Posted on 11/20/2015 8:39:03 AM PST by Red Badger
New rules will cost businesses between $49,000 and $77,000 to comply
Obamacare regulations requiring that restaurants post calorie information on menus will make it harder and costlier for breweries making craft beer to comply with the new rules, Watchdog.org reported.
Regulations taking effect next year will require that restaurant chains with more than 20 locations nationwide such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebeeâs post calorie information on all of their menus. For items such as craft beer, which are not made in house, calorie information from the brewery must be shipped to the restaurant.
âBrewers are facing the prospect of spending potentially thousands to determine calorie counts for every variety of beer produced,â explains the article. âUnless they spend the money to provide the information, breweries may never get their products into chain restaurants.â
Smaller brewers will be more affected by the regulations since they have to decide whether producing the beer is worth the cost of complying with the rules.
âA regional craft brewer or a major brewery can spread the cost over a much larger volume of sales and itâs not so unreasonable for them,â said Paul Gatza, a former brewer. âSmaller guys that are just trying to sell a keg or two here or there, they have a decision to make on whether it is worth the additional cost to try to get their beers into chain restaurants.â
According to the Cato Institute, the regulations will cost between $49,000 and $77,000 for each business to comply. For what it costs to update the menus, businesses could afford to hire two to three employees.
âIt doesnât make sense for brewers to test every variety of beer they make, spending many thousands of dollars before they even made it onto a chain restaurantâs menu,â explains Michelle Minton, a fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
âRestaurants interested in carrying a craft beer may not want to wait for testing to be done and will move on to beers that already have nutritional information,â she says. âThat means that many craft brewers will miss out on an important opportunity to grow their business.â
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This is interesting. As a beer brewer myself, I’m wondering how truly small breweries can comply with this realistically. Small batch brewing is very subjective, and starting and ending gravities can vary widely, which would result in different carbohydrate levels and alcohol content from batch to batch. It’s not really an exact science. Large breweries have the ability to blend to get the profiles they want. Smaller breweries don’t have that capability.
Also, on-premise brewing for brew pub chains over with over 20 locations make this almost impossible. Each location brews their own on small systems. There’s no way possible they can post calorie content continuously for each batch and run an efficient operation.
I gravitated toward lite beers in my teens.
Too late now... LOL
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An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
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turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.
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An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
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In a sane world, that use logic and reason, yes....................
Carlsberg and Sam Adams are full on beers, but not at all heavy.
So is coca-cola, pepsi, and every other CARBONATED soft drink, as well as champagne and Spumante...............
“In a sane world, that use logic and reason, yes”
I remember those 2 things from years ago....
yep..... they ve all got to go
but beer has and all spirits off gassing CO2 during fermentation and are worse
And while you’re at it, pay your servers $15 an hour too.
I’m a cheap date! Just ask wifey!!!
On second thought.. don’t ask wifey... she’ll agree...
....and pay for their birth control and abortions..................
Carlsberg probably fits in the same category, since it's also your favorite.
Even if I have chosen the kiddy table beer, it's good to see others find a brew they like. Sounds good to me.
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An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
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After the events in Paris on 11/13, I will be adding
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turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.
Some music for reflection if the mood strikes you.
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beautiful [02:23]
An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijeras_Slim
RE Teens:
SCHLITZ!!!!!!! 3 bucks a case!!!!!!!
Haha!
Indeed!!!!!!!
Nice!
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turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
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beautiful [02:23]
An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijeras_Slim
Just post higher calorie counts. They won’t bust you for overstating.
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