Bigger the brag, bigger the burn: Chipotle Q3 income tanks as food safety issues take toll

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Sounds like any other restaurant: Chorizo, comebacks, cocaine and customers barfing as the missing point about Chipotle

Fast Company has a series of articles about the rise and fall and … of Chipotle. The core of the food safety stories seems to be that Chipotle milks its consumers, so has endless money to spend telling those consumers … Continue reading

23 years late, Chipotle gets food safety religion (or so they lecture)

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Tragically Chipotle: Freebies, settlements, falling stock and drones

It’s about having a voice. Chipotle can hire all the food safety bigshots it likes, but it has no story, no narrative, to get past its five outbreaks in six months; and no amount of freebies are going to fix … Continue reading

Another reason to dislike: Jury rules Chipotle discriminated against pregnant employee

Brenna Houck of Eater, citing the Washington Business Journal, reports a U.S. District Court jury in Washington, D.C., awarded Doris Garcia Hernandez $550,000 in compensatory and punitive damages this week after finding her former manager had discriminated against for being … Continue reading

Poor, poor pitiful me: ‘Social media is killing Chipotle’s recovery’

The Motley Fool writes that Chipotle Mexican Grill’s (NYSE:CMG) food safety crisis has been over for six months. But you wouldn’t know it from the company’s sales results. During the recently ended second quarter, Chipotle’s comparable restaurant sales plunged 23.6%. The company … Continue reading

Headline of the week: Chipotle’s decision to open a burger joint is ridiculously stupid

Chipotle has fooled so many people for so long it can say and do almost anything. But when investors sour, shit gets real. Brian Sozzi  of The Street wonders what Chipotle is thinking. The bruised and battered better burrito joint confirmed … Continue reading

E. coli (and Salmonella and Norovirus) aftermath: Chipotle sales and revenue plummet in the second quarter

Chipotle Mexican Grill reported a steep drop in second-quarter earnings Thursday and missed analysts’ estimates as the fast-casual restaurant struggles to regain its footing after a series of food safety scares, and the recent arrest of one of its executives … Continue reading

Jason Bourne novelist tanks Chipotle stock with one tweet

Despite Chipotle Mexican Grill’s attempt to move on from a string of high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks, the company’s stock moves Thursday show how fragile its reputation is at the moment. The stock dipped as much as 3.4 percent in early … Continue reading