Economic impact of fast food

Economic impact of fast food

Many people believe that Fast food is synonymous with the “American Lifestyle” and had also is origins in the United States, however most fast-food is of European origin, with a history dating back to the old romans. One famous example is the pizza. Originally the pizza was a simple flat bread (focaccia) to which toppings was added. Since people started to eat for pleasure, or while travelling the fast food industry started to grow. Mc donalds one of the biggest fast food chains on earth employs 1800000 people on the global scale, an there are more than 34000 restaurants worldwide.

THE 4 MOST SUCCESFULL FAST FOOD CHAINS IN EUROPE
	Name	Presence in countries	Employees	Yearly sales
1	Mc Donalds	119	1.800.000	27.56bn $
2	Subway	99	150000	16.4bn
3	Pizza Hut	100	140000	13.6bn
4	Burger King	80	750000	1.97bn

The Fast Food industry is one of the biggest employers and has a big economic impact. Especially young people are employed in that sector. Fast food chains pay minimum wage, work condition are hard, and career opportunities are scarce.But for the average students it is a good way of making money. In the US 1 out of 3 citizens work for Mc donalds at least once during their lifetime.