the western fast-food has been more and more popular nowadays.why things have been so and how do these career put off so quickly have been a heated topic of any
the first reason i should say, it's beacause it's "fast", not the civic life is busy and busy indeed, people want to save their time even when eating! Second, it has been a fashion to have your quick meal in KFC, especially among youth!
Anyway, we chinese restaurant do should learn from them.To make our chinese food become more convenient to most of the people can be a big improvement!I hope our Chinese restaurant can be a Chinese KFC in the nearly future!
What Are the Causes of Fast Food's Popularity?
By Allison Edrington, eHow Contributor
Fast food restaurants are popping up all over the planet, but nowhere are they more a part of the culture than in the U.S., be it a drive-through or sit-down restaurant. While individuals have different motivations for going to fast food chains, there are specific reasons why they've became so popular and remain so.
Price
When it comes to restaurant dining, fast food is nearly as cheap as it gets, so price is one of the primary reasons people frequent them. Finding inexpensive dining out options is especially important to families, which make up a large percentage of fast food customers. Many chains offer value meals or items for less than a dollar, counting on customers with budget sensitivity to be attracted to these options.
Convenience
Fast food is simple to obtain and practically on every corner, providing a quick way to purchase a meal. As people have less and less time to dedicate to cooking meals, they turn more to the simplest available option. Since many fast food establishments have drive-through windows, diners don't even have to get out of their cars to pick up food. With the augment of healthier meal options at fast food chains, they've become even more popular.
Taste
Many fast food restaurants offer guilty pleasures on their menus, such as French fries and bacon. These elements are comfort food for many people and can be filling as well as tasty. Unfortunately, the reason fast food tastes so good is often because it's loaded with fat and sodium, but due to the outcry from customers who are increasingly health-conscious, changes in the way some items are prepared are being made which may or may not affect their taste.
Marketing
Fast food restaurants spend a large amount of money on marketing their meals to consumers, and it seems to be effective. Teens, adults and parents are all separate targets of advertising, and children are also a major marketing demographic with toys and special meals aimed just for them. Many fast food chains design marketing promotions around popular sports and media events, and publicize contests as another way to get diners through their doors.
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Top 11 Reasons for Fast Food's Popularity
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Dec. 2, 2008 -- Fast food lives up to its name in a new study of people who frequently eat at fast-food restaurants.
Nearly 600 adults and teens in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area were interviewed for the study in 2005-2006. Most reported eating fast food at least three times per week.
After tucking into a meal at a fast-food restaurant, participants rated how strongly they agreed or disagreed with 11 statements about why they like fast food.
Here are their top reasons for eating fast-food meals, according to the percentages of people who agreed with each statement:
They're quick: 92.3%
They're easy to get to: 80.1%
I like the taste of fast food: 69.2%
They're inexpensive: 63.6%
I'm too busy to cook: 53.2%
It's a "treat" for myself: 50.1%
I don't like to prepare foods myself: 44.3%
My friends/family like them: 41.8%
It is a way of socializing with friends and family: 33.1%
They have many nutritious foods to offer: 20.6%
They're fun and entertaining: 11.7%
he "I'm too busy to cook" line was more popular among people with college degrees than people with less education. And young adults were less likely than older adults to say they ate fast food because it offered many nutritious choices.
Still, the results boil down to speed and convenience at one end of the spectrum, and nutrition and fun at the other end. Bridging that gap means coming up with speedy, nutritious alternatives, suggest the researchers, who included Sarah Rydell, MPH, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Their findings appear in December's edition of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association