oh i'm having like mcptsd as much as you would like to believe that everything your favorite fast
food joint advertises is true most people wouldn't be surprised to learn that the industry has
more than a few tricks that help hit max profits no matter the cost in order to best protect you
against any nonsense let's shed some light on the top 10 dirty tricks of fast food restaurants
aroma therapy mind control do you smell it have you ever been walking through the
mall or minding your own business strolling down the street when all of a sudden you're
randomly overwhelmed by the delicious smell of subway's sandwich bread well that might be because
subway has one of the most recognizable scents of all the other sandwich shops
and one of the most addictive this sub-legend is not the only one to have figured out just how much
of a powerful tool the nose can be in persuading potential hungry folks to open up their wallets
many other fast food chains came to understand just how enticing the smell of fresh-cut fries
baked goods just out of the oven or even grilled burgers can be for customers who probably never
even intended to make a purchase i'm not going to get into this smells are often intensified
in restaurants in order to help increase the customer draw and certain items such as bacon
in the morning are cooked at different times of day to encourage passer-by customers to stop in
now even our noses are in on it too playing tricks on us just try walking by a cinnabon and
not picking up a little something you can't tempt me traitor fill the fries give me give me give me
oh my god i love you almost everyone has experienced driving away from the drive-thru
after picking your order reaching down into the bag for a salty fry and realizing that the carton
was only half full what a rip-off and even when ordering inside the restaurant it seems that by
the time the fries arrive at your table the carton is already almost half empty are you
sure they cook to a crispy golden perfection whether you're a fry carton half full or a fry
carton half empty kind of person no one enjoys receiving half of what they paid for thanks to
some ex fast food employees the mystery of the half full fry carton has finally been solved
apparently when filling the cartons employees are instructed to hold the cartons in a specific way
that makes them appear more full than they really are when the carton returns to its normal shape
after a few minutes the fries quickly shift around in the box leaving that extra empty space a space
that could have been used up by more fries if fries are so cheap why worry about saving on
a few well-deserved extra french fries well in terms of the millions of cartons sold those few
fries can amount to millions of dollars worth of potatoes plus if someone isn't full because their
fry carton was less satisfying than it appeared they may just make an additional purchase on the
way out the door basically just another reason for you to spend even more money a child's dream and a
parent's nightmare listen i decided i don't want kids one of the most controversial tricks fast
food restaurants use in order to entice people to buy is by advertising to children impressionable
minds like theirs are unable to see the truth hidden behind large corporate ad campaigns
which makes them the perfect candidates to become lifelong clients by using characters like ronald
mcdonald fast food restaurants were able to create a fan base about to enter their most frivolous
stage of life young adulthood who doesn't still think of the classic fold up burger king crowns
whenever they stop for a whopper even if it's been decades since they last put one on their head it's
not only adults who've had their parents ignoring their pleas to stop for food when they would drive
past the golden arches or a burger king who can understand the pull fast food can have on a child
if you end the conversation i'll get you an egg lover i mean what kid wouldn't want to sit in a
restaurant with their favorite cartoon characters surrounded by games while eating sugary and salty
treats exactly corporations know exactly the effect their exciting brands bring to young minds
and they are not afraid to pit children against parents to sell another not having sandwich
a race against time 330.6 that's another record everything about the fast food diening experience
is designed around efficiency and turnaround as scientists have learned it takes approximately
20 minutes to half an hour for your stomach to communicate to your brain that you're full
for fast food restaurants to ensure that customers consume as much food in that given time period
before they realize they are full and regret begins to set in everything about the experience
is designed to ensure a speedy service from the minute the first bite is taken the meal and the
atmosphere is designed to get you to eat as much as possible in a very short time frame fast food
meals are typically constructed to be extremely easy to eat and easily digestible items like
sandwiches are usually among the favorites because they don't require any type of cutlery and are
theoretically pretty quick to eat hey this is all aboveboard even the dining room itself with its
harsh lighting irritating music and uncomfortable chairs is designed to make sure you eat your food
and leave as quickly as possible all the while ensuring you will be back soon enough to do it
all over again we've met before but something tells me you're going to remember me this time
fast food muffins dessert for breakfast breakfast is a big boy's most important meal of the day the
breakfast superstar duo of the drive-thru coffee and a muffin has been helping workers get through
early mornings for decades for usually less than three dollars most fast food restaurants
offer some sort of breakfast combo that features their own line of muffins as such an innocent and
healthy appearing breakfast many have been duped by the bland appearances of fast food muffins
unfortunately for muffin fans these tiny little sugary cakes might as well be covered in frosting
considering how much sugar they contain while most home recipes for muffins feature reduced sugars
or alternative sweeteners like honey fast food muffins are packed with a lot of unnecessary sugar
that'll teach you to lick my muffin while most assume they are making a healthy breakfast choice
they might as well be indulging in one of the more savory breakfast options that are bound to deliver
better nutrients the sugars in the morning muffin may offer that sweet sugar rush to your mundane
morning routine but don't be surprised if it's followed by an unappetizing afternoon sugar crash
it might be time to second guess that morning bran or blueberry boost you've been eating all those
years thinking you were being the healthy and wise one do you know the muffin man the muffin man
large and in charge soda sizing do you not know that for a mere 25 cents more you could purchase a
large beverage most restaurants carry the typical drink size offerings small medium and large but
