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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Sun Nov 9, 2014, 08:01 AM Nov 2014

Fast Food Is On The Decline In America [View all]

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-the-slow-decline-of-fast-food-in-america-2014-11

What a Big Mac actually looks like.

New York (AFP) - The hospitals of the Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri no longer serve fast food in their cafeterias, after ending a contract with McDonald's in 2012 -- two years ahead of schedule.

In Kentucky, Kosair Children's Hospital signed up to serve Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets to its patients when it opened in 1986. But it has now followed in TMC's footsteps.

The reversals by hospital chains that once embraced McDonald's reflect a waning love affair with fast food in the United States, as consumers become increasingly aware of the benefits of eating better.

"Fast foods have their place, but I am not so sure their place is inside the hospital," recalled John Bluford, the former TMC chief executive.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-the-slow-decline-of-fast-food-in-america-2014-11#ixzz3IZWhQtFl

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Fast Food Is On The Decline In America [View all] xchrom Nov 2014 OP

Side note: a friend of mine is a food photographer Recursion Nov 2014 #1

Yes, but that particular Big Mac is stragegically rearranged Ms. Toad Nov 2014 #10

I don't think it was "strategically" rearranged jmowreader Nov 2014 #25

This^ cherokeeprogressive Nov 2014 #28

Our McD's burgers were "rearranged" so they had no meat in them! JimDandy Nov 2014 #31

That could be, too. n/t Ms. Toad Nov 2014 #33

Fast food Quality has been on the decline for years Demeter Nov 2014 #2

So has the income to buy it with. Mixed blessings. n/t jtuck004 Nov 2014 #3

Where do you think we long-term unemployed eat out, steakhouses? HomerRamone Nov 2014 #4

When my husband was out of work for 3-1/2 years Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #5

You deserve a break today... HomerRamone Nov 2014 #6

At McDonald's? Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #8

Healthy if not wealthy :) Lenomsky Nov 2014 #9

We were fortunate enough to have a garden Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #11

good job drray23 Nov 2014 #27

No, we long-term unemployed don't eat when there is no money, not just get ignored jtuck004 Nov 2014 #21

That people not even having the income to buy fast food is a "mixed blessing" is one of the nastiest HomerRamone Nov 2014 #22

Somehow I don't see 'fast food' and 'equality' as belonging in the same sentence. pangaia Nov 2014 #7

I just hope they don't start laying off workers. yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #29

It's not fast food. It's McFood. nt valerief Nov 2014 #12

While in line at, take a photo of the food menus displays- then take a pic of what you're served. vkkv Nov 2014 #13

LOL, they extol Chipotle as a good substitute for McDonalds NickB79 Nov 2014 #14

Burritos are 1000 calories? woolldog Nov 2014 #16

The OP was about the unhealthiness of eating fast food like McDonalds NickB79 Nov 2014 #20

eat a light dinner then. woolldog Nov 2014 #23

There is a problem with the comparison jmowreader Nov 2014 #26

We do that all the time. Codeine Nov 2014 #17

Hospitals were serving fast food to patients???? CrispyQ Nov 2014 #15

Fast food used to be something occasionally illicitly smuggled into a hospital Codeine Nov 2014 #19

It's a cost-effective way to induce vomiting, I suppose. n/t Gore1FL Nov 2014 #24

I think it was for those visiting yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #30

Serving fast food in Hospitals has got to be one of the stupidest things that can be AZ Progressive Nov 2014 #18

That shit is expensive BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #34