Well it depends what you mean by meat. The New Statesman s1e7: Baa Baa Black Sheep, Mr Guzzler in his fast-food restaurant to B’stard, ITV 1987
It is the most successful fast food company on the planet, feeding 69 million people daily. In over 36,000 outlets in 120 countries. Born in the US of A the country that loves fast food. Secrets of McDonalds s/a McDonalds vs Burger King: Burger Wars, Channel 5 2018
In the US alone, over half a billion Big Macs are sold every year. ibid.
For two brothers from New Hampshire those hungry drivers represented a business opportunity. ibid.
The first McDonald’s opens in 1940. ibid.
‘The brand started to come under attack from all sides.’ ibid. Willliam Sitwell, food critic
A string of allegations about animal cruelty, unhealthy food and poor working practices. ibid.
Supersize Me: 6 weeks after this movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, McDonald’s announced they were eliminating Supersized options. ibid.
The big tech companies like Deliveroo and Just Eat disrupting the food industry. We investigate where your takeaway meal could really be coming from. We reveal how Deliveroo is taking advantage of planning law loopholes. And we uncover how Just Eat has listed restaurants with appalling standards which can have fatal consequences. Panorama: Takeaway Secrets Exposed, BBC 2018
Over half of all takeaway orders are now made online. ibid.
So where is your food coming from? ibid.
The dream is real: me and Randy are having the grand opening of the Dirty Burger today. Trailer Park Boys s7e7: Jump the Cheeseburger, Phil Collins
Oh for Christ sake, we look forward to Taco Tuesday extra week. It’s all we’ve got. Don’t fuck it up, El Sexico. Trailer Park Boys s9e5: The Motel Can’t Live at the Motel, old lady to Julian
Hello, can I get an extra large order of onion rings, er cheesburger with two extra patties and six slices of cheese, two hot dogs with cheese and bacon, and a large popcorn with layered butter – and can you do four layers on that? Could you pouty up the rings, and give me two large beers and two ice-cream sandwiches. You want anything, Mr Lahey? Trailer Park Boys s12e4: All the Shit I Need
Welcome to Los Pollos Hermanos. May I take your order? Better Call Saul s3e2: Witness, Saul at counter, AMC 2017
Today, the opium of the people of Shanghai is fast food … Now one in five Chinese children is overweight or obese. Reggie in China III, BBC 2019
A long time ago there was a company that made lots of money selling bits of meat between two bits of bread. Many people were employed to put the meat between the bread and many animals were killed to be the meat. A friendly clown persuaded children to love the company. Some decades passed and all was well. The company became very very rich. Richer even than many countries. And then some people wrote in their newspapers that eating lots of meat and bread could make people ill. Other people said on television that too many trees had been cut down and that the workers were unhappy. This made the company very angry. The company looked around the world and saw that in England there existed a special law that could stop people saying things the company didn’t like. And make them say sorry. 1997 ***** starring Helen Steel & David Morris & Eric Schlosser & Morgan Spurlock & Oliver Ford Davies, directors Franny Armstrong & Ken Loach, opening credits
19th June 1997: the Royal Courts of Justice. ibid.
One of the spies ... stole letters, broke into the office to take photographs, followed people home; we were infiltrated for about eighteen months by seven different spies. ibid. Dave Morris
At some meetings there were as many spies as campaigners. ibid. Dave Morris
Five of us in the group have received libel writs over the What’s Wrong With McDonald’s leaflets. ibid.
The world’s largest fast food business McDonald’s has begun a libel action at the high court against two environmental campaigners. ibid. BBC News 28th June 1994
We were defending ourselves. ibid. Helen Steel
Their own expert was saying, It’s a very reasonable thing to say. ibid.
The entire ad campaign ... was intrinsically deceptive. ibid. Stephen Gardner, Assistant US Attorney General
McDonald’s to try to justify themselves have had to bring all their big guns into the witness box. ibid. Dave Morris
One of the biggest battles we had throughout the trial was getting McDonald’s to hand over the relevant documents. ibid. Helen Steel
They flew over to have secret talks with me and Helen. ibid. Dave Morris
They just couldn’t bear to accept any of our demands really, and so it was back to court. ibid.
They would not be allowed to carry out any overt union activity on McDonald’s premises. ibid. trial judge
Key practices that they’ve pioneered over the last fifty years are spreading throughout society. ibid. Dave Morris
McLibel is now the longest trial ever in English history. ibid. Helen Steel
Libel laws are being used in this country as a draconian form of mass censorship. ibid. Dave Morris, day 309
Judgment Day: It has not been proved that a diet high in fat and animal products and low in fibre leads to a very real risk of cancer. ibid. trial judge
McDonald’s are culpably responsible for cruel practices in the rearing and slaughter of some of the animals which are used in their food. ibid.
Two days later: 21st June 1997: today is mass defiance day. There’s going to be protests outside five hundred of McDonald’s UK stores, and lots around the world too. They haven’t seen the last of the leaflets. ibid. Helen Steel
Most so-called anti-social behaviour is actually people fighting over the crumbs that are thrown from the table. The real people who are behaving anti-socially are those who control all of the resources. ibid.
Having largely beaten McDonald’s ... we have now exposed the notoriously oppressive and unfair UK laws. As a result of the ... ruling today, the government may be forced to amend or scrap some of the existing UK laws. We hope that this will result in greater public scrutiny and criticism of powerful organisations whose practices have a detrimental effect on society and the environment. The McLibel campaign has already proved that determined and widespread grass-roots protests and defiance can undermine those who try to silence their critics, and also render oppressive laws unworkable. The continually growing opposition to McDonald’s and all it stands for is a vindication of all the efforts of those around the world who have been exposing and challenging the corporation's business practices. Steel & Morris press release
Takeaways used to be tax-free until back in 1984 the then Tory government decided to extend VAT to cover them. Nick Robinson, Your Money and How They Spend It II, BBC 2011
Something which many kids eat almost every day; and that is very worrying because already more than 40% of 11-12-year-olds are overweight or obese. And the problem is worse for kids who live in the most deprived areas. For a burger for under a quid and a kid’s chicken box for £1.49 it’s no wonder. I’ve come to Tower Hamlets in east London; here, 97% of resident live within a 10 minute walk of a fast food shop, and there are 42 chicken shops for every primary school … This is the infamous Chicken Mile. Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat? II, Channel 4 2022
Hot dogs. Hot dogs. Get your hot dogs. They Shoot Horses Don't They? 1969 starring Jane Fonda & Michael Sarrazin & Susannah York & Gig Young & Red Buttons & Bonnie Bedelia & Bruce Dern & Allyn Ann McLerie & Robert Fields & Michael Conrad et al bloke
Fast food joints are one of the commonest features of the Pompeii street scene. Professor Mary Beard, Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town, BBC 2012
The high-fat deep-fried food culture here is delicious. But has deadly consequences … The United States is the world’s fattest developed nation. Fault Lines: Fast Food, Fast Profits, Al Jazeera 2010
One in three Americans is expected to have diabetes by 2050. ibid.
No-one’s getting their pizza, are they. We’re shutting down. Close the place down. Collateral I, rozzer Kip, BBC 2018
It’s not a paperwork kind of place. ibid. Mikey to rozzer Kip