Nutritional information on restaurant menus: Who cares and why restauranteurs should bother

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 876-891

  Josiam, Bharath ^a   Foster, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food service; Information disclosure; Nutrition; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350312661     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110910985331     Document Type: Article

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