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A law that takes effect in New York City in October requires any food service business with 15 or more locations to post a warning label on menu items with 50 grams or more of added sugar, the equivalent of 12 teaspoons. With 62 grams of sugar, one thing that will be flagged—don’t blame the messenger—is a venti Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks.
You tell us: Do you agree with New York’s new law that requires warnings on high-added-sugar menu items? Cast your vote here.
Circling back: Last time we told you that retailers issued 31% more promo discount codes in the first six months of this year than in the same period of 2023, per promo codes platform SimplyCodes. So we asked about your coupon code usage, and 38.6% of you responded that you were using them more than a year ago, while 59.1% are using them with the same frequency. None of you reported using coupon codes with less frequency than a year ago, and 2.3% of you didn’t know or weren't sure.