Ah-ha.. interesting!
Good and very interesting information. Any way you can get a copy of the contract and post it? I suppose a google search for idine will lend some results of how the program works in detail.
This definately explains the drop-in and drop-out rate of the restaurants in my town. It ALSO explains why many of the participating ones are new ventures, quickly go out of business, or just never sign back up as noted above.
Thanks for the post.