Menu Calorie Labelling in a Fine Dining Restaurant: Will it Make a Difference?

Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-293

  Fotouhinia Yepes, Maryam ^a  

^a Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

calories; fine dining restaurant; menu calorie labelling (MCL); Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883644659     PISSN: 1528008X     EISSN: 15280098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1528008X.2013.802550     Document Type: Article

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