The fast food retreat
I am pretty sure then I have fallen off the radar for one industry. The fast food industry. Or as others know it the fat food industry. Put it down to demographics or geography or change in income but I no longer receive those bundles of coupons that invite me to come in for yet one more burger. I still have a postal box but no sign of any interest in them giving me something for free. That is probably a good thing. Since I no longer go to their restaurants I tend to eat in a more healthy fashion. Smaller portions that are prepared here at home. If I have a hamburger it is by design not hunger pangs. I watched some footage that talks about the changing industry. About how some of the bigger names are going to disappear. The clientele is still out there but there does not seem to be the uptake or uptick in client numbers. When I hear about someone that took the time to eat a fast food burger every day I am left with a sense of curiosity. Was it the sauce? Or the convenience? Going home from work and preparing meals is labour intensive. The fast food industry depended upon that. With multiple restaurants on every corner in a larger city there was always someone willing to sell you a burger and fries for cheap. Remove the clientele and the business model makes much less sense. Or dollars. I am hard pressed to remember the last time I went out and bought something like a bucket of chicken. Measure that in years. Or a foot long sandwich. Something I might do while traveling a long distance in the car but otherwise much easier to go home bread and some cold cuts. As for soda from the fountain? I do not miss it. We purchased one of those machines that allows you to carbonate your own liquid’s and even there I use much less fizzy water than before. Still have it in refrigerator but not on the table. I think I may have broken clear of the fast food industry. I will let them attract clients as they see fit but I do not think that they miss me nor I them. Funny how that changes. When I bought my first burger for $0.10 I thought that the world had changed. I agree, that was a long time ago. And there are no restaurants in my immediate area offering products that make me want to go to them. Not even a pizza because I have a refrigerator and a freezer at home.
