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Chipotle Tumbles: Will Demand Customers Pay More For Food That Won't Make Them Sick
From Ecoli to Norovirus and from average-joes to college athletes, the success of CMG has become its down fall as something ugly is growing in the healthy fast food restaurant. The latest headline is a little intriguing, as amid all the carnage, Chitptle says it will have to raise prices... as new supplier standards will hurt margins, and require "significant cost" adjustment, according to CFO Jack Hartung. We will see if poeple wil pay more not to get siuck and lose 15lbs (or prefer to pay less).
As AP reports,
Chipotle said it believes norovirus is to blame for sickening students at Boston College who reported "gastrointestinal symptoms" after eating at the chain.
The company says it thinks the illnesses are an isolated incident unrelated to a multi-state outbreak of E. coli cases linked to its restaurants.
"All of the evidence we have points in that direction," says Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold. He noted Chipotle has no confirmation, but that the company hopes to have more information later Tuesday.
Chipotle said late Monday that it was temporarily closing a restaurant in Boston's Cleveland Circle after Boston College said 30 of its students, including members of the men's basketball team, complained of gastrointestinal symptoms after eating at the chain. The school said it was working with health authorities to investigate the cause.
And the stocks is fading again... Time for a bigger buyback!!!
Some other headlines from the company's presentation:
- *CMG: THE E. COLI ‘EXPOSURE PERIOD’ HAS ENDED
But..
- *CHIPOTLE: STILL HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE TAINTED INGREDIENT
And so
- *CMG: E. COLI OUTBREAK HURTING EFFORTS TO DRAW NEW CUSTOMERS
Which won't be helped by this...
- *CMG CFO: CO. MAY HAVE TO RAISE PRICES TO COPE WITH NEW COSTS
Pay more for food that will not make you sick? Strange idea. Or perhaps CMG executives are going in a different direction...
Chipotle's new slogan: "For a truly authentic Mexican food experience"
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 8, 2015
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Geez, after half a bottle of Black Jack, nothing is better than a chimi that accelerates the projectile puking process.
There was a "tainted" ingredient all right.
That's the angle: Chipotle's is less expensive than Jenny Craig, NutriSystem and Weight Watchers for losing weight. See, there's a silver lining in every cloud.
$8 for a burrito is too much as it is.
I just don't understand how people can convince themselves to eat that corporate food.
I will stick with home grown, homemade, and healthy, like mrs_horseman's pot pie.
I just made (and am eating) a big pot of Chankonabe. Cheap as hell and has lots of calories.
pods
Chipotle...the McDonalds of Mexican food.
Is that Bugs I see in there?
(referring to bunny not insects)
HH, I don't see any "pot" in that pie?
HH, that's very nice. When do you invite us zh'ers over for a fixed price dinner?
I bake veggies almost everyday. Potatoes, onion, garlic, then whatever veggies - beets, carrots, cauliflower - 400 degrees soaked in olive oil and a spash of vinniger. Salted, seasond with spices and pepper.
The rule for olive oil...always cold,never hot. It is carcinogenic at high temperatures. Don't cook with it.
Clarified butter or coconut oil even lard. Then drizzle with the olive oil for more butter when done.
mmm..... baked squash. Zuchini, summer squash, acorn squash, they're all so good.
looks awesome and to think this could've been made even 500 yeasr ago exactly the same way. sometimes things are just fine they way they are.
oh well most ppl think they are missing out on something if they don't go out to eat like it is this ultimate experience of a great night...
fools.
The kitchen is filthy
the cooks more then likely don't wash their hands
etc. etc.
eating at home is healthy.
When Toyota had the brake issues several years ago, they gave my mother a "LIFE TIME OF FREE OIL CHANGES AS LONG AS SHE OWNED THE CAR" to KEEP her as a loyal customer. These Aholes have some nerve, we screwed up and now you must pay more for our shitty meals
That's what you get when you exclusively hire long-haired, bearded, tee-shirt wearing Hipsters loaded down with tattoos and piercings as food preparers for your customers.
I feel like puking right now.......the supply of Hipsters is growing expotentially...they will always have 20-30 waiting to hire up at a new store.........
at my chipotel most of the workers have a tattoed teardrop near their eye.
what does that mean? /sarc
I hate being grammar police but...
