Obamacare menu regs eat into small-business profits

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There are 34 million ways to order a Domino’s Pizza, so, thanks to President Obama’s national health care law, the chain’s franchisees may have to spend more than $5 million attempting to squeeze calorie data next to every one of their menu items. Not that the company is trying to hide anything. The Domino’s website already provides nutritional information to the 90 percent of customers who order online or by phone.

The chain also has the information in pamphlet form for the few customers who actually visit one of its 4,909 physical stores. But that’s not good enough to comply with new federal rules expected to be finalized by year’s end.

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