Subway Owner Protests Changes in Menu-Labeling Bill

Calorie counts on menu boards, which were pioneered in New York City a couple of years ago, has spread from there across lawmaking bodies throughout the U.S. It is being considered by the legislature in my state of Hawaii and is also being considered in West Virginia, as per the following article. The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A local franchise restaurant operator said Wednesday he and other franchisees were reluctantly willing to follow a proposed law that would require them to post calorie contents on their menu boards. However, St. Albans businessman Larue Causey changed his mind after the state Senate adopted the so-called Oshel Craigo amendment on Tuesday. The amendment effectively exempts the former senator's Tudor's Biscuit World and Gino's pizza chains from the bill (SB419). "We knew the calorie bill was coming out, and figured if it just exempted the mom-and-pop restaurants, we would go along with it," said Causey, a part-owner of nine Subway franchises in the Kanawha Valley. "But for the Senate to exempt their friend is wrong." Click to read more