Lawsuit Says Applebee's Menu False in Low-Fat Claims
This sounds like the "Seinfeld" episode about the yogurt store. Remember the cursing child and guest appearance by Rudy Giuliani? That episode was based on a real incident involving Tasti D-Lite calorie claims. (See below)
Law firms in Kansas, Washington, New York and Illinois filed the suit against Applebee's International, its parent company DineEquity and Weight Watchers on behalf of every person who has eaten from Applebee's Weight Watchers Menu over the last four years, said Tara Kelly, one of the lawyers in the lawsuit.
Kelly said the idea for the lawsuit was spawned by the finding of a Scripps Television Station investigation.
Last spring, Scripps tested food in eight cities from popular chains that cater to calorie counters by offering what they advertise as special, health-conscious menus. The investigation found that dishes sampled at some Applebee's, Taco Bell, and Chili's restaurants, among others, sometimes contained as much as twice the calories and eight times the fat that the restaurants claimed in their published nutrition information.
This does illustrate a problem when meals are cooked to order and not pre-portioned and pre-made.
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