fast-food
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or specializing in food that can be prepared and served quickly
a fast-food restaurant
2
: designed for ready availability, use, or consumption and with little consideration given to quality or significance
fast-food TV programming
fast food
noun
Examples of fast-food in a Sentence
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Meanwhile, fast-food favorites like McDonald’s and Wendy’s have struggled to retain their audience of customers looking for affordability, as once-affordable Big Mac meals creep above $18.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 May 2024
Jamie Moraga, Franklin Revere NO: Like recent wage increases for fast-food and health care workers, if minimum wage is increased for service workers these costs will be passed on to consumers.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Some inflation-weary customers are cutting back on fast-food dining after many chains, ranging from McDonald's to Subway, have boosted prices in recent years to offset higher labor and ingredient costs.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 May 2024
More eats: Mark Wahlberg opens Mexican restaurant in Huntington Beach
Some operators were concerned about losing money on the roughly four-week promotion, particularly in states such as California, where the minimum wage for fast-food workers jumped 25% to $20 an hour earlier this year.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
Last month, Wiederhorn went on Fox Business channel to talk about California’s minimum wage increase for fast-food workers.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
The owner of Strip’s Chicken, a local fast-food chain, Johnson set up shop three years ago at 420 W. 85th St.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
If buffets aren’t your thing, the Strip is also teeming with fast-food joints and quick-service restaurants.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
The Goons would record their blitz-style attacks in parks, parking garages, outside fast-food restaurants and at house parties.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 May 2024
Jamie Moraga, Franklin Revere NO: Like recent wage increases for fast-food and health care workers, if minimum wage is increased for service workers these costs will be passed on to consumers.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Some inflation-weary customers are cutting back on fast-food dining after many chains, ranging from McDonald's to Subway, have boosted prices in recent years to offset higher labor and ingredient costs.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 May 2024
More eats: Mark Wahlberg opens Mexican restaurant in Huntington Beach
Some operators were concerned about losing money on the roughly four-week promotion, particularly in states such as California, where the minimum wage for fast-food workers jumped 25% to $20 an hour earlier this year.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
Last month, Wiederhorn went on Fox Business channel to talk about California’s minimum wage increase for fast-food workers.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
The owner of Strip’s Chicken, a local fast-food chain, Johnson set up shop three years ago at 420 W. 85th St.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
If buffets aren’t your thing, the Strip is also teeming with fast-food joints and quick-service restaurants.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
The Goons would record their blitz-style attacks in parks, parking garages, outside fast-food restaurants and at house parties.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Fast-food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-food. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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