fast food - commodity

Question 1

list the positive social implication of fast food (commodity)

Answer 1

• employment opportunities- both direct (working at the store) and indirect (harvesting the potatoes at the farm)
• contributions to charity’s such as the Ronald Mcdonald house
• investment in community groups- sponsoring footy clubs

Question 2

list the negetive social implications of fast food goods

Answer 2

• obesity
• loss of cultural idendity
• poor and unfair wokring conditions (in some)
• exploitation (in some)

Question 3

positive economic implication of a fast food good

Answer 3

• generation of wages results in income taxes
• company profits are taxable which provide revenue for host countries
• opportunities for 3rd party companies to become suppliers

Question 4

list the negative economic implications of fast food goods

Answer 4

• disease related to obesity place a big financial burden on national health budgets
• the dominance of multinational fast food companies has a negative impact on small/medium sized local businesses

Question 5

negative environmental implications of fast food goods

Answer 5

• the litter produced by fast food is the 2nd largest contributor to litter.
• litter then effects the marine life and wildlife living standards
• the production of the plastic packaging requires the use of fossil fuel increasing the CO2 emissions
  -impacts of water requirements for potatoes
• beef products as it requires large areas of land as well as cereal products
• cows also producing methane = potent greenhouse gas
• large demand for beef and soy means deforestation happens n a larger scale which contributes to the removal of natural habitats and also the production of green house gases as trees are carbon sinks

Question 6

positive environmental implications on fast food

Answer 6

due to the pressure from consumers ffc have began to become more sustainable and helping the environment by changeing their plastic packaging to recyclable or biodegradable material