The number of restaurants stated to have menu labelling in store is incorrect throughout the article. The correct number of restaurants that have menu labelling in store is 14 (33%). In light of this error, the following updates should be noted:
In the Methods and findings subsection of the Abstract, there is an error in the fifth sentence. The correct sentence is: Of these, 14 (33%) voluntarily provided menu labelling.
In the Results, there is an error in the second sentence of the second paragraph. The correct sentence is: Of the 42 included restaurants with online nutritional information, 14 (33%) voluntarily provided menu labelling.
In the Results, there are errors in the third sentence of the second paragraph. The correct sentence is: Twelve of the 14 restaurants that provided voluntary menu labelling were in the top 50 by sales in 2013; 38 of the 55 functioning restaurants with functioning websites that voluntarily provided neither menu labelling or online nutritional information were in the bottom 50 by sales in 2013.
In the Discussion, there is an error in the second sentence of the second paragraph. The correct sentence is: Of 100 restaurant chains considered, 42 provided energy and nutritional information online, of which 14 provided any of this information on the restaurant menu.
In the Interpretation of findings subsection of the Discussion, there is an error in the fifth sentence of the third paragraph. The correct sentence is: It is notable that 12 of the 14 restaurants that provided voluntary menu labelling were in the top 50 by sales.
There is an error in Table 2. ‘Domino’s Pizza’ (ranked 6) should be colored orange instead of green.
Table 2. Total UK Sales and UK units in 2013, presence of online nutritional information, and voluntary menu labelling in 100 popular UK chain restaurants.
| Rank | Restaurant Name | 2013 UK Sales (£000)* | 2013 UK Units* | Online energy/nutritional information | Voluntary menu labelling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McDonald’s | £1,810,000 | 1,222 | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | Wetherspoon | 1,217,000 | 905 | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | Costa Coffee | 937,000 | 1,755 | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Greggs | 787,000 | 1,671 | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | KFC | 684,500 | 850 | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | Domino’s Pizza | 622,500 | 771 | Yes | No |
| 7 | Starbucks | 606,000 | 764 | Yes | Yes |
| 8 | Pizza Hut | 532,000 | 685 | Yes | No |
| 9 | Subway | 531,000 | 1,590 | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | Nando’s | 455,000 | 290 | Yes | No |
| 11 | PizzaExpress | 411,000 | 421 | Yes | No |
| 12 | Burger King | 383,000 | 484 | Yes | Yes |
| 13 | Pret A Manger | 319,000 | 270 | Yes | Yes (food only) |
| 14 | Vintage Inns | 307,000 | 193 | No | No |
| 15 | Caffe Nero | 305,000 | 550 | Yes | Yes (food only) |
| 16 | Frankie & Benny’s | 207,000 | 209 | No | No |
| 17 | Harvester Salad & Grill | 196,000 | 210 | No | No |
| 18 | Wagamama | 179,000 | 105 | Yes | No |
| 19 | Sizzling Pubs | 174,000 | 220 | No | No |
| 20 | Ember Inns | 170,000 | 130 | No | No |
| 21 | Brewers Fayre | 163,000 | 145 | Yes | No |
| 22 | Hungry Horse | 161,000 | 199 | No | No |
| 23 | T.G.I Friday’s | 153,000 | 65 | No | No |
| 24 | Beefeater Grill | 146,000 | 140 | Yes | No |
| 25 | Prezzo | 136,000 | 194 | No | No |
| 26 | Chef & Brewer Pub Co. | 125,000 | 135 | Yes | No |
| 27 | Crown Carveries | 123,000 | 114 | No | No |
| 28 | Table Table | 116,000 | 105 | Yes | No |
| 29 | Taylor Walker | 112,000 | 113 | Yes | No |
| 30 | Toby Carvery | 112,000 | 154 | Yes | No |
| 31 | Revolution Vodka Bars | 109,000 | 67 | No | No |
| 32 | Zizzi | 109,000 | 130 | Yes | No |
| 33 | Carluccio’s | 104,000 | 76 | No | No |
| 34 | Jamie’s Italian | 102,000 | 37 | Yes | No |
