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. 2019 Dec 12;14(12):e0226704. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226704

Correction: 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

Dolly R Z Theis, Jean Adams
PMCID: PMC6907773  PMID: 31830140

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]

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