Why should chain food service establishments have flexibility in communicating nutrition information to consumers?
Chain food service establishments need the flexibility to communicate detailed nutrition information to their customers in a manner that is convenient and consistent with their dining experience. For example, guests at a white tablecloth restaurant have different dining expectations than consumers at a fast food drive-thru. In some instances, they may be concerned with the nutritional value of the food they eat and in others they may not. If consumers have convenient access to detailed nutrition information, then they can consider this information at their leisure, at each dining experience, similar to how they review and compare packaged food labels in the aisles at their grocery store. However, just as grocery shoppers dont compare cans of soup at the cash register, the time for thoughtful comparison and education of various foods nutritional value is not at the point of sale. For example, a customer at a quick service restaurant would not want to stand at the cash register comparing
