseed oil and 93 percent beef tallow. These two items gives their fries their unique taste. **__Chapter 6-__** I predict this chapter will provide the steps required to producing the food before it is taken to the restaurants. Ranchers and Cowboys were seen as a symbol of freedom and self-reliance. Ranchers faced many economic problems such as rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, oversupplies of cattle, increased shipments, development pressures, inheritance taxes, and health scares about beef. McDonalds happens to be the nation's largest costumer of beef. Over the last 20 years the share of retail dollar dropped from 63 to 46 cents. Ranchers were afraid that they would become powerless. In 1983 chicken nuggets became introduced to the fast food world. KFC is the number one and McDonalds is number two costumers of chicken. Americans typically eat 86 pounds of beef each year. In 1995 a land trust was devoted completely too preserving ranchland. **__Chapter 7-__** I predict this chapter will tell the downsides of the fast food industry. ConAgra Beef Company runs the nation's largest meatpacking plant. Typically cattle eat more than three thousands pounds of grain during their stay at a feedlot. Meatpacking plants are normally found in urban areas. Chicago is considered to be the meatpacking capital of the world. Working conditions in these plants were brutal. Currier J. Holman and A.D. Anderson opened their own meatpacking company. In 1974 they were convicted of bribing union leaders and meat wholesalers. Chicago meatpackers had to choices either go west or go out of business and nobody wanted that. Going west meant cheaper labor for people. Packinghouses began to close down in Chicago. On the up side slaughterhouses were built in rural areas. In 1979 Greeley workers went on strike. Montfort hired immigrant but a lot of them were illegal immigrants. Garden City, Kansas, Grand Island, Nebraska and Storm Lake, Iowa are towns that now consist of rural ghettos, drugs, poverty, restlessness and crime. **__Chapter 8-__** I predict this chapter will tell about the dangers of working in the fast food business, Workers wore about eight pounds of chain mail and steel armor covering their hands, wrists, stomach and back. A worker called a "sticker" would slit the neck of cattle while standing in blood for about eight and a half hours each day. Injury rate is three times higher in these slaughterhouses than in factories. Workers would be knives from their homes. They would spend at least forty minutes sharpening the blade and keeping the edges smooth. The worst job is cleaning the slaughterhouses. These people have to clean out the grease, fat, manure and leftover scraps of meat. I know I wouldn't want to have that job. The government reduced the enforcement rate of health and safety. In the 1980s the number of injuries increased. It can take up to a year for injured workers to receive workers' comp benefits. Workers felt as if they were treated like animals. **__Chapter 9-__** I predict this chapter will describe what is actually in the meat we are eating. There has been an increase in the number of E. coli infections. About 200,000 people have become sick from a foodbrone disease. One fourth of the American population suffers from food poisoning each year. About a dozen more foodborne diseases have been discovered. The government can't recall potentially contaminated meat from fast food restaurants. Hamburgers weren’t common during this time at restaurants they were usually sold t lunch carts parked near factories, at circuses, carnivals and state fairs. A lot of E.coli bacteria can help us digest food, synthesize vitamins and protects against bad bacteria. People used borax and glycerine to decrease the smell of spoiled meat. Meatpacking and fast food industries were financial supporters of Republican Party's. In 1996 the USDA adopted a science-based meat inspection system which will help reduce the amount of contaminated meat in restaurants. Cheap ground beef is most likely to have pieces of spinal cord, bone and gristle. About sixty to a hundred mutant E.coli bacteria produce Shiga toxins which are harmful to people. **__Chapter 10-__** I predict this chapter will express the affects fast food has on people. The first McDonald's opened in East Germany. McDonald's had three thousand restaurants and now has seventeen thousand restaurants. Fast food chains led to Western economic development. One of McDonald's most profitable overseas markets is Germany. The Soviet Union prevented the spread of American values and way of life. Fast food is a symbol of American culture that we literally consume on a regular basic. About half of American adults and about a fourth of American children are obese. About six million adults in the United States today are obese. Restaurants try to introduce healthy food but they were unsuccessful. Why eat healthy food when you can eat junk food? More then likely if someone had a choice between French fries and a salad they would choose the French fries. Eating McDonald's can cause heart disease. High unemployment rate can affect places politically and socially