[napscoordinator]

Oh Lord. This Pizza shop is complaining for nothing. McDonald’s put their calories on the menu too and they have a between amount. For example, the Big Mac is between 400-700 calories. Your telling me a pizza shop can’t do that???? Seriously????

[DonaldC]

I’ve not read what the exact guideline is but maybe they can just list all possible ingredients somewhere and what the calories are per ingredient. What is that, 20 lines or so? I like what McDs did also, giving the range.

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

They are complaining because the government is mandating that do something asinine. They want boards in their stores that will cost money and will have to be changed when their menus change.

They are asking to put it online where people will actually see it. Not many people walk into a pizza shop like Domino’s or Papa John’s to order their pizza. They order online or over the phone.

[Dr. Sivana]

Your telling me a pizza shop can’t do that???? Seriously????

Does the McDonalds list the calorie content of each topping in the Big Mac? The squeeze of special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickle, onion? A typical Pizza Hut has standard toppings including extra cheese, mushrooms, green peppers, black olive, canadian bacon, ham, meatballs, pork, beef, pepperoni, Italian sausage? Oh, and the specialty pizzas (Supreme, Super Supreme) have different proportions of toppings than getting them a la carte. Oh, and they come in at least two or three different sizes. When said chain comes up with a new pizza crust (Big New Yorker, Stuffed Crust), now the menu board has to be doubled.

Unwieldy to say the least. Will anyone want to read such a mess?

[nascarnation]

There’s no “have it your way” at Mickey D’s. They make a standardized product.

Pizza is made to order and has (according to the article) mega permutations.

[Political Junkie Too]

That section requires any pizzeria, grocery store, or convenience store with more than 20 locations to post calorie information in their stores on menu boards.

According to this story, the regulation covers pizzerias, grocery stores, and convenience stores, which McDonalds is not.

I'm guessing that this was meant to cover the prepared food sections of grocery stores (deli sandwiches, rotisserie chicken, salads, etc.) as well as the hot food (hot dogs, etc.) in 7-11's and the like.

Some of that stuff is seasonal, or with variable portions that are made-to-order.

Much different menu than a McDonalds.

-PJ