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By dr k (Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 07:57:54 PM EST) (all tags)
We regret that Wendy's cannot provide product calorie information to residents or customers in New York City. The New York City Department of Health passed a regulation requiring restaurants that already provide calorie information to post product calories on their menu boards -- using the same type size as the product listing.


We fully support the intent of this regulation; however, since most of our food is made-to-order, there isn't enough room on our existing menu boards to comply with the regulation. We have for years provided complete nutritional information on posters inside the restaurant and on our website. To continue to provide caloric information to residents and customers of our New York City restaurants on our website and on our nutritional posters would subject us to this regulation. As a result, we will no longer provide caloric information to residents and customers of our New York City restaurants.

So, since prodiving the information in any form would require the information to be presented in a highly legible way (which I imagine is the exact purpose of the regulation), they have decided to simply not provide any information whatsoever.

That's an interesting loophole, though I don't think it will withstand much scrutiny.

Meanwhile, The Baconator.

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baconator = 51 grams of fat by clover kicker (2.00 / 0) #1 Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 08:01:52 PM EST
So that's why they taste so good!



Wendy's caloric information by jimgon (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 01:11:34 PM EST
I  have to imagine to have it at that font size they would need to devote a full wall to their menu.



yes, and? by dr k (2.00 / 0) #3 Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 02:51:53 PM EST
That would be unattractive?

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Most Wendy's I've been too by jimgon (2.00 / 0) #4 Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 04:34:02 PM EST
Maximize window space.  I can't think of a Wendy's  I've been  in that would have the space to fill walls with the caloric intake. 

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if you had ever been to New York City by dr k (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 04:41:27 PM EST
you would realize that the "urban sprawl" style of Wendy's simply doesn't exist in the most expensive real estate market in the country. In NYC the typical Wendy's is going to be a street level storefront in a commercial building, and/or a booth in an underground transfer station.

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I'll accept that by jimgon (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 04:48:11 PM EST
I refuse to go to NYC,  so I'll never know the  joys of an NYC Wendy's.

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