"We will see if poeple wil pay more not to get siuck and lose 15lbs"
Really ZH? My 2 year old is better than this.
Pick the nits off a gnats nuts much?
You know what it meant.
Get a life.
Quit eating lunch @ Costco(ecoli salad) after they changed the restroom water faucets over to automatic...when you find one that works, you get a 5 sec. wash.
Same issue at Chipo's?
A very good point, and one that bugs me everyt time I see one of those useless auto water drizzlers. How the Hell are you actually supposed to get your hands clean when there's barely any water coming out of the faucet?
When you have our burrito,
You will shit inside your speedo...
at Chipotle, at Chipotle
" We sickened some folks. "
Taco! Burrito! What's coming out of your Speedo!?!
I've heard of Montezuma's revenge but now "Chipotle's Revenge?!"
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chipotle-norovirus-likely-sickened-boston-...
so rather than dying later, from eating your daily 2500 cal "Organic" Burrito.......
CFO Jack Hartung,, What a DICK!
" If you want to keep your E coli infection, you can keep your E coli infection. "
Shitpotle
Chipotle Grossly Overestimated How Much People Care Where Their Food Comes From
In the early days of Chipotle, CMO Mark Crumpacker focused on touting the company's "food integrity," but he quickly learned this wouldn't get him as many long-term customers as he thought.
On a panel today at Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored event in New York City, Crumpacker admitted that he had overestimated how much people care about animals and the environment.
"It turned out to essentially not be true," Crumpacker said. "Only 20 to 30 percent of those people actually care about that stuff."
http://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-cmo-mark-crumpacker-talks-about-food-integrity-2012-4
Pepto cleptos
will they still provide the option to pay less for to those willing to take on the e. coli risk?
The Chipotle Trot
... and it's not their 5k race either.
Where is the clown from a few weeks ago who said everyone in his city eats this crap?
How is that working out for you?
That was probably me, as I do remember commenting that there are always lines in the dozens of Chipotles around my city. I think they put crack in that stuff because when you say "chipotle" everyone drools.
I'm more of a sad clown these days, though. I've taken on the persona of a sad hobo clown so that I can excuse wearing brown pants.
whoa whoa whoa, since when does "new supplier standards (which are NOT DISTRIBUTING ANY MORE E-COLI MEATS)" force a cost increase? This means that Chipotle MUST HAVE KNOWINGLY USED UNSAFE STANDARDS TO SAVE $$$. Their staff who made that decision should be in jail for endangering the public's health! At least the fiat conjurers don't bailout restaurants so they'll be allowed to fail as they justifiably should.
I wonder if Donald is responsible for this.
You mean The Ronald?
Mexican food is a contradiction in terms.
"Chipotle's new slogan: "For a truly authentic Mexican food experience""
Hey Tyler! That's MICROAGRESSION.
I no longer feel safe on this site.
I demand you Resign
I need my binky, where did my teddy go?
t ate there once a few months ago.. Expensive Taco bell to me. I dont get panera bread either 9 bucks for a half sandwich and reheated soup.
You are correcto on Panera we just go there cause of the kids and its better than McDog foods or their competitors.
The tainted ingredient is your overpriced food.
I have a CMG relatively close to my house and I decided to drive by and check out the traffic just for kicks. There were 5 people in the restaurant eating and 2 in line ordering. For a company that relies heavily on
econonomies of e-coli.....i mean economies of scale, this will be a great short into earnings.
HY bond fund got slapped in the face today.
The tainted ingredient is liberalism.
Not to defend this turd of a company but its very easy for someone to spread a highly contagious germ no matter the safety precautions. This is why I loathe to even eat out especially during sick season.
E.Coli and Norovirus are about as organic as you get.
Hard to keep food from being contaminated when you have brain-dead ass pickers and profit motivated management dishing out your "meal"
"tainted" ingredients – as if they are typically healthy.
You'd be better off getting sick from e-coli and never returning than eating that junk without symptoms for years or decades.
Chipolte Menu:
Hot To Trot Taco - When Dulcolax just won't do
Microagressive Burrito - To attack the "safe space" in your stomach
Crapola Chimichanga - filled with... yes... creamed crapola!
Montezuma's Revenge Pasticho - We're not sure what it is, but 10,000 burning assholes can't be wrong!
