Will having nutritional information on their menus prove a marketing advantage for restaurants? While new King County menu-labeling rules apply to some chains, we wonder if other restaurants will decide to follow suit.
As the Seattle P-I's Rebekah Denn recounts, there was much complaining from restaurants about the King County Board of Health's decision to require nutritional information at most chains. The rules go into effect Jan. 1.
The finding that overweight U.S. kids have the arteries of 45-year-olds underlines the need for more nutritional awareness. Nearly half of U.S. food dollars are spent in restaurants, so labeling is a matter of basic consumer information.
When people become accustomed to the chains' menu labeling, they may want it wherever they go -- to ignore or pay attention to.
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