Fast Food Nation

Group Members: Victor Zhu, Tiffany Chen, Jay Dubashi

For our final project, we researched the development and rise of the fast food industry in America.
We looked mostly at advertising, and their methods of giving out information about their products. We also looked at the spread of franchise locations over time. We chose to do fast food, because it is present in every American life. Advertising is everywhere, 'restaurants' are everywhere.
We used three main items:
- Timelines: We created timelines chronicling the development of three franchises, KFC, Wendy's, and McDonalds
- Slogans: We found the most used marketing slogans from the 1970's through 90's
- Maps: We created maps that show the spread of the franchise locations over 20 years.

We tried to make our project box look like a fastfood container, like the ones McDonald's uses. We organized the timelines into 'Hamburgers' The hamburgers have many sources of information on them. We included information on Menu's, food choices, advertising campaigns, and restaurant design. We discovered that fast food ads have changed from appealing to mostly adults, to trying to get children. We placed the slogans on the outside of the box, and the maps and timelines on the inside. Most of our visual aids were found on the internet, and we bought supplies.

I reccomend next years students do something they are passionate about. It will make the work much easier

- Jay Dubashi