When my local burrito joint poisoned it's customers with E. Coli they closed their doors for good. I guess corporations don't have to worry about that!
You can only get Norovirus by ingesting an infected persons vomit or feces! YUM!!!
when is next BC hoops game? I'm taking the under.
I wonder how many "runs" the BC mens b-ball team will make in its next game.
Frighten and alienate your customers and the public in general, and then raise prices. Fabulous idea.
Chipotle goes all Non-GMO this year.
Same year, there are big outbreaks, and big media coverage. Ecoli has certainly been used before as a tactical hit.
Coincidence? Or, the Grain Merchants?
This was what I was thinking. What are the odds that these outbreaks occur in several different states all at the same time? It doesn't seem to me like they would have the same supplier for......anything except maybe tortillas. Everything else (I would think especially meat and produce) would come from different suppliers/sources that are local. They never actually pinpointed the source, right?
Fuck, and all that time I ate there because their napkins said they don't use GMO ?!
Chipotle going Non-GMO realy pissed Monsanto (Monsatan) off!
remember the south park episode where everyone who ate there got a bloody asshole. that show is the new nostradomus.
That food does run through you like stocks when they crashed earlier this year #freefallpoop
The beauty of Chipotle is that until now, Chipotle food was inedible.
I tried to eat it once. It was, without question, the WORST fast food I have ever eaten. I never went back for seconds.
What is the point of paying for overpriced fast food if it is edible? You'll just gain weight...
Yo, ZH commentariat......you rock! Y'all made me laugh until my sides hurt. The comments above should get the Blog Commentariat Humor Award for 2015.
Carry on.
Never got the greatness of Chipotle. E. coli generally speaking in ground meat products. Prime cuts not an issue.. How about rib eye burrito? I am certified or was to teach the National Institute Food Safety course for food handlers ! Your supply chain is important only until your meats, cheeses and produce hit the loading dock. If you have done due diligence on those suppliers before bringing them on board the rest is up to kitchen management .
E.Coli , though very serious problem, is relatively rare considering the billions of pounds of ground meat products consumed every year. Most food born sickness is caused by lack of proper management of common sense food handling . Back in the day over 20 years ago when I was a working chef I had the occasion to borrow something from a well known several star restaurant with a nationally known chef. They had 6 five gallon buckets of cheese soup sitting on the floor of the kitchen. The soup had a skim coating on top and as it was 630 PM , long after prep work and soup making is usually done I asked a cook how long the soup had been sitting on the floor? 130 that afternoon. A Petri dish of bacteria right there.
Common sense people
South Park chipotlaway - YouTube
It's the MexEcoli strain.
All by design; can't have "healthier foods"; you folks need GMO.
Chipolte needs to put the entire meal in a microwave safe bag (EVERYTHING, even the lettuce). Get all the items up to 200 degrees F. then use tongs to hand the unopened bag to the customer. Yum! Safe to eat. Maybe they could try making salad dressing from that sanitizing hand gell. Use artificial thousand island dressing flavoring? Tangy! Tangy!
When keeping it real goes wrong...using authentic mexican water is NOT the way to go
Chipotle's food poisoning began soon after they quit buying conventional, mainstream US pork and began scourcing pork from mudlot scources.
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1) run;
2) run faster;
3) keep running faster and farther.
If you are forced to shoot it's best to shoot back over your shoulder as you are running away.
I learn this military method under Capt Jacque La WeeWee in the French army.
Have you been to a Chipotle recently? It's filled with mentally deficient shit stains who can't fill or roll a fucking burrito to save their lives. They can't remember what you tell them immediately after you tell them (never name more than one ingredient at a time). So you have to repeat yourself and yell and snot all over the food. They pass you to one helpless worker after another (never name more than one ingredient at a time), sort of like an assembly line without any of the efficiency. After seeing the result of their ineptitude they meekly shove the whole thing into foil hoping you won't notice the massive tears in the tortilla and gobs of too much sour cream and salsa spewing out like an infected period. In short, it's the employees, not the suppliers.
Their food is always cold.
I remember 20 years ago or so my friend wanted to take me to this great new place to eat (I live in Colorado). Anyway, we get there and I eat what appears to be a burrito loaded with rice and beans and a couple of tiny pieces of meat. That was the last time I ate at Chipotle or ever will again.