No More “Fast Food” in Bolivia: McDonald’s Has Closed Down All Its Restaurants

[Judi Lynn]

No More “Fast Food” in Bolivia: McDonald’s Has Closed Down All Its Restaurants
Global Research, May 09, 2013

McDonald’s served its last hamburgers in Bolivia on a Saturday at midnight (2002), after announcing a global restructuring plan in which it would close its doors in seven other countries with poor profit margins.

The failure of McDonald’s in Bolivia had such a deep impact that a documentary titled “Por que quebro McDonald’s en Bolivia” or “Why did McDonald’s Bolivia go Bankrupt,” trying to explain why did Bolivians never crossed-over from their empanadas to Big Macs.

The documentary includes interviews with cooks, sociologists, nutritionists and educators who all seem to agree, Bolivians are not against hamburgers per sé, just against ‘fast food,’ a concept widely unaccepted in the Bolivian community.

The story has also attracted world wide attention toward fast foods in Latin America. El Polvorin blog noted: “Fast-food represents the complete opposite of what Bolivians consider a meal should be. To be a good meal, food has to have be prepared with love, dedication, certain hygiene standards and proper cook time.”

http://www.globalresearch.ca/no-more-fast-food-in-bolivia-mcdonalds-has-closed-down-all-its-restaurants/5334539

[Live and Learn]

1. I'm against 'fast food' too but apparently

in America asking for hours that make having a family dinner doable makes one lazy.

[JackN415]

3. There are ways to prepare the meal faster. Just a matter of food choice & skills

[Turbineguy]

2. Those Bolivians

Next they'll be saying that life was meant to be enjoyed when everybody knows life is for making money.

[JackN415]

4. It’s the End of the World Unless We All Start Cooking

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/23/it-s-the-end-of-the-world-unless-we-all-start- cooking.html

A new book by Michael Pollan

[Laelth]

5. Good for the Bolivians! Healthy diet matters. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[ocpagu]

6. Very interesting.

"To be a good meal, food has to have be prepared with love, dedication, certain hygiene standards and proper cook time"

Who can argue with that? The concept of fast food itself goes against everything we know about good food. Who would exchange a wonderful empanda for a hamburguer that tastes like foam, after all?

Good for Bolivians.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Foam. Love that thought. Terrific! n/t

[Flatulo]

8. Good for them. Macdonald's is a scourge on the planet, not to mention incredibly unhealthy.

I haven't eaten 'fast food' in over 30 years. I used to have it occasionally when in college, but not since.