Fast food
A meat scandal in China has customers asking just how safe is Western fast food?
The McDonald’s menu in China is looking sparse ever since investigative reporters there filmed a local firm allegedly repackaging old meat — even scooping it off the floor — and selling it to fast food outlets. The company, Shanghai Husi Food, is a major supplier to many foreign chains in China, including McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks.The McDonald’s menu in China is looking sparse ever since investigative reporters there filmed a local firm allegedly repackaging old meat — even scooping it off the floor — and selling it to fast food outlets. The company, Shanghai Husi Food, is a major supplier to many foreign chains in China, including McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks.
Fast-food workers around the world stage protests over low wages
Fast-food workers from London to Manila took to the streets in more than 33 countries today to protest over low wages and a lack of guaranteed work hours.Fast-food workers from London to Manila took to the streets in more than 33 countries today to protest over low wages and a lack of guaranteed work hours.
Can Fast Food Fight Obesity?
In recent years, McDonald’s and other fast food chains have created and emphasized some of their healthier menu choices in their marketing. Fast food has its fair share of critics who say that the processed foods served by chain restaurants are responsible for the obesity epidemic in this country. But in this month’s cover issue […]
In Pakistan, no one admits to being a Burger
Pakistan’s history with fast-food isn’t as long as in other parts of the world. And for a long while, it was too expensive for average Pakistanis. So to most Pakistanis, people who could eat fast food burgers were the rich and wealthy. And suddenly, the rich and wealthy were being called Burgers themselves.
Chips Funga: Kenyans transform term for French fries into slang for one-night stand
The term Chips Funga is taking Kenya by storm. It’s the name for the popular French fries that club-goers might eat after a night out on the town. But it’s also become a slang term for when a man meets a women and takes her home for a one-night stand. There’s a related term for when the shoe is on the other foot, too.