why are there hamburgers in your underwear are you serious how could there be oh my god
look again and you might be surprised at all the smoke and mirrors and sleight of hand you
find taking place in the food industry all around you but have no fear as we reveal the 10 sneakiest
food business tactics you never noticed scamming you the mcdonald's fry carton pinch that's it no
more fries mcdonald's french fries are generally regarded as the gold standard of fast food fries
so there is no doubt that when you order a helping of fries from the golden arches you
want that carton filled with as many fries as can be squeezed in there and when you get your order
it usually looks like that is the case but as we all know looks can be deceiving and we aren't just
talking about that bump up arch at the bottom of the fry carton however former employees of the
chain have made claims that when they worked for mcdonald's they were encouraged to pinch the fry
carton when they were filling it so as to create a slightly smaller space to fill and then you pinch
pinch pinch the carton would look completely full but would contain fewer fries although multiple
former employees have made these claims mcdonald's for their part have said that they believe
these claims to be fictional there are no secret tricks and they have strict operational procedures
in place to ensure that fry portions are not under-filled regardless it's probably a good
idea to just give your fries a quick check before you dig in just to be sure you are getting all
the french fries you paid for milk in the back where's the milk we're out no milk no walk with
me i want you to get some milk where at the store now right now have you ever noticed that the milk
is always at the back of the grocery store now ask the manager of the store why that is and they may
say something about how that is because the back of the store is where the delivery trucks arrive
and having the fridges close by makes the most sense but the real reason and probably the bigger
reason is because milk along with eggs and a few other items are staples of most homes and are
on most customers shopping lists when they enter the store i got to milk eggs and fabric softener
however if you have to walk all the way through the store to get to the milk eggs and butter
that means you will be passing by lots of other products on your way there and back to the cash
making it more likely that you will pick up a few more items whether they were on your list or not
special no reminder sorry so the more time people spend in the store the more money they are likely
to spend bigger shopping carts stopping carts are not dangerous mom there's nothing dangerous
about a shopping cart if you only have a couple items on your shopping list then grab a basket
or even better just carry the items in your hands from the shelves to the checkout
just don't use a shopping cart the basic premise behind this one is that if you have
room for more items you are more likely to buy more items but if you already have your hands
full with a couple items then impulse buying that mega box of fruit loops the frozen pizza that's
on sale and that six pack of mountain dew that you really don't need will be much harder to do
it will become a crazy balancing act just trying to get to the checkout line without dropping
everything since the 1970s cars have gotten smaller but the shopping carts have gotten bigger
about three times as big in fact and while most grocery stores offer two sizes of carts you
have probably also noticed that there are way fewer small ones available forcing more people
to grab a big one container sizes how is this a child-sized soda well it's roughly the size of
a two-year-old child it may seem simple enough different size containers cost different prices
because you are getting more or less content in each one well not so fast the truth is
that while the cups and or bowls might all look like different sizes the amount of soup
drink etc you are getting in each one can often be exactly the same exactly the same these misleading
descriptions can happen anywhere and one quick look online finds consumers complaining about
the practice everywhere from local eateries to the big restaurant chains one poster on reddit claimed
that at one unnamed chain people would pay more for soup in a bowl than a cup but basically ended
up with the same amount of soup in the end no more soup for you the bowl was just shorter and wider
at the bottom than the cup well at this point there might not even be much we can do given
that it actually isn't illegal to sell the same amount of product in different size containers at
different prices it sure is sneaky though and for now at least it is on all of us as consumers to be
aware of the practice and be on the lookout for deception that's not what you ordered
this isn't what i ordered man can't anything go right in my life this one seems like a no-brainer
if you order one thing and get something different you are going to know well yes it's true if you
order a whopper and get a chicken sandwich you will be able to tell and won't be very happy about
it and rightly so because whoppers are delicious and if you order a frosty and get a salad that too
is not something that will go unnoticed there's been a mistake you've accidentally given me the
food that my food eats but what if it's not as easy to tell the difference well there have been
reports from employees at some of the big chains of some more subtle switches like regular coffee
just being watered down and passed off as decaf excuse me that better be decaf and if regular
mayonnaise is cheaper than fat-free mayo there is a chance that you will be getting the full
fat version on your sandwich even if you asked for the low-fat one while some people may be able to
tell the difference these are examples of switches that could go unnoticed by the average customer
until they are wired on caffeine wondering what happened photos can be deceiving am i getting