| 35 | EAT | 99,000 | 112 | Yes | Yes (food only) |
| 36 | Nicholson’s | 99,000 | 77 | No | No |
| 37 | ASK | 95,000 | 110 | Yes | No |
| 38 | Fayre & Square | 95,000 | 157 | Yes | No |
| 39 | The Slug and Lettuce | 95,000 | 73 | No | No |
| 40 | Café Rouge | 87,000 | 127 | No | No |
| 41 | Papa John’s | 86,000 | 246 | Yes | No |
| 42 | Yate’s | 84,000 | 69 | Yes | No |
| 43 | Sayers the Better Bakers | 78,000 | 178 | No | No |
| 44 | YO! Sushi | 75,000 | 66 | Yes | Yes |
| 45 | All Bar One | 73,000 | 47 | Yes | No |
| 46 | Ben & Jerry’s | 72,000 | 265 | Yes | No |
| 47 | Bella Italia | 66,000 | 91 | No | No |
| 48 | Strada | 63,500 | 68 | No | No |
| 49 | Chicken Cottage | 61,000 | 129 | Yes | No |
| 50 | John Barras | 60,200 | 126 | Yes | No |
| 51 | Chiquito | 54,000 | 70 | No | No |
| 52 | Gaucho Grill | 53,200 | 16 | No | No |
| 53 | Patisserie Valerie | 53,000 | 108 | No | No |
| 54 | Old English Inns | 52,500 | 55 | Yes | No |
| 55 | O’Neill’s | 49,000 | 49 | No | No |
| 56 | Scream | 48,600 | 43 | No longer exists | NA |
| 57 | Gourmet Burger Kitchen | 46,200 | 60 | Yes | No |
| 58 | Davy’s | 45,100 | 28 | No | No |
| 59 | Flaming Grill Pub Co. | 42,000 | 87 | Yes | No |
| 60 | Loch Fyne | 42,000 | 42 | No | No |
| 61 | Browns Bar & Brasserie | 38,500 | 27 | No | No |
| 62 | Giraffe | 38,200 | 50 | No | No |
| 63 | Brasserie Blanc | 38,000 | 19 | No | No |
| 64 | La Tasca | 37,000 | 38 | No | No |
| 65 | Cote Restaurants | 36,700 | 46 | No | No |
| 66 | Miller & Carter | 35,000 | 29 | No | No |
| 67 | Wildwood Restaurants | 33,100 | 18 | No | No |
| 68 | Wacky Warehouse | 32,200 | 75 | No | No |
| 69 | Hollywood Bowl | 32,000 | 46 | No | No |
| 70 | Favourite Fried Chicken | 31,800 | 85 | No | No |
| 71 | Pitcher & Piano | 31,700 | 18 | No | No |
| 72 | Byron | 31,000 | 34 | No | No |
| 73 | Meet & Eat Pub & Grill | 31,000 | 38 | No | No |
| 74 | Piccolino Ristorante e Bar | 30,500 | 21 | No | No |
| 75 | PAUL | 30,400 | 31 | Yes | No |
| 76 | Le Pain Quotidien | 30,000 | 24 | No | No |
| 77 | Las Iguanas | 29,800 | 34 | No | No |
| 78 | Little Chef | 29,500 | 78 | No | No |
| 79 | Loungers | 29,500 | 38 | No longer exists | NA |
| 80 | Cosmo | 28,100 | 15 | No | No |
| 81 | Handmade Burger Co. | 27,300 | 18 | No | No |
| 82 | San Carlo | 27,000 | 13 | No | No |
| 83 | Jamies Wine Bars | 26,000 | 10 | No | No |
| 84 | Wimpy | 26,000 | 110 | Yes | Yes |
| 85 | Ed’s Easy Diner | 25,700 | 23 | No | No |
| 86 | Pizza GoGo | 25,700 | 95 | No | No |
| 87 | Krispy Kreme | 25,400 | 52 | Yes | No |
| 88 | Bill’s | 25,200 | 31 | Yes | No |
| 89 | Busaba Eathai | 25,200 | 10 | No | No |
| 90 | Pizza Kitchen & Bar | 25,200 | 24 | Website invalid | No |
| 91 | Gusto | 24,800 | 10 | No | No |
| 92 | Muffin Break | 23,300 | 51 | No | No |
| 93 | Walkabout | 23,200 | 27 | Yes | No |
| 94 | Baguette Express | 23,000 | 70 | No | No |
| 95 | Chimichanga | 22,800 | 37 | No | No |
| 96 | AMT Coffee Bars | 22,600 | 60 | No | No |
| 97 | Dixy Chicken | 22,300 | 82 | No | No |
| 98 | Itsu | 21,700 | 43 | Yes | Yes |
| 99 | The Restaurant Bar & Grill | 21,500 | 11 | No | No |
| 100 | Aagrah | 21,400 | 16 | No | No |
Green: restaurants with nutritional information available online and voluntary menu labelling
Orange: restaurants with nutritional information available online, but no voluntary menu labelling
Red: restaurants with no nutritional information available online, and no voluntary menu labelling
Unshaded: restaurant no longer existed at the time of data collection
* Based on Technomic’s 2013 list.
Reference
- 1.Theis DRZ, Adams J (2019) Differences in energy and nutritional content of menu items served by popular UK chain restaurants with versus without voluntary menu labelling: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0222773 10.1371/journal.pone.0222773 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