rarely do customers question exactly what these sizes refer to since every restaurant seems to
have chosen their own individual definitions of soda sizes not only is there a difference
of sizing between restaurants but over the last 50 years fast food joints have continuously made
their sizing larger and larger all while keeping the same size names small medium and large for
instance mcdonald's originally only offered one size of fountain drink which was seven fluid
ounces gradually though they introduced drink sizing and from that moment on the drink sizes
haven't stopped growing in volume but why would anybody need this much soda that's a lot of soda
you might not think that soda is a very powerful menu item on its own but you would be shocked to
hear that the dollar drink days promotion has been cited as one of the most successful mcdonald's
promotions of all time the increase in soda popularity was a win for fast food restaurants
sugar companies and soda companies just be careful and make sure it remains a win for you
too aka try not to over indulge in drinks that are way larger than they really need to be i want one
no the hidden land of the value menu that's easy to explain um it's the uh um
have you ever noticed how the value menu is like the hidden treasure of fast food chains
not only is it filled with amazing worthy deals typically around the one to three dollar mark
but it is also almost impossible to find without a map marking the exact spot with a giant x fast
food restaurants have learned to strategically place the value menu in locations people will
have a hard time finding in the forefront of the menu are the most profitable menu items like the
recent promotional items more expensive deluxe sandwiches and the new exciting specialty drinks
on the other hand the value menu can be found somewhere in one of the bottom corners of the menu
with the arrival of digital menu boards the value menu has become increasingly difficult to spot
as fast food restaurants continuously display advertisements and alternate the boards that show
for a few brief seconds the value menu this is done strategically to confuse customers and
convince them to buy the first menu items they see and not the ones they went in looking for surprise
the lack of pictures in the value menu boards also adds to the confusion unless you know for
sure which sandwich you're searching for and what its price is you're most likely going to
have a hard time finding it on the board a mcdouble may be a standard menu item but to
someone who has never eaten one its description sounds just like many of the other mcdonald's
hamburgers the mcdouble has the greatest value and is therefore the burger most customers should want
so why is it so hard to find value menu boards may be for the thrifty but you also need to be savvy
combos an industry revolution i just need a burger man would you like some fries with that no i'm all
right when fast food restaurants first appeared in the middle of the 20th century the combo was
a futuristic concept typical individual items like hamburgers fries and soda bottles were sold
on a per item basis today it seems that every restaurant always tries to sell you a combo
whether it's a classic soda and fries option or something a little more upscale like a side
salad with a milkshake who goes to mcdonald's and orders a salad restaurants seem to live for
the combo sale the late 1980s is when fast food and soda company executives realized they had an
extremely powerful instrument in their hands with the use of the combo prior to this idea sodas only
made up a very small portion of fast food sales and were regularly supplied only bottled or canned
since they weren't in very high demand with the invention of the meal combo restaurants
realized that they could not only increase their own profit margins but also the sales of both the
potato and soda industries from then on soda sales skyrocketed the sale of potatoes and fast food
restaurants is so immense that there was even a potato crisis caused by the pandemic due to a big
reduction in demand from the restaurant industry as a whole the canadian government even advertised
potatoes as a healthy meal option in order to help increase the country's potato sales in 2020.
amazing how the combo a simple seeming idea has such a monumental impact on three major commerce
groups fraudulent grill marks come on seriously grill marks on a fresh charred piece of meat are
one of the most appetizing sites of any summer barbecue fast food restaurants have learned just
how appetizing those grill marks can make both burgers and chicken appear and figured out the
perfect trick to give the illusion of a charred effect to guarantee that the meat has the same
uniformity expected throughout fast food products fast food restaurants have learned that the grill
marks can be added artificially in pre-production prior to the arrival of the burgers grilled
pieces of steak or chicken at a store they are already covered with their beautiful grill marks
see that wasn't so hard this basically means that the grills at some of the most popular fast food
chains aren't really doing anything more than simply reheating the patties this is by far
one of the most impressive and far-reaching tricks that some fast food corporations have instilled to
guarantee success in 2020 when consumers are still demanding a return to more wholesome and natural
food sources it's amazing that companies continue to use these beauty techniques liar salads a
sneaky solution salad since i am not a rabbit no i do not the 2000s was a decade in which the fast
food industry underwent a great amount of change as calls were being made to put out healthier and
fresher options to suit more diverse diets and lifestyles fast food restaurants knew exactly the
right low calorie meal to add to their menu boards salads whether it was a simple caesar or garden
salad to swap out the salty and greasy fries or a meal-sized salad featuring exciting proteins like
chicken and steak salads were sweeping up fast food sales left and right unfortunately these
salads might not be the promised land of health after all considering that most people select a
salad under the assumption that it's the healthy and smart menu choice it's important to highlight
that some of these fast food salads are actually pretty terrible in terms of nutrition and caloric
intake mcdonald's new kale salad has more calories than a double big mac salads like the taco salad
from taco bell might not seem like a surprising addition to this list of high calorie salads
but many others like wendy's apple pecan chicken salad and the popular customizable chopped salads
from subway also figure on that list as they are all incredibly high in calories sugar and fat if
you ever eat a salad at a fast food restaurant pay close attention to the ingredients to avoid
those hidden fats and sugars fast food salads are still a great way to make a healthy lunch
or dinner choice just make sure to choose wisely make it a combo and taps that screen
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