Fast Food Trivia

“I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, "I'd like some fries." The girl at the counter said, "Would you like some fries with that?"”- Jay Leno

For fun, here is some Fast Food Trivia:

• The most popular meal requested by death row inmates is Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
• In 2002 there were 600 Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets in China. China is the second largest fast food market after the United States.
• America spends more on fast food than is spent on college education, computers, software, or new cars.
• McDonald's is the world's largest purchaser of beef, potatoes, and apples.
• McDonald's opens a new restaurant every 4 hours.
• McDonald's spends over 1 Billion dollars a year, worldwide, for radio, television and print advertising.
• Americans eat about 13 billion hamburgers a year, enough to circle the world 32 times.
• A standard pizza in Italy contains 500 to 800 calories. A medium cheese pizza at Pizza Hut has up to 2,160 calories.
• At Dairy Queen, turning a vanilla ice cream cone into a "dipped" cone adds 13 grams of fat to a cone.
• Sbarro, now over 1000 outlets strong, began as an Italian grocery store in Brooklyn, selling mozzarella, imported cheese, sausage, and salami.
• There are approximately 3.5 million fast-food workers in the United States.
• The Atlanta Bread Company has the motto "the sun never rises twice on our bread" because leftover bakery items are donated to local charities on a daily basis.
• While many web sites say Wendy's “invented” the modern drive-thru window at their second restaurant in 1970, In-n-Out Burger claims to have invented the drive-thru in 1948. Wikipedia gives 1975 as the date for the first McDonald's drive-thru window.
• Wendy’s offered the first “Value Menu” in 1988.
• None of Chick-fil-A's sandwiches break the 500-calorie barrier, a rarity among fast foods.
• In contrast, although Chipotle uses fresh, natural ingredients, most entrees break the 800-calorie, 40-fat-gram barrier.

Bottom Line
Value Menus, Dollar menus and super-sizing are now starting to look pretty good during a depressed economy. They may be bad for you, but oh what a deal! Yet beware! Obesity and poor nutrition will cost you more in sickness and poor health then you’ll save by buying cheap. See the film, Super Size Me, for the health problems of a fast food diet.

Here are two sites with recommendations for “healthier” fast foods:
The Best Fast Food Meals Under 500 Calories
Fast Food Meals Under 500 Calories by OSF HealthCare