No I wasn't saying it's too close - to walk 1 mile there and 1 mile back during lunch would take up > 1/2 hour, so no time. My point is that, as you say, convenience foods are mostly not the most healthy meals, coupled with the drive-thru aspect and the healthy points go down even more.

Also, the thought of going out of your way to get a microwaved burger!

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>I have to drive because it is 30 minutes by car on the freeway to work and there is no public transportation. Now, why I drive to Wendy's for lunch when it is so close, hmmmmm, I cannot think of a good reason :o) hey I do walk around the building at lunch! :o)
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>>>Well, Americans are addicted to convenience (I missed the convenience of certain things here while I was in other countries more than anything else). The problem is that convenience foods are mostly not the most healthy meals. Still, the capitalist rule remains: if there wasn't a market for it, it wouldn't exist :o) Afterall, no one is forcing me to eat lunch at Wendy's but I do about once a week because it is less than a mile from my work. :o)
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>>>>I don't know if you're defending yourselves or admit it. I have noticed a proliferation of US style eateries: TGI Friday for e.g., selling, where we used to have portions, dirty big HELPINGS. Whenever a news prog focuses on obesity, there's the fat guy stuffing a burger in his cake hole.
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>>>>We never used to have take-away and home-delivery pizza joints all over the place, drive-thus are becoming common.
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>>>>OK I'll blame the people of Hamburg for developing a budget mince of beef, and the Italians for inventing pizza :-)
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>>>>>Yeh sure, blame the Americans and the American products! :o) Wait a minute, Subway is not fattening! :o)
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