They do when necessary which is common...Not when they "can" afford it. If they are having problems affording $100-$400/per loication for new menus because they want to add new dishes or new veggies are in season they are fucked anyway and going out of business. Doesn't look like you know much about the restaurant business. But you seem to think you know enough to make an absurd argument about menu costs lol.
Yet you admit you don't know if it is accurate or if there is any oversight. How smart is that? I'd trust a food label over the "internet" wouldn't you? Or are you one of those people who believe everything on the internet is true? I don't doubt that myfitness app is accurate in most cases, but what's to prevent mistakes or collusion? ............nothing
No, what i want them to do is list what's in their food. Specifically how much calories, sodium, sugar and fat if it exceeds normal levels for the dish or over certain amounts.
Do you have any arguments against it that don't involve a reduction to the ridiculous or a curmudgeon ideal?
I know enough about small businesses, including restaurants, to know that government regulation hurts. I wouldn't dismiss the increased costs of doing business as cavalierly as you have.
I record every calorie, gram, milligram, protein, carbs, sodium, etc. of everything I eat, every day. I use My Fitness Pal every day. I know if I'm hitting or missing based on what the scale, bodyfat, clothes, and mirror tell me. I also have a salt tooth, so my diet is pretty high in sodium. Not a good thing. So, do I know for a fact the app I use is 100 percent accurate? No. Do I have a pretty good idea? Yes. Do I know more about it than someone who has never used it? Absolutely.
In addition, to the costs imposed on small businesses, I don't like the idea of excessive or unnecessary government regulation. It's hard enough for small businesses to compete without having to worry about big brother.
Also, what you've described is really a sense of entitlement and just pure laziness. You don't have a right to have a business spoon feed you information. We should let the marketplace take care of itself. A number of restaurants are already moving in this direction voluntarily. And if you don't like the fact a certain restaurant doesn't give you enough information, go eat someplace else or make your own food. That's how the free market is supposed to work.