Signs of the Times

[AltruisticCrono]

It's quite obvious that during harder times, some people go to fast food far less to save money. There's also a modern drive to eat greener / healthier too since the health of this country is down the drain.

This is relevant since AZ has quite a history with this establishment and prolly knows this better than MSN.

articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/arbys-slipping-down-the-food-chain.aspx

[ArchangelZero]

Thanks for the link, AC. Good article.

And yes, Arby's blows. The things I've seen... the THINGS I've SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yes, as most of the local crew knows, I stopped eating fast food a little more than a year ago, after working in (and continuing to work in while I post-college career search) the industry for a total of four years. Within about six months, I'd dropped 40 pounds of bad weight, and was feeling much healthier overall. And I cannot say this enough... once you stop eating fast food, you stop craving it. Absolutely. I have no desire to ever eat another McDonalds double cheeseburger or anything from Taco Bell.

And while at the very least McDonalds and some other places have attempted to give the consumer healthier alternatives, Arby's has gone in the opposite direction. Let's put it this way... yes, a single regular roast beef is better for you than a quarter-pounder with cheese. But our supposedly "Healthy" offerings are often worse than the food they are trying to replace. A Market-Fresh Turkey and Swiss has something like 800-900 calories. The worst item we sell, to my knowledge, is the Chicken Salad Sandwich, which will inject about 1,200-1,400 calories into your system, thanks the "Heavy Duty Mayonnaise." And I'm not joking. That's what the mayo container says - Heavy. Duty.

But yes. If you must eat at Arby's, as I'm occasionally forced to, go for a plain old regular with none of that psuedo-cheese compound, and ask them to load it up with vegetables. A junior/regular with onions, leaf lettuce, and tomatoes is what I'll choke down if I absolutely must eat at work.

To clarify, I'm not the biggest health nut. I'm not the world's 'greenest' eater, and I still go out to eat quite often. Just not at fast food. The money you save on two/three fast food meals will pay for a nice meal at a better place, where the food is more carefully prepared and the ingerdients are better for you.

But nothing, NOTHING makes me more sick to my stomach than families who come in and order large orders of deep-fried popcorn chicken and large fries with a 30 oz. soda for their ten year olds. Makes me very, very sad. Really, it's not even that cheap. A meal like that will run you around $8.

This quote alone made me want to hug the writer: "As I scoured the menu -- the gyro, the french dip, the patty melt -- I had difficulty identifying anything that had gone through less processing than uranium."

Words from a wise man.

[remixedcat]

I just usually pick up a deli salad or sandwich from kroger. Much healthier and cheaper (just 5 dollars for a large salad or sub and 3.50 for a small salad or sub) so much cheaper then BK on average! I can't even stomach BK anymore. and arbys=eww. I can't stand roast beef anywayz. I only like roast beef thickly cut (1inch thick or more) not processed and sliced thin. I can't really stand that kinda meat.

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I had a tough time deciding which section to put this image in and seeing this is about bad meat and failing too well here yah goes:

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