3 Things I Wish All Fast Food Places Had

Juicy burgers, crispy onion rings, and saucy mozzarella pizza... mmm...

It's hard to deny that these foods hold a special place in people's hearts. But even so, we all know that these delicious comfort foods cannot be eaten everyday. Fast food restaurants don't seem to have gotten the memo, though. Fast food is a $570 billion dollar industry; a feat achieved not by providing nutritious food, but by making it convenient for the masses to stuff their faces with exorbitant amounts of salt, sugar, and fat.

And we can't help but come back for more.

But friends, no longer must we subject ourselves to the dire monopoly of convenient, yet unhealthy fast food. No longer will we look at our waistlines and wonder what in the world happened! No longer, will we eat another loaf of damp, smelly bread!

That's right, I'm looking at you, Subway!

And to the rest of the fast food restaurants: take out a notepad and pen, for I am about to drop dirty (or rather, clean) tips on how you can keep your customers coming back for more, without sending them to the hospital with a stroke!

1. Salad Bars with actual greens
You all know what I mean.

Not that no-nutrition iceberg lettuce crap! I'm talking the real stuff: kale, spinach, swiss chard. And no more ranch dressing! Give us some lemon olive oil, balsamic vinegar, anything other than the same boring old ranch dressing over limp lettuce!

I assure you, if fast food places could maintain an attractive, nutritious salad bar, they would definitely turn tables. How would they pay for this, you may ask? If they don't already, they could implement one of those lunch combo deals from 12-2pm that includes a main dish, salad and water. Boom, profit. The crunchy kale salads alone will keep people coming back again, and again, and again...

2. Locally sourced, or quality ingredients
Don't let me find out my hamburger meat is actually the unwanted remains of a cow pumped full of hormones... oh wait...

Yeah.

I like to cook, and this helps me know where my food comes from. Unfortunately, it's a bit hard to know everything that's in your food when you're ordering at a restaurant. My eyes might see breaded chicken, when in reality it's a slab of mystery meat injected with sugar, dye, chemicals, and a whole lotta hoopla designed to be addictive.

In short, keep out unnecessary ingredients!

3. Transparency
I noticed that a lot of places try to be all sneaky with the reality of their food. They hide their calories and ingredients, claiming that "all that information can be found online". Yeah, let me just whip out my phone and scour the interweb to find the micronutrients of this chicken patty I'm trying to order.

Or, they can make all our lives easier and have a pamphlet of all that information readily available as soon as a customer walks in.

Unless... they have something to hide? Hmm...
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Of course, if fast food places had all these things, people would finally have a much easier time eating healthy food on the go. But, alas, that is not the case. Though these changes would be great, it would probably hike up the costs of the food on the menu. But I think a few extra bucks would be worth the transparent, quality food you'd be getting.

Feel free to leave your thoughts on this topic!