As California and New York inch closer to requiring all restaurants to post calories counts and nutritional data for their menus, one has to wonder if it's necessary and if it truly demands legislation.
Personally, I'd love to know what's in my food and, yes; I do feel that I have the right to know how many extra calories I'm packing. Frankly, though, it has to be pain for restaurant owners to constantly calculate and posting such data could harm the bottom line. "Sure, I'll skip dessert since it's 2,763 calories!"
Yet, in this becoming more and more transparent society, knowledge is king. Maybe Milwaukee could mandate that all restaurants must post calories counts online by a certain date and update annually? Who knows?
Should we require our restaurants to list nutritional facts like calories, fat content, carbohydrates and sodium? Talk back on your thoughts on mandated menu labeling.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
