Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.

Instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out part-time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.

In this excerpt, Schlosser claims that fast food restaurants are

taking advantage of people to save money

Explanation:

"Fast Food Nation" is a book by Eric Schlosser that gives an insight on the way fast food industry in USA works, from the life of farmers, functioning of the farms to the business mechanisms and food processing.

This particular excerpt deals with employees in the fast food industry, or, more precise, the reason why the teenagers and the young adults make up the majority of workers in the industry. Inexperienced workers will work with lower wages and will be easier to control, which means that the industry is taking advantage of their lack of work experience and exploiting the workers in order to save some money, increasing the profit in that way.

taking advantage of people to save money