"Hey, Not So Fast!" "Well, they don’t call it fast food for nothing. Fast business for fast people equals fast bucks in
pocket for these whopping franchises. Believe me, they know scenario all to well. " It is a safe assumption that Ronald McDonald is too busy tallying up how many trillion hamburgers he’s served up. The Wendy’s guy, Dave what’s-his-name, would rather help old lady at drive-thru find beef. And short, chubby guy with apron? He’s somewhere out back, no doubt, making early-morning doughnuts, dark circles forming under his eyes.Well, they don’t call it fast food for nothing. Fast business for fast people equals fast bucks in pocket for these whopping franchises. Believe me, they know scenario all to well.
You’re whipping down that busy highway, late for an appointment or in a hurry to get to work. Or maybe you’re on your way home, knowing well that your refrigerator is as empty as your stomach. Maybe you just don’t have energy to even twist oven knob.
Nonetheless, you can’t help but become drawn to that sign like a horseshoe magnet. Your car dips over break in road and your eyes are instantly mesmerized by golden arches that seem to stretch halfway toward heaven.
You know that Ronald and Grimace and Hamburgler and those fuzzy, little creatures could care less about diet your on or aspirations you hold to deflate spare tire around your waist.
No, they could give a McNugget. But at times like these, neither do we, as we sharply cut wheel and screech into parking lot.
Sometimes theres just no other choice.
But before you go making Big Macs out of doughnut holes, remember, not everything you take out of these tiled establishments has to turn out as a Whopper-sized indulgence. Here’s what we mean:
McDONALD’S: The home of Big Mac and Filet of Fish has flown coop. The chicken coop, that is. That’s because relatively new Grilled Chicken Deluxe, without fattening mayonnaise, stores only – get this – five grams of fat! And it’s delicious!
Other wise choices on menu would be Grilled Chicken Salad Deluxe with Red French Dressing and an 8-ounce container of Low Fat Milk (12 grams of total fat). Or maybe a four-piece order of Chicken McNuggets, a garden salad with fat-free vinaigrette dressing, and an iced tea (11 grams of total fat). For breakfast crowd, low-fat apple bran muffin or hotcakes (without butter, obviously) are wise choices.
