Healthy Menus: Are Customers Saying One Thing Then Doing Another?
Healthy this. Healthy that. We want nutrition information. We want healthy menu choices. The drumbeat coming from consumers and consumer groups over the last five years has steadily increased, demanding healthier options from restaurants in all segments of the food service industry. Heavyweights like McDonald’s have bent under the pressure, and everyone across the industry has heard the call for healthy menus and responded. ...
July 17th, 2009 by Greg McGuire
LEAN Act Gaining Popularity In Congress
The Labeling Education and Nutrition, or LEAN Act, is gaining sponsors and votes in the United States congress. The legislation would create a national standard for labeling menu items across the entire food service industry. Consumers overwhelmingly support menu labeling, with some polls showing...
April 16th, 2009 by Greg McGuire
Menu Labeling Law Being Considered in Congress
The movement to accurately label menu items with nutrition information is gaining ground at a remarkable pace. In 2008, the state of California, the cities of New York and Philadelphia, and two counties in Washington and Oregon passed legislation requiring restaurants to provide nutrition information to their customers. 20 more...
February 19th, 2009 by Greg McGuire
Hot Restaurant Trend: Menu Nutrition Labeling
Nutrition labeling is nothing new in the food industry. Nutrition Facts have become ubiquitous on everything from milk cartons to candy bars. But up until recently nutrition information on menus was largely absent. That’s changing, and places like California and New York city have already passed ...
February 17th, 2009 by Greg McGuire
Hot Chef Trends for 2009
Despite the economic downturn you’re sick of hearing about (unless you’ve been under a rock), two trends remain hot for the food service industry in 2009: food nutrition and sustainability. Even as consumers tighten...
February 6th, 2009 by Greg McGuire
