Hey, if it's free then it has to be good... right?

In these hard economic times, some fast food restaurants have resorted to giving away free food to attract customers. How does this make money you ask? Food is such high profit you can afford to get rid of it and when companies give away free food to one person they know that person usually is not going out by themselves.

This is effective marketing on their part because they will wind up making profit on the entire table while still comping the one entree. What these companies are giving away though are heart attack inducing grand slams and free chicken sandwiches for an entire year.

Chick-fil-A, a company I have never myself ever been a customer of, often has a great promotion for when they open a new store. If you are one of their first customers you get free chicken for the year. One idiot has camped out in front of their stores so successfully he has already won this contest 4 times.

The breakfast of champions! The champions of heart attacks...

Also, while I am at it, KFC has also now figured out people just want their fried chicken in a friendly take out conversion. Just a fried piece of chicken breast in a cardboard holder. And we wonder why we lead the world in obesity.

Please don’t fall for these tricks of the trade. They only want your money, they don’t really want to give you something for free. Plus, the free that they are giving you doesn’t have any nutritional value at all. These companies have figured out a way of making profit on you with a minimal purchase and make you feel like you have received your dollar’s worth.

Then when your cholesterol is through the roof and you have an outrageous hospital bill, thanks to your free grand slams, you wonder if it was really worth it. Say “cluck you” to places like Chic-fil-A and learn to cook… you will save so much money and possibly your life.

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