Riehl World View

The Key To Safe Hamburger

Contrary to the experts on Larry King, I only eat safe hamburger. I always use a condiment - and Bacon, of course.

The Big Nanny bureaucrats will have to pry the Sonic Bacon Cheeseburger from my cold, dead hands…

Study: NYC Calorie Law Changed Nothing, Raised Costs

I doubt this study will mention cost, but fast food restaurants always pass along costs, so it's a fair assumption of an otherwise failed law thanks to Bloomberg's New York. Coming to a Federal Regulation sometime soon, if not already there.

Twenty-eight percent of consumers felt as though mandating restaurants to list the caloric content of foods helped them make better decisions, 9 of 10 said they did. But, let's just say the proof isn't in the pudding. In fact, lower income people have actually ordered more calories than before the law went into effect. Just one more example of feel good legislation that accomplishes nothing but grows government and costs the private sector money. Pig Government, can we start calling it that, instead?

Half of customers noticed calorie counts. Twenty-eight percent of those said postings had influenced what they ordered. Nine out of 10 of those said they'd made healthier choices as a result.

But New York University and Yale researchers say receipts showed people had ordered slightly more calories than the typical customer before the law went into effect in July 2008.

The study will be published Tuesday in Health Affairs.