fast food - commodity Flashcards

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list the positive social implication of fast food (commodity)

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  • 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
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list the negetive social implications of fast food goods

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  • obesity
  • loss of cultural idendity
  • poor and unfair wokring conditions (in some)
  • exploitation (in some)
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positive economic implication of a fast food good

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  • 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
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list the negative economic implications of fast food goods

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  • 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
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negative environmental implications of fast food goods

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  • 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
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positive environmental implications on fast food

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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

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