Food elitism
When it comes to the offerings in the open market, I will always side with the consumer–no matter how much I may not like the product. Pornography is something that I despise, but I am totally against the creation of any laws that attempt to eliminate it (except of course child pornography–which involves minors). Hip hop videos and music that degrade our woman is another thing I despise, but as one commenter on this site described, there will always be a segment of our society that will always pay their money and attention for such entertainment I deem as ‘crap’.
In recent years, the fast food industry has been under attack by those who are rightly concerned about our nation’s health, but constantly go after the wrong and easy target: big business.
When my family and I lived in Atlanta, GA, both my wife and I were overweight. I was about 235/240 and my wife—do you think I am that crazy to tell you her weight?
What was the main contributor to our obesity? Our constant diet of fast food and fatty meals we prepared in our home. Long story short, we lost much of that extra weight since that time thanks to a drastic reduction of fast food restaurant trips and educating ourselves on healthier options for home-cooked meals.
Wendy’s has been taking a lot of heat recently for their Baconator sandwich which according to their website has a whopping 830 calories. Critics have already been condemning the company for creating such a sandwich, but one important point they are missing here: Wendy’s is driven by consumer demand. No matter how unhealthy this sandwich may be, time and sales will ultimately tell whether or not if the company is out or in touch with what their customers want. Who am I to enforce my preferences on what others want?
Before someone goes there, companies DO NOT have any responsibility to see to it that customers are eating healthy. Leave that responsibility to the consumer.
Bottom line, if you don’t like it, get out of the line.
This is what happens when the consumer speaks:
(2006)
(thisislondon.co.uk) McDonald’s is closing its outlet in a town known for quality food and healthy, local produce.
The fast food chain in Tavistock, Devon, simply wasn’t being used enough by locals.(more…)
