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Loyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas Litigation in Illinois?Norah Leary JonesLoyola University Chicago, School of Lau-Follow this and additional works at: http://lawecommons.luc.edu/luclj Cr Part of the Law CommonsRecommended CitationNorah L. Jones, w Illinois Commonsenst Consumption Act: End of the Rood for /ùít lood LirigufliM Ilf f The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Faslhwfc36 Loy. u. ChL L. J. 983 (2005).Available at: http: .<.'laweaimmoiwliK.edu/lucl) Xvol36/bs3/71 his Note rt brought to you tor free and open SQCCMThe Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas
. by I. AW tCcminiHK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola Ltalverstty Chicago Law Journal by an authorired administrator of LAW cCommons For Loyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasation in Illinois?Norah Leary Jones*I. IntroductionTimes have changed since the fast food industry first dotted the American landscape.* In 1960, five years after McDonald’s opened its doors, there were only 250 McDonald’s restaurants.* 1 2 Today, there are 28,000 worldwide.3 Similarly, Burger King The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fashas grown from one restaurant in 1954 to over 11,000 restaurants today.4 Today’s fast food industry spans the globe and has a marketing budget in theThe Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas
billions of dollars.5This industry change has coincided with another important development: changing American eating habits.6 In the 1950s, families* Loyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasespect attorneys can truly make the world a better place by offering assistance in times of need.1.E.g., McDonald’s corp., The McDonald’s History 1954-1955, at http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about/mcd_history_pg1.html (2004) (hereinafter McDonald’s History]. For example, the first McDonald’s restaura The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasnt opened in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. Id. Since that time, “fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society.’’ Eric SchlosseThe Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas
r, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 3 (Harper Collins 2001).2.See Schlosser, supra note 1, at 24. Between I960 and 1973 the nuLoyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasbout/ mcd_faq.html (2004) (explaining that McDonald’s currently has 28,000 restaurants in almost 120 countries).4.Burger King Corp., Company Info, at hnp://www.bk.com/CompanyInfo/index.aspx (2004). Today, it has more than 11.000 restaurants in more than sixty countries. Id.5.Super Size Me (Samuel Go The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasldwyn Films 2003) (noting that McDonald’s worldwide marketing budget totals almost $1.4 billion). In conưast. the advertising budget for the fruit andThe Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas
vegetable campaign is $2 million. Id.; see also Samuel J. Romero, Comment, Obesity Liability: A Super-Sized Problem or a Small Fry in the Inevitable Loyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Faseneration ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy983984Loyola University Chicago Law Journal [Vol. 36may have eaten fast food only rarely and for special occasions, whereas families today are more likely to eat fast food on a regular basis.7 Further, those fast food meals are no longer confined The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas to restaurant visits or on-the-go road trips.8 Instead, grammar and elementary schools serve fast food for lunch, and fast food restaurants occupy thThe Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas
ousands of office parks, high rises, airports, and hospitals.9 As a result, generations of Americans grow to love Ronald McDonald as children, continuLoyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasefer the Big Mac over the Whopper, they likely agree that eating this food they love so much is not very healthy.” The dispute over whether eating fast food can be harmful, however, has spawned a new litigation trend: the fast food obesity claim.12Combined with other factors like lack of exercise, r The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fasegular fast foodfood in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants—mThe Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fas
ainly at fast food restaurants.” Id.In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2001, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now Loyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast Food The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act- End of the Road for Fass, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined.Id. at 3.Loyola University Chicago Law JournalVolume 36Issue 3 Spring 2005Article 72005The Illinois Commonsense Consumption Act: End of the Road for Fast FoodGọi ngay
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