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National Hospitality Conference 2016: A Report, James Peter Murphy
National Hospitality Conference 2016: A Report, James Peter Murphy
Reports
The 2015 National Hospitality Conference took place recently at the Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin. The main theme of the 2015 conference was ‘Challenges and Opportunities’ , DIT Bar Studies students from the School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology joined delegates in debating and discussing the significant issues surrounding the conference theme. This report highlights the issues discussed.
Nutrition Label Formatting: Customer Perceptions And Behaviors, Anish Parikh, Carl Behnke
Nutrition Label Formatting: Customer Perceptions And Behaviors, Anish Parikh, Carl Behnke
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In response to increasing U.S. obesity rates, legislators have begun mandating that chain restaurants make nutrition information available. While other studies have addressed various aspects of nutrition information labeling in restaurants, there has been little research into the efficacy of the various forms of delivery of restaurant nutrition information. The results of this study indicate that menu nutrition formatting has little impact on customer behavior. This study also found that when nutrition information was influential in the decision making process, consumers chose food items averaging 30% less calories. Consumers who did not change their food selection based on nutrition information …