catfished here food photography is a big business and the professionals who do it are experts at
making whatever gets in front of their camera looks so good that you feel you need it in your
belly but there isn't one restaurant customer who hasn't had the experience of seeing a photograph
of what they ordered and then looked at what they actually got only to be a little dismayed by
the difference you look nothing like your profile picture in a consumer reports investigation they
checked out seven fast food chains and did photo to actual food comparisons and the results were
pretty much disappointing across the board reality is very disappointing with subway actually coming
in last regardless this practice of not delivering on what the pictures promise is not going to
change anytime soon a spokesperson for the federal trade commission said that truth in advertising
laws do apply when restaurants show menu items in print and television ads but the ftc hasn't
pursued any cases alleging that food ads are deceptive based on photos distribute the sugars
sugar-free donuts no that is sugar with free donuts knowing how bad sugar is for us
many consumers do the top three test meaning they check to see if sugar is one of the first three
ingredients however what many food companies have been known to do is distribute the sugars among
multiple ingredients so that sugar itself doesn't show up as one of those first three items on the
ingredient list sucrose high fructose corn syrup corn syrup solids brown sugar and dextrose are
just some of the ingredients food manufacturers can use to make sure their product tastes just
as sweet as they want it to they're terrible for you no they're not there's picture lance
armstrong on there but by using multiple sugar ingredients in smaller proportions none of them
make that dreaded top three that is why you should along with the ingredients list always check
the nutritional information because while the sugars may be spread out in the ingredient list
they can't spread them out in the nutritional facts on the line called sugar fast food menus
what's the craziest thing on the menu one of the most obvious things to point out about those big
bright fast food menus is the size of the pictures the hamburgers french fries salads and shakes all
look so bright and mouth-wateringly delicious and the photographs of them are the largest things
on the menu sure there is some text but it is smaller and there are even prices but that font
is generally even smaller still they want you to focus on the food not the price this also makes it
harder to read from far away and once you get up to the counter and can read all the details there
is that pressure of it being your turn to order not ready for this man they will even place the
most expensive menu items on the left-hand side which is where you start reading so you see them
first and let's talk about those prices everyone is familiar with the 99 trick making a price 9.99
so that we will still think of it as nine dollars even though it is for all intents and purposes ten
dollars well fast food restaurants know we know so many of them have gone to 979 and 989 pricing
which does the same thing but better aisle and shelf placement clean up on all five it might not
look like it to the average eye but everything in your grocery store has been designed to make you
spend more money from the color scheme to where in an aisle the product is placed you see while
women tend to browse grocery stores men are more likely to do what has been called the boomerang
effect unlike a man with the television remote who feels the need to click up and down through every
channel barely stopping to see what is playing on any given one a man in a grocery store will
often walk in go get what he came for and walk back the exact same way to the checkout is this
gonna take long relax you big baby we'll be in and out to somewhat counteract this boomerang effect
grocery stores tend to place the biggest brands and products in the middle of aisles
that way no matter what direction a shopper enters the aisle they have the furthest to walk
to get to said products where an item is placed on the shelf is also done very much on purpose
stores will generally place the more expensive and higher profit margin items right at eye level so
those are the ones you see first and most often putting the less profitable stuff at your feet
or on the top shelf where you are less likely to look all the time so the next time you were
in a grocery store remember to look up and look down there might be some money to be saved there
label padding crackle bars also healthy and delicious no they're not yeah they actually have
rice in them padding is usually used to protect people from injury but when food manufacturers
partake in the sneaky business of label padding they are definitely not taking the consumer's
safety into account with the growth of the healthy eating craze the companies making not so healthy
foods have been feeling left out he doesn't need us anymore now that he's got his cool new friends
as fewer people are purchasing their products well what is a food company to do well they could
just make healthier products or they could label pad their less than healthy products
with a bunch of healthy ingredients in such small amounts that their health benefits are
basically insignificant my body is starting to digest itself terry needs nutrients so don't be
fooled by all the berries herbs and superfood claims that some of these manufacturers make
about their products and make sure you actually see where in the list of ingredients they are
ingredients are listed in order of their proportions from greatest to least so kale
or the like as the last ingredient on the list is pretty much like not having it in there at all as
far as the nutritional benefits are concerned if it looks like junk food and smells like junk food
and tastes like junk food it's probably junk food stay right there and tap that screen for
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