This Makes Me Cringe...

[debilorrah]

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Well if it did, I could always make my own!!!!

 

[Laurajean]

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"Bait and switch"?? So you think it's sneaky of them to give kids fruit? I just don't understand this mentality at all. You're acting like it's a bad thing. Fruit! Those lousy, no good......

You said "who goes to BK for fruit". People go for meals (quick meals), and last I checked a fruit or veggie would go with a meal. How is that crazy? Of course it's an attempt not to lose business due to the obesity epidemic. They're a fast food joint; they're naturally going to try to keep with the times and offer some things that are healthy to not lose some customers. But I don't see this as 'bait and switch'. If a kid is getting a fatty cheese burger and a sugary filled soda, the least they can do is throw in a little fruit. What baffles me is that people like my friend (and apparently others) are appalled at this. They should have been appalled at the fat soaked, salt covered fries, not the healthy replacement.

 

[chickened]

I just went to BK's site and they have apples cut like fries but wait they come with artificial carmel dipping sauce.

 

[Laurajean]

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Well I live in the liberalloveland of CA and every place has fruit and salads. But you do have the CHOICE to have the worst stuff.

Right. And of course BK still sells french fries too. It's not like they refused to sell the kid fries.

 

[Laurajean]

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Yeah, and guess what? I'd take the caramel sauce away and tell my kid to eat the darn fruit. That's where PARENTING comes in.

 

[chickened]

Okay, who got fruit at Halloween and ate it? I threw mine away before I left the guys' yard.

 

[Laurajean]

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Halloween is a special occasion and candy is a treat. Parents are bringing their kids to fast food places several times a week. There needs to be some healthy choices offered when they're relying on fast food for nourishment.

 

[debilorrah]

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Yeah, and guess what? I'd take the caramel sauce away and tell my kid to eat the darn fruit. That's where PARENTING comes in.

I was lucky enough with my kid, I didn't have to help him make the choice. He was raised from 2 months forward eating alot of fruits and veggies and he just simply preferred them. Still does. So I am fat and eat all the wrong things, but BY GOD my kid doesn't!!!

 

[Laurajean]

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Halloween is a special occasion and candy is a treat. Parents are bringing their kids to fast food places several times a week. There needs to be some healthy choices offered when they're relying on fast food for nourishment.

I can assure you if I had a little pile of candy next to my supper every night, it would not fly with my parents. French fries with every meal is just as bad.

 

[debilorrah]

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Oh my gosh I loved getting apples!!!!! We dug up a sasparilla tree when I was young and I had root beer everything for the longest time, and the only thing I wanted was sliced apples and sasparilla syrup to dip it in.