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growth of, 3, 8;
and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), 208, 215;
and homogenizing of America, 5;
and impulsive buying, 66;
injury rates in, 83;
as international, 88, 228–34, 239–40, 243–49, 267;
and interstate high-way system, 8, 22;
investment in, 24–25;
largest hamburger chains, 27;
and lawsuits, 75, 245–49, 266–67;
lobbying efforts of, 8, 37, 88, 267;
management salaries in, 73, 74;
McDonald’s as standard for, 22, 65, 97;
and “McWorld,” 229;
and obesity, 9, 40–43, 261, 324n;
and Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), 84–85;
and oil embargo, 24;
and popular culture, 9;
and poultry industry, 139–42;
profit margins in, 54, 286n;
public school marketing programs of, 51–57;
real costs in, 261–62;
and restaurant technology, 24, 66–67, 71–72;
rural life affected by, 8;
and saturated fats, 298n;
and school dropouts, 79–80;
site selection for, 66;
and Small Business Administration (SBA), 102;
social status of employment in, 78–79;
tax breaks for, 72;
teenagers in, 67–71, 78–87;
and throughput, 67–71;
and toys, 4, 47–48;
training in, 69–71, 262;
and unions, 71, 75–77, 88, 233, 262;
wages in, 8, 37, 71, 73–74, 85, 277n, 328n;
and worker safety, 84–85. See also Advertising; Cattle industry; Labor Practices; Meatpacking industry; Workforce; and specific companies
Favorite, Philly, 145
FBI, 37, 86, 293n
FDA, 128
Feamster, Dave, 92–94, 102–4
Federal subsidies, 7–8, 72
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 45–46, 99, 137
Federation of Labour of Quebec, 77
Few Quick Facts About Venereal Disease, 38
Filet-O-Fish, 95, 124
Film industry, 18
Financial Post, 100
Firestone, 16
Fish, Joe, 220
Fisher, Donald, 97
Fisher, Doris, 97
Fixed costs, 78
Flash-freezing, 111, 113
Flavor industry, 122–28
Focus on the Family, 63, 259
Foley, William P. II, 27, 267
Fone-A-Chef, 24
Food Chemical News, 124
Food Engineering, 6, 124
Foodmaker, Inc., 208
Food Product Design, 124
Food Technologist, 6
Food Will Win the War, 38
Foot Locker, 5
Forbes, 155, 306n
Ford, Henry, 36
Ford Aerospace, 62
Foreign policy, U.S., 229–30
Foreman, Carol Tucker, 328–29n
Foster Farms, 208
Fox Kids Network, 48
Fragrance industry, 122
France, 244
Franchises:
and American foreign policy, 229–30;
benefits of, 97, 98;
for Burger King, 98;
for Carl’s Jr. restaurants, 25, 98;
costs of, 98;
and economic trends, 9;
and encroachment, 99–101;
failure rate of, 98, 295n;
franchise agreements, 99–100, 102–4;
history of, 94–95;
and homogenizing of America, 5;
international franchises, 233;
for Jack in the Box, 99;
for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), 95;
legal protection of franchisees, 99–100;
for McDonald’s, 95–96, 98, 100;
Small Business Administration (SBA) loans for, 102;
for Taco Bell, 85;
and Uniform Commercial Code, 101;
and wages, 75, 78
Frank, Susan, 48
Freedom Newspaper chain, 63
Freedom of Information Act, 215
French fries: additives to, 120–21;
and China, 231;
competitive business in,116–17;
consumption statistics for, 277n;
development in U.S., 114;
and Kroc, 114–15;
and processor oligopsony, 117–20;
producers of, 158;
production costs of, 298n;
production process for, 111–31;
sugar added to, 131
Fresno Bee, 53
Frey, William H., 64
FTC. See Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
FUBU, 82
Fujita, Den, 231, 323n
FutureCall, 81
Gallegos, Sandra, 193–94
Gap Inc., 5, 59, 78, 97
GapKids, 97
Gas chromatography, 124, 301n
General Accounting Office, 102
General Dynamics, 39
General Electric, 39
General Motors, 16, 94
Gepetto Group, 231
Gerba, Charles, 221
German Democratic Republic. See East Germany
Germany, 227, 231–32, 249–52, 276n, 322n
GFI America, Inc., 162, 163
Giardia lamblia, 203
Gingrich, Newt, 210
GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration), 137
Givaudan, 121
Glenn & Anderson, 156
Glickman, Dan, 213, 214
GNC Packing, 259
Godbout, Clement, 77
Godfather’s Pizza, 92
Goebbels, Joseph, 226
Golden arches: and Christian cross, 4, 276–77n;
design of, 20;
Freudian importance of, 98. See