| As a staple of life our need to eat has | | | | With the onset of fast foods and the quick |
| developed from a basic form of simply feeding | | | | cook and ready cooked meals available along |
| our bodies with the fuel it requires, to a | | | | with the ever increasing choice of world |
| complicated art of presentation and taste | | | | cuisine, the enjoyment of these different |
| combined with our intrinsic need to | | | | foods have opened new options to the consumer |
| experiment with everything we see, touch, | | | | within the food market. |
| smell and of course taste. | | | | |
| | | | In today's busy world where leisure time has |
| The ever-increasing divergence of foods that | | | | become more and more important, the less time |
| is now available to us at our local stores | | | | spent working and preparing to eat allows us |
| and eating-places only help to confuse and | | | | more available time for our pursuit of our |
| tantalize us into new culinary experiments | | | | leisure activities. |
| and delights. | | | | |
| | | | People who do not have the ability, time or |
| From the sandwich shop to the award winning | | | | will to cook at home now only have to pick up |
| restaurants, we can always find a place that | | | | the phone book or click on the Internet in |
| prepares and sells the food we want at a | | | | order to find their local restaurant or fast |
| reasonable price, although cooking or | | | | food retailer that will be more than happy to |
| preparing food for ourselves may be a cheaper | | | | deliver the freshly prepared hot food ready |
| or healthier option it never seems to taste | | | | to eat straight to their door with minimum |
| the same as our local restaurant. Most people | | | | fuss. |
| that have cooked their own versions and | | | | |
| varieties of local, Chinese, Indian or other | | | | Although the fast food retailers compete with |
| international cuisine believes it does not | | | | each other fiercely, using their special |
| have the same taste or texture and will often | | | | offers and cheaper and healthier alternatives |
| opt for a more authentic meal from their | | | | to entice us to their premises, the main stay |
| local restaurant or take away. | | | | of traditional restaurants still hold an |
| | | | important part in our lives. |
| Cooking at home has become less of a choice | | | | |
| and more of a chore. With the large amount of | | | | Even though these places are vastly out |
| ready meals available, the option of spending | | | | numbered by the fast food industry, we still |
| time in the kitchen becomes less and less | | | | enjoy sitting down in the nice comfortable |
| appealing. People are spending more of their | | | | and pleasant surroundings of a restaurant and |
| time and money in the world of fast foods and | | | | dining on good quality food at a leisurely |
| restaurants. Although some believe this to be | | | | pace, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of |
| a bad thing it has fuelled a new market in | | | | daily life and the fast food rush. |
| available meals that are only a phone call | | | | |
| away. As long as the health and hygiene | | | | Traditional restaurants will always offer us |
| departments vet these establishments and our | | | | that pleasant alternative to eating at home, |
| choices are varied, of good quality and | | | | ordering take out from our local fast food |
| healthy their use can be a good alternative | | | | dispenser or visiting their drive through or |
| to cooking our own meals. | | | | small busy café style restaurants. |
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