Saturday, May 22, 2010
Vancouver restaurant group teams up with Nutricate to count calories and carbs
Yummy! But how many calories and carbs does this strawberry smoothie have? Check your Burgerville receipt to find out.
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Customers of local fast food chain Burgerville began noticing something new when handed their cash register receipts last weekâ€" a nudge at their consciences.
The Vancouver, Wash., based Burgerville, which runs 24 restaurants in Oregon, became the first restaurant chain in the country to use a new technology that provides customers with complete nutritional information for the specific meals they have ordered.
The new technology, called the Nutricate receipt program, places Burgerville a step ahead of state-mandated nutrition posting requirements set to begin in January 2011. State regulations will require all chain restaurants to post calories for each item right on their big board menus.
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