To be clear, Louisville doesn't allow its players to gorge on nothing but fast food.
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But even fast food suffers in a recession, with fewer outlets opening and more being shut down.
The transfer of fried chicken from Egypt to Gaza took three hours, not exactly fast food, but good enough for a territory where there are no Western fast-food franchises, according to the Monitor report.
But a fast-food fixture that has measured its success in terms of "billions served" can't live on lightweight salads that people can get anywhere.
Chef Scott Walton realized he was competing not only with other upscale restaurants but also with fast-food joints.
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Dr Maloney also disliked the comparison with fast food, but admitted that it may have some merit.
But one new combo fast-food place has real potential.
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But even the most familiar American fast food joints can be surprisingly different abroad.
Both carry among the highest fast food multiples, but their price-earnings ratios look well-deserved, given their roughly 20% annual growth rates, and plentiful potential.
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Burger chains still account for 40% of all fast-food consumed, but diners' tastes are changing.
He is orchestrating this sly but dramatic shift to civilize the fast-food experience.
But the truth is, the fast-food giant has already been cooking with trans-fat free oil in about 1, 200 test restaurants nationwide.
"The world is full of people who are fastidious about Biblical rules but can't say no to fast food, " says Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.
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My five-year-old son and I have fast food perhaps twice a week but we also get off our butts and exercise.
But will this negative connotation put the fast-food chain out of business?
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Sure, the comparable sales growth has declined in the past couple of months, but it is only fair that for a fast food chain with more than 33, 000 restaurants worldwide, we look at data points over a time scale more than 1 or 2 months.
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But while diners here may be fans of American fast food, they're not necessarily followers of U.S. politics.
He welcomed the chief medical officer's proposal, but said the Welsh government should also look at fast food vans.
But the plunge of retail rents has brought fast-food joints in their place, and working-class shopping malls are booming.
"It's ironic that people are free to take as many unhealthy condiments in fast food outlets as they like, but statins, which are beneficial to heart health, have to be prescribed, " he said.
But the decision, which affects about a dozen fast food restaurants in unincorporated areas of Silicon Valley, has angered the California Restaurant Association, which fought the proposal with ads in local newspapers.
The growing popularity and convenience of online shopping not only competes with brick and mortar shopping, but also with the ancillary industries, such as fast food, which depend on foot traffic in commercial areas.
Some people might have a problem with an American fast food restaurant in the heart of Sarajevo but the folks working there expressed pleasure at just having a job.
But nothing beats driving away with your bag from a fast-food pickup window and discovering when you get home that your order is wrong.
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It's true, there are more fast-food joints now than 20 years ago, but the traditional is still there.
But care needs to be taken when drawing hard conclusions from fast-food prices.
Most people probably think of fast-food restaurants when they think of franchising, but the industry is far more diverse than that.
They know they should be sitting down to family meals with fresh vegetables and whole grains, but instead they consume what comes out of vending machines and fast-food restaurants.
But that will change, too, and there will be more fast-food restaurants--American and otherwise, drive-through or not.
But be warned: If an individual owns, say, two or three fast food franchises, the IRS has signaled that it will treat their combined operations as a single business.
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