Sales of top five fast-food chains: in Billions, 1996. From Wordnik.com. [A Really Big Mac] Reference
They've got enough fast-food marketers telling them that already. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Think of the fast-food worker as the epitome of this job segment. From Wordnik.com. [Workers Of The World, Get Online] Reference
The 37-year-old indulges in fast-food fare at least five times a week. From Wordnik.com. [Meet The 'Heavies'] Reference
Sending out for fast-food learning help is often a last-resort measure. From Wordnik.com. [A Sylvan Invasion] Reference
In one scene, Ritchie and Hilton are employed at Sonic, a fast-food burger chain. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Party On, Paris!] Reference
The change isn't just image making; the fast-food chain is also peddling leaner fare. From Wordnik.com. [But What Would Colonel Sanders Think?] Reference
"" This town doesn't expect fast-food justice, '' says County Commissioner Paul Danish. From Wordnik.com. ['No Fast-Food Justice.'] Reference
I estimated that I averaged at least one or two fast-food meals a day, seven days a week. From Wordnik.com. [Downsize Me] Reference
"I was so excited," says the Internet project manager, who runs a fast-food fan Web site. From Wordnik.com. [Meet The 'Heavies'] Reference
In fast-food parlance, Borucki is called a "heavy user," even though he is quite slender. From Wordnik.com. [Meet The 'Heavies'] Reference
Coaches remind players to eat breakfast and avoid fast-food outlets except for endorsements. From Wordnik.com. [Raging Bulls] Reference
You can stop at grocery stores instead of fast-food chains and buy supplies for two meals a day. From Wordnik.com. [The Summer of Our Discontent] Reference
If he succeeds in bucking the trend he helped create, it could mean fewer cutesy fast-food tie-ins. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Dead Aim At Disney] Reference
A typical franchise fee to the parent companies of fast-food outlets is about 4 percent of revenues. From Wordnik.com. [Tempest In A Coffee Cup] Reference
That has led food providers to piggyback off retail trends in the "quick casual" and fast-food markets. From Wordnik.com. [CAFETERIA CUISINE] Reference
The condiment is so popular at fast-food chains that suppliers design the product for a quick turnover. From Wordnik.com. [ASK TIP SHEET] Reference
According to Schlosser, "the fast-food industry embodies the best and the worst of American capitalism.". From Wordnik.com. [Hold The French Fries] Reference
And this is at elementary schools, which don't have fast-food concessions like middle and upper schools. From Wordnik.com. [Nutrition: How To Flunk Lunch] Reference
Many families have replaced traditional at-home dinners with fast-food feasts and decadent restaurant affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Of Prophets And Profits] Reference
I don't think a strong culture is threatened by the invasion of anybody, and certainly not fast-food restaurants. From Wordnik.com. [America's Pasta Pusher] Reference
What about nursing moms working at fast-food restaurants who use a bathroom stall — not even a janitor's closet?. From Wordnik.com. [Pump It Up] Reference
The fast-food chains may be touting their "new and improved" salads, but just how good (or good for you) are they?. From Wordnik.com. [Health: Salad Stressing] Reference
Its share of the U.S. fast-food market has held steady over the last five years, despite explosive new competition. From Wordnik.com. [A Really Big Mac] Reference
That's the amount in two tablespoons of stick margarine, one medium order of fast-food french fries or one doughnut. From Wordnik.com. [Fat, Carbs and the Science of Conception] Reference
From the "supersized" fast-food meals to the megamansions that crowd exurbia, Americans choose quantity over quality. From Wordnik.com. [Get Outta My Way!] Reference
In 1999, Bove famously trashed a half-built McDonald's in southern France in protest of America's fast-food imperialism. From Wordnik.com. [Like Father, Unlike Son] Reference
The fast-food giant that once urged consumers to "have it your way" can't seem to get anything to go its way these days. From Wordnik.com. [A Tarnished Crown] Reference
Not everyone can afford the up-front cost of a fast-food franchise or the start-up of his own computer or biotech company. From Wordnik.com. [Sailing Without A Lifeboat] Reference
They identified lots of problems, including few grocery stores with fresh vegetables and an oversupply of fast-food joints. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultural War On Diabetes] Reference
In Washington state, fast-food companies bused in burger flippers to protest against the proposed reduction to 20 hours a week. From Wordnik.com. [Too Old, Too Fast?] Reference
Now restaurant trend spotters say they've found another innovation on the horizon: automated ordering at fast-food drive-thrus. From Wordnik.com. [FAST FOOD: FINE, HAVE IT YOUR WAY] Reference
She knows how hard it is to pay the rent when the fast-food restaurant or the hotel where you're making beds cuts back your hours. From Wordnik.com. [Joy—And Need—At Operation Breakthrough] Reference
Arms makers and symbols of American cultural imperialism, from media moguls to fast-food giants, are at high risk, warns Cherkasky. From Wordnik.com. [Fasten Your Seat Belts] Reference
But it's hard not to agree with his thesis that the fast-food phenomenon has gone haywire -- and that it didn't have to be this way. From Wordnik.com. [Hold The French Fries] Reference
Schlosser offers the startling assertion that on any given day "about one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast-food restaurant.". From Wordnik.com. [Hold The French Fries] Reference
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