Buying a Franchise
FDA Releases New Anti-Food Poisoning Rules Just as Salmonella Outbreak Reaches 30 States
Separate salmonella outbreaks have been reportedly tied to cucumbers and Chipotle.
By Kate Taylor
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Buying a Franchise
The Secret Menu Items at Your Favorite Restaurant Chains
Here's what you should be ordering that isn't on the menu at Chipotle, Starbucks and Taco Bell.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Chipotle Just Put an Official Price on Its Most Famous Secret Menu Item
Many locations used to ring up the off-menu 'quesarito' as a regular burrito. Now, all locations will charge an extra $3.50.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Chipotle Is Giving Away Free Burritos to Any Customer Who Plays This Online Game
Starting July 21, the burrito chain is launching 'Friend or Faux?' to take aim at its competition and give customers the chance to win free Chipotle for a year.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Chipotle Raises Prices in San Francisco After Minimum Wage Hike
As San Francisco becomes an even pricier place to do business, it's becoming more expensive to buy burritos.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
7 Major Restaurants That Are Getting Rid of Artificial Ingredients
In the fast-food industry, all-natural is in.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Chipotle is Testing a New, Super-Simplified, All-Natural Tortilla
The burrito chain's latest on its journey to an all-natural menu: the tortilla.
By Kate Taylor
Human Resources
Chipotle Extends Benefits to All Employees
Hourly workers will now receive full tuition reimbursements, sick pay and paid vacations.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Chipotle Is Testing a New Menu Item
The burrito chain may be getting ready to introduce a new product to its famously simple menu.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
5 Uncomfortable Questions Asked at McDonald’s Company Shareholders’ Meeting
Like to complain about McDonald's? You'd fit right in at the company's shareholders' meeting.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
We Tested Chipotle and McDonald’s New Delivery Services. Here’s What Happened.
With both chains recently teaming up with Postmates to offer delivery for the first time, we decided to see who came out on top in the battle of the brands.
By Kate Taylor
Sustainability
Chipotle Becomes the First National Restaurant Chain to Go GMO-Free
Two years after beginning to label GMOs on the menu, the burrito chain has stripped genetically modified ingredients from all offerings.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Chipotle Just Introduced Two New Ways for You to Get Your Burrito Fix
The chain is pushing into mobile tech with a delivery partnership and a new Apple Watch app.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Meet Dos Toros, the NYC-Based Burrito Chain That’s Not Afraid of Your Chipotle Comparisons
Founded by brothers Leo and Oliver Kremer in 2009, Dos Toros just opened its seventh location in New York City and is on the brink of a ferocious growing spree.
By Laura Entis
Online Presence
Hackers Hijack Chipotle’s Twitter Account, Tweet F-Bomb and N-Word Insults
The global burrito giant fell victim to racist trolls who changed its Twitter profile image to a swastika, then ripped into a profanity-laden tweetstorm that was beyond offensive.
Online Presence
Chipotle Offers Free Burritos in Exchange for… Haikus
Burrito-loving poets took to Twitter and Facebook in hopes of winning a free meal for two.
By Kate Taylor
Thought Leaders
Chipotle CEO: McDonald’s Chicken Farm the ‘Most Disgusting Thing’
McDonald's $50 million investment in Chipotle in 1998 was a bit of a mixed blessing for the burrito giant.
By Geoff Weiss
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Chipotle-Backed Pizzeria Locale Expands to Kansas City
The Denver-based fast-casual pizza chain is ready to open its third location.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Shake Shack IPO Is Hot But Can It Match Chipotle?
The IPO market has been particularly fruitful recently for so-called fast-casual restaurant operators.
By Reuters
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Chipotle’s Much-Hyped Free Burrito Promotion Is Happening Today
In an effort to heat up customers' appetites for Sofritas, the burrito chain is offering a free entrée of any kind if you buy the organic tofu topping today.
By Kate Taylor
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Chipotle Stops Selling Pork at Hundreds of Locations After Supplier Violates the Chain’s Animal-Welfare Standards
The burrito chain suspended purchases from a major pork supplier after an audit revealed it had failed to comply with Chipotle's standards for treatment of animals.
By Kate Taylor
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6 Food Trends to Watch Out for in 2015
Sour flavors, vegetable mashups, a ramen renaissance and more extreme food trends are on tap for this year.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
McDonald’s Is Testing a New Healthy, High-Quality Food Concept – Just Not in the U.S.
A revamped McCafe in Australia has opened as 'The Corner,' selling not burgers and fries, but brown rice and lentils.
By Kate Taylor
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Starbucks, Chipotle and 6 More Food Chains Scare Up Business With Halloween Deals
Here's where to find food other than candy corn at a fiendishly good price this Halloween.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Chipotle Employees Claim the Chain Isn’t as Worker-Friendly as You Think
Employees at the burrito chain are suing for wage theft in two states.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Why Chipotle Won’t Franchise
The mega-successful burrito chain says it probably won't go the franchising route. Here's why that's a smart move.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Should You Market Like Chipotle or Be Conversational?
Small businesses should skip the thought leadership pieces in favor of playing up their local roots and focusing on product, personality and people.
By Perry Evans