OK.. look what i have done...

I quit eating at Quiznos when a friend of mine in college started working there. Her first night on the job she was asked to clean the bathrooms - fine whatever. When she finished that task, the manager asked her to wipe the sandwich prep station WITH THE SAME RAG AND BLEACH WATER AS THE URINALS!

I know that was one isolated *I hope* incident, but haven't stepped foot into a Quiznos since then.

Your revulsion at MacDonald's "food" is appropriate and nice to hear.

After reading "Fast Food Nation" and Michael Pollan's "Omnivore's Dilemma " (a must read for anyone who cares about what they eat and where it comes from) I haven't been to a fast food place since (going on three years). Part of that decision is purely because I prefer real "food" and there is little of that to be had at most fast food restaurants, and many of the popular sit-down chain places, too.

But I'm afraid it's also true that our food choices are political, as well. What businesses we patronize, who we support with our food dollars speaks volumes. Right now, in the U.S., because most of us are jaded, addicted, are in denial or just plain lazy, we've ceded power to the big food processors, big agriculture, subsidized corn and soybean farmers, factory farms and cattle ranches, and food industry lobbyists, who manipulate (sometimes even write) ineffective legislation like the Farm Bill, which simply perpetuates the status quo...food corporations make money...consumers suffer from poor quality food and unsustainable farming practices.

The good news is there are exceptions, like MFP, places where folks can become conscious of the role food occupies beyond just the calories in, calories out. So good for us.

Okay...stepping off the soap box now. Sorry for the rant...you got me started!

another good thing about living in good old NZ we have so much healthy options at our McDonald's and a mccafe as well with even more options its great and most of the other KFC and burger king have salads etc everything is regulated big time so things have had to change with what things are made from and grown with. we, at the moment, don't let genetically modified food in this country if we can help it at least not grown here.

although subway is my all time fav oh and hell's pizza which is quite healthy as far as pizza goes im still to work out who much of that i can eat in one go but mmmm to die for

I rarely eat any fast food either, haven't for years. Sometimes I go through a Sausage egg McMuffin phase. Yummy. And Taco Bell crispy taco supremes w/ hot sauce. I haven't had one of those in a year or so.