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Fast Food - Document - Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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fast food is bad for the people and earth

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fast food is bad for the people and earth

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Fast Food Is Harmful to People and the Planet - Document - Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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Fast food in the U.S. has grown from a $6 billion-a-year industry in 1970 into a corporate juggernaut with more than $170 billion in annual revenues today. Especially because “meat,” dairy and eggs are the main ingredients in fast food, the exponential increase in its consumption has engendered a wide range of negative social impacts—including rapidly rising diet-related disease rates, worker exploitation, systemic animal abuse, and environmental degradation.

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The Fast Food Industry Encourages the Overuse of Antibiotics in Farm Animals

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The Fast Food Industry Encourages the Overuse of Antibiotics in Farm Animals

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The Fast Food Industry Encourages the Overuse of Antibiotics in Farm Animals - Document - Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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No one likes to think about what goes into fast food. But fatty fries and potentially carcinogenic ingredients are only half the story. A second important threat to public health lurks just beyond the fryer—the enormous amounts of antibiotics [drugs used to treat infectious diseases in humans] used to make the burgers, bacon and nuggets.

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Topic: Fast food restaurants in the U.S.

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While QSR giants like McDonald’s dominate the fast food market, do they satisfy consumers? Read more in our topic page on quick service restaurants in the U.S.

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Two of the biggest markets in the food and beverage service industry are in the United Kingdom and France, where in 2015 enterprises generated revenues of 87.8 billion euros and 63.2 billion euros respectively. In terms of presence, Italy and Spain also compete, ranking highest for number of food service enterprises in the EU in 2014.

Restaurants are possibly the main outlet type used by consumers in the food service industry, from full service 'sit down' restaurants, to limited service and casual dining establishments. Restaurants and mobile food services in the European Union generated a total turnover of around 237 billion euros in 2015, with France and the UK leading the market once again. The highest number of restaurant enterprises can be found in France, although restaurant numbers in the UK have been steadily rising, reaching 72,794 enterprises in 2015.

Quick service and fast food restaurants are a key segment of the restaurant industry. Fast food brands including Subway, McDonalds, Burger King and KFC dominate the landscape for restaurant franchises in Europe. The U.S. fast food giant McDonalds is present in most European countries. Also often incorporated into the quick service restaurant market are coffee shops and cafés, in which Costa, Starbucks and McCafé are the leading players in Europe.

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Topic: Restaurants and food services in Europe

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Find the most up-to-date statistics about restaurants and food services in Europe

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As of 2023, there were 207,827 fast food restaurants in the United States. This number has been increasing by about 1.7% per year since 2018.