Menu labeling alters New Yorkers' eating habits

Menu labeling alters New Yorkers' eating habits
Tags: Burger/Steak/BBQ, Coffee/Bakery/Donut, Food & Beverage
July 6, 2008

AMNewYork: New York chain restaurants are seeing customers switching to lower-calorie food choices two months after many began posting the number of calories in their food.

A Burger King spokesman said the company still is fighting the regulations. However, officials at the city's Department of Health said last week that the rules are final and any hopes of an appeal are futile. A federal appeals court still is reviewing the matter.

Dunkin' Donuts is among the shops falling into compliance citywide, however reluctantly. A spokesman for the company wrote in an e-mail that the company considered the rules unfair since they don't apply to all restaurants.