Tag: fast-food

The highest-calorie fast-food burgers: What’s really inside these mega meals?

Americans have a love affair with burgers. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that the country eats roughly 2.4 burgers per day, about 50 billion burgers each year.

Why your food arrives late: The delivery bottleneck slowing the global food economy

When you order a takeout, it may take just 20 minutes to prepare, but it can take over 53 minutes to arrive at your door. In some cases, delivery takes more than 2.5 times longer than cooking, highlighting a problem that extends far beyond impatient customers and cold fries.

China has emerged as the country with the largest number of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in the world, highlighting the dramatic shift in the global fast-food landscape as international markets outpace the brand’s birthplace in the United States.

Global fast-food brands usually come to mind when people think of mass food provision, but new data shared in policy and food security discussions around Davos and the World Economic Forum tells a very different story.