In some places, fast food, prepared meals, and sugary drinks are now sold in more shops

and at lower prices than in the past.

Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

Nowadays, Fast food, ready meals, and soft drinks become cheaper than in the past and
Shops selling those products also sprung up more than before in some areas .In my
opinion, it is detrimental that the number of food stores with cheaper costs increases

I admit that there are some beneficial sides, when there are more and more cheap eateries.
People can buy fast food conveniently because eater do not waste a lot of time on going
to stores so far from their house, or eaters can have many choices as long as the restaurant
they usually eat is closed. Moreover, consumers can buy more foods and drinks with
reasonable prices, it increases the benefits for both buyers and sellers. For example,
people can buy three hamburger instead of just one hamburger like in the past. At the
same time, food seller can gain profit and the quantity of their products increase because
the cheaper prices, the more people buy it while the quality of the food is still good.

However, I believe that the development of food stores with lower costs brings many
downsides. Because there are a lot of food shops, and they sell products at cheaper prices.
As a result, people consume fast food, prepared meals, and sugary drinks more than
before; in the long run, it could have negative impacts on their health such as susceptible
to obesity or cardiovascular disease. In addition to that, eaters can be depended on ready
meals in stores and become lazy to cook at home by themselves due to the low price, they
buy more. Futhermore, People unable to follow a weight loss diet due to being attracted
by too many stores. Although many people are on the diet, on the road they still cannot
resist the products displayed by the restaurants. Another downside is that it can cause
environmental pollution. It is generally easy to see that most of food stores often use
plastic bags and plastic bottles for packaging. That contributes to the increase of plastic
waste in the environment.

To sum up, although foods shops selling fast foods, ready meals, and sugary drinks at
cheaper prices appear more that has some advantages. In the long term, it creates much
bigger disadvantages for health lifestyle.