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1996

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Effect Of The Nutrition Labeling And Education Act Of 1990 On Independent Restaurants In Tennessee, Katherine D. Gattis May 1996

Effect Of The Nutrition Labeling And Education Act Of 1990 On Independent Restaurants In Tennessee, Katherine D. Gattis

Masters Theses

The purpose of this research was to investigate what effect current and proposed regulations of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 would have on independent restaurant operations in the state of Tennessee. A rule proposed in June of 1993 will expand the NLEA to include restaurant menus.

The sample was identified and selected from the population of independent restaurateurs in the state of Tennessee who were members or were eligible for membership in the Tennessee Restaurant Association (TRA) and operated ten units or less. Cities with populations greater than 25,000 were used to stratify the sample due to …