
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 23, 1994                   TAG: 9411230106
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: C7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DUBLIN, OHIO                                 LENGTH: Short

HOT CHOCOLATE GETS TOO HOT FOR WENDY'S

Wendy's International is halting hot chocolate sales at its restaurants because it may be too hot for children.

The fast-food chain said Wednesday that it has started notifying its 4,000 U.S. restaurants to temporarily stop sales.

Denny Lynch, a spokesman for the chain based in suburban Columbus, said the company hopes to resume sales in 30 days or so, after it finds a way to brew and serve the drink at a lower temperature.

Wendy's serves hot chocolate at 180 degrees - the same temperature as it serves coffee and tea.

``We don't know that it's too hot,'' Lynch said. ``But at 180 degrees brewing temperature, it would be too hot if it was spilled.''

The decision follows a ruling in a New Mexico lawsuit that accused a McDonald's restaurant of serving its coffee too hot. A woman who was scalded by the coffee was awarded $480,000.

-Associated Press

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