FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATH

US-made products are the targets of boycotts in several cities. With the value of sales dropped markedly, just who is losing out?

April 8, 2003

RECENTLY, Hidayaturrohman has not been as busy as usual. This owner of a chicken farm in Jatinom Indah, Blitar, East Java, now only supplies at the most 1,700 dressed chickens a day to the McDonalds fast-food restaurant chain. Sometimes, the amount is as low as 1,500. This is in spite of the fact that previously, Hidayat used to be able to supply around 2,000 dressed chickens to several McDonalds restaurants in East Java, especially around the ci

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