Fast Food Nation

The book Fast Food Nation by Eric Scholsser was a very interesting book. Scholosser talks about fast food and how it all started and how the fast food industry has grown throughout the years. Fast Food Nation has ten chapters explaining almost everything good and bad about fast food. From who founded the first fast food place, down to what’s in the meat that we eat every day. The book has some very interesting facts, and the most interesting thing that I read was when Scholosser talked about Taco Bell, one of my favorite places. Taco Bell can offer low prices because they have already pre-cooked the beef and beans. “The strategy was a success during the 1990’s but eventually backfired as Taco Bell gained a reputation for cheap, bland food.”(Scholosser 280). Sales went down by 97% which caused financial problems to thousands of Taco Bell franchises. This Taco Bell story is just one of the many fast food stories that Scholosser talk about in his book, Fast Food Nation.
I have two opinions about this book. My first opinion is that, I wish Scholosser wouldn’t have smashed the fast food industry so much. Taco Bell is one of my favorite places to eat and I didn’t even know that the meat and beans had been pre-cooked. I also didn’t like how he put down fast food places so much that they lost business. Fast Food Nation had many law suits against it because they made so many franchises lose money.
On the other hand, I liked what Scholosser did, because it made me realize how bad fast food places such as Taco Bell really are for me. I always wondered why my stomach hurt so bad after eating Taco Bell, and now I know it’s because imp eating meat and beans that have been cooked months before. He also made me realize that something as little as food can kill you. Her did a great job by trying to get to Americans and make them realize what they are putting their body’s through, and hopeful y making them realize that it can kill them.