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Chains refuse to put calories on menus
AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 6/26/07 | DAVID B. CARUSO

Posted on 06/26/2007 12:17:48 PM PDT by libertarianPA

NEW YORK - Don't expect to see the calorie count for Burger King's Double Whopper with cheese on the menu anytime soon.

Burger King, McDonald's and Wendy's are among the chains planning to defy New York City's new rule that they begin posting calories on menus Sunday.

Other big fast food eateries like Taco Bell and KFC aren't saying whether they will comply, but with just days to go until the deadline, the menu boards in their Big Apple restaurants remain unchanged.

All are hoping a New York Restaurant Association lawsuit in federal court will get the new regulation thrown out. Meanwhile, the city won't fine anyone for violating it until October.

"We are not trying to avoid providing this information to customers," said Wendy's spokesman Denny Lynch. He noted that the company has made nutritional information available for 30 years on fliers and posters.

However, New York is the first city in the country to require certain fast food restaurants to list calorie counts next to menu items in type that is at least as large as the price.

Lynch says adding all those numbers will make menus impossible to read.

"You'll either have to have a Times Square-sized menu board, or it could look like a bad day at the eye doctor's office," said Jack Whipple, president of the National Council of Chain Restaurants."

Fast food chains also say they have been unfairly singled because the new rule only applies to restaurants that serve standardized portions and offer nutritional information voluntarily.

Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a health advocacy group, had a different take:

"They are afraid that when people see these eye-popping calorie numbers, they might switch to a smaller size," he said. "They feel it is gong to hurt sales."

For the record, that Double Whopper with Cheese will run you 990 calories, or more than half the recommended daily calories for an adult woman.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: calories; cspi; fastfood; foodpolice; mcdonalds; menus; nutrition; restaurants
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To: peggybac
To make up for this cruelty, you must order TWO double doubles, not one.

NO...you must make it TWO 3X3 with grilled onions and spread only. Better yet, make one of those "animal style".

Hail fellow DPRK (Demokratik People's Republik of Kalifornistan) refugee!
61 posted on 06/27/2007 7:01:51 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: libertarianPA

Why put the calories on the wrapper when you can see them on your thighs!


62 posted on 06/27/2007 7:02:43 AM PDT by dforest (Fighting the new liberal Conservatism. The Left foot in the GOP door.)
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To: libertarianPA

From a liability standpoint - big mistake.


63 posted on 06/27/2007 7:05:12 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Beagle8U
Cool! That means I have room to stop at the ice cream shop on the way home.

After a 4000 calorie meal? Good God, man! What do you do, run marathons on a daily basis?
64 posted on 06/27/2007 7:05:26 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: bboop

Make ya a deal—you send me a few double-doubles, I’ll send you a lobster.


65 posted on 06/27/2007 7:06:51 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: OCCASparky
“After a 4000 calorie meal? Good God, man! What do you do, run marathons on a daily basis?”

I don’t often eat as much now that I’m not working.

When I worked it was 10-14 hr days where I was in constant motion. Even though I was in a large factory I seldom was in my office and estimate I walked more than 10 miles a day at work.

After work I would either be hunting/fishing or working outside.

Sleeping 5-6 hours a day and being active the balance tends to burn lots of calories.

66 posted on 06/27/2007 8:54:22 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: libertarianPA

What’s the update with this?


67 posted on 01/12/2008 11:37:12 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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