Boston Market: Consumer concern top reason for sodium reductionBoston Market: Consumer concern top reason for sodium reduction

Erin Dostal

In a nod to consumers’ growing concerns about health and nutrition, Boston Market is removing salt shakers from the tables in each of its 476 units.

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Officials at the Golden, Colo.-based chain said that the move was intended both to give customers pause before dumping more salt on their meals and to symbolize a systemwide effort to reduce the amounts of sodium in select menu items.

“The act of taking the salt shakers off the tables is very closely tied to the idea that we’re taking sodium levels down in many of our menu items,” said Sara Bittorf, chief brand officer for Boston Market.

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