Fast-food restaurant | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-11

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Fast-food restaurant


00:01:27 1 History
00:01:36 1.1 United States
00:08:01 2 Cuisine
00:09:48 2.1 Value meals
00:10:34 3 Technology
00:11:53 4 Business
00:12:02 4.1 Consumer spending
00:12:50 4.2 Major international brands
00:14:32 4.3 North America
00:18:00 4.4 Australia
00:18:43 4.5 United Kingdom
00:19:22 4.6 Ireland
00:19:50 4.7 Japan
00:20:18 4.8 India
00:21:20 4.9 Nigeria
00:21:41 4.10 Pakistan
00:22:18 4.11 Russia
00:22:42 4.12 South Africa
00:23:13 4.13 Hong Kong
00:23:59 4.14 Israel
00:24:35 4.15 New Zealand
00:25:29 4.16 Philippines
00:25:55 4.17 Franchising
00:29:45 5 Trends
00:29:53 5.1 Health concerns
00:32:05 5.2 Consumer appeal
00:36:51 5.3 Impact of fast food restaurant availability
00:37:52 5.4 Innovations timeline
00:40:01 5.5 Halal
00:40:53 6 Criticisms
00:42:38 7 Legal issues
00:44:02 8 See also



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A fast food restaurant, also known as a quick service restaurant (QSR) within the industry, is a specific type of restaurant that serves fast food cuisine and has minimal table service.  The food served in fast food restaurants is typically part of a "meat-sweet diet", offered from a limited menu, cooked in bulk in advance and kept hot, finished and packaged to order, and usually available for take away, though seating may be provided. Fast food restaurants are typically part of a restaurant chain or franchise operation that provides standardized ingredients and/or partially prepared foods and supplies to each restaurant through controlled supply channels. The term "fast food" was recognized in a dictionary by Merriam–Webster in 1951.Arguably, the first fast food restaurants originated in the United States with White Castle in 1921. Today, American-founded fast food chains such as McDonald's (est. 1940) and KFC (est. 1952) are multinational corporations with outlets across the globe.
Variations on the fast food restaurant concept include fast casual restaurants and catering trucks. Fast casual restaurants have higher sit-in ratios, offering a hybrid between counter-service typical at fast food restaurants and a traditional table service restaurant.  Catering trucks (also called food trucks) often park just outside worksites and are popular with factory workers.