I have recently noticed something about fast food franchises.

They refer to thier burgers as "burger products".
"Which most people call a burger".

The definition of product: a tangible good, service, or digital item created through human or mechanical effort to satisfy consumer needs and typically sold in a market.

People have also wondered why we cant acount for all the cows required to meet thier annual sales in burgers.

The price of leather has always been expensive. How could it be with so many cows being processed.

Back in the days of horse and cattle thier was alot of genuine leather used for a huge variety of things. Now its far less prominent yet we supposedly have way more cows? 🤔

Fast food is known to be unhealthy but a steak is good for you. What is a "burger product"?

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

The simple phrase "burger product" is silly. There is no need for the word "product".

Modern businesses are run by money-traders skilled at making money but not very literate, and they love pretentious, pseudo-intellectual jargon.

The area of leather from an animal is not very large and needs much processing to create, then manufacturing items from it also costs, which is why leather goods were always expensive.

I don't know what your sentence starting "people have also wondered..." means. Which "people" anyway? Those who need know, do know - obviously. The farmers know how many animals and tonnages of crops they sell; the food manufacturers account for everything they buy and use - and by no means all beef is turned into burgers.

Also, why is "fast food known to be unhealthy"? Which "fast food"? Known by whom? Unhealthy how?

The healthiness or otherwise of any particular manufactured food depends on its ingredients; and most do not contain anything added untoward - apart from excess sugar and salt. Some people are intolerant or even allergic to some natural food compounds like gluten and certain types of nut; but that's a different matter. The ingredients are listed on the packets.

I examined the ingredients of a variety of "processed foods" including beef-based ready-meals, cereals, butter substitutes and tinned fruit, by different manufacturers. Apart from some having more sugar and salt than necessary, none were unhealthy!

Of course you cannot know the ingredients of many take-away foods, but if you are worried, don't buy them. It's an expensive way to eat anyway.

Restaurants and cafes advise which of their foods may contain meat or allergens.

The healthiness of a diet is by personal choice. An occasional portion of burger-and-chips is fairly harmless but a diet of take-away fried food would be very bad.

joe438 · 61-69, M

@ArishMell I suspect it’s a legal distinction, since we know a burger as ground beef between two baked products, and that general description has been used to describe chicken or fish on a roll. We’re not stupid snd we understand that. The McDonalds stores sell a very specific sandwich. It probably has a specific number of sesame seeds on it and 72 shreds of lettuce. To them, that defines a specific product, so I’d wager that the CEO was using legalese to discuss a thing that no one better dare copy.

The big difference is the sauce which sounds gross anyway. Otherwise it’s a double quarter pounder with an upcharge for the sauce and a third slice of cheese. It’s not a generic burger so I get why they might use ‘product’ in describing it.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@joe438 Good point. I'd not thought of legal or copyright implications.

joe438 · 61-69, M

@ArishMell the internet is more upset by the guy not taking a big, sloppy bite. Maybe he doesn’t like the food, or maybe he knew he’d had to talk afterwards and didn’t want his mouth full. I’d bet on the second choice.