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why do people stand in line for chipotle (1 Viewer)
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EYLive
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Peyton Marino
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Warrior
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Yes, I love those bites that are 90% sour cream and 10% cheese.
Stirring is the correct way to order a Chipotle burrito.
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Rohn Jambo
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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/21/cdc-investigating-another-outbreak-of-different-e-coli-strain-at-chipotle.html
Norovirus and different strains of Ecoli... It's starting to look like sabotage
Norovirus and different strains of Ecoli... It's starting to look like sabotage
Das Boot
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Sell Mortimer, sell!http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/21/cdc-investigating-another-outbreak-of-different-e-coli-strain-at-chipotle.html
Norovirus and different strains of Ecoli... It's starting to look like sabotage
Binky The Doormat
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I like good mexican food. I was incredibly disappointed when I finally went to Chipotle (quite a few years ago). Giant wad of beans and rice for $8+. Why eat there if there are real and good mexican places around?
I am not prudish about my food btw either.
ILUVBEER99
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you can't judge Chipotle vs authentic mexican restaurants.
Chipotle is basically fast food, and it should be judged vs other fast food places. They are A+ vs those type of establishments. Their chicken burrito is money.
Chemical X
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give me a taco truck parked in the compare foods lot anyday. and i think qdoba is better than chipotle-coli
matuski
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pantagrapher
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Yeah, hand a Mexican a burrito or a taco and he'll be like "what the hell is this?" They actually eat mostly spaghetti there.
pantagrapher
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Pipes
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Can't the same be said for local deli's vs Subway? Local bar and grills vs McDonalds and Wendys?
El Floppo
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Pipes
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
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I love what they've done with the place. I can now get the same great burrito without the wait.
I handful of people get sick way across the country and now they're a month or two from going under. Pretty crazy.
I handful of people get sick way across the country and now they're a month or two from going under. Pretty crazy.
Harry Manback
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Ministry of Pain
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Chipotle is a lot better than Taco Bell their competitor.
That said I haven't even attempted to eat there since they had the outbreak of sick folks. Before that I was eating there once a month?
College kids in a lot of towns literally live off this place. They know a way to trick the system and get burritos twice the size, enough for two meals.
That said I haven't even attempted to eat there since they had the outbreak of sick folks. Before that I was eating there once a month?
College kids in a lot of towns literally live off this place. They know a way to trick the system and get burritos twice the size, enough for two meals.
McGarnicle
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Chipotle and Taco Bell are not competitors.
MattFancy
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BREAKING: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says E. coli outbreak at Chipotle restaurants appears to be over.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2016
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2016
Jobber
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So in other words "We, the experts at the CDC, have no f****** idea what caused the outbreak. But we haven't had any more cases in the last month....yipee!"
I drove by a Chipotle near me on Saturday evening at around 5pm. There were about four people in line and just a handful at tables throughout the restaurant. This place was routinely having lines out the door, even in January (Minnesota).
Cjw_55106
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Yeah, it been that way since the outbreak at the one I drive by pretty often. They were always lined up to the door when I went by, no matter the time of the day.
Peyton Marino
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Willie Neslon
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Same here. The place has been dead for some time. Not a single person in line the last time I was there during a typically busy time. Only one other customer in the restaurant. They had cut staff as well.
Harry Manback
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Jobber
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Are they doing anything to lure back customers?
NutterButter
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EYLive
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Nope. The germophobe pansies should stay away so I can continue to enjoy the quick service.
Mors Venit
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Is it safe to eat here now?
I had passed one daily for almost a year and planned to try it until i heard about the outbreak.
I had passed one daily for almost a year and planned to try it until i heard about the outbreak.
Vanilla Guerrilla
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chauncey
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I've eaten Chipotle three times in the past month, probably the best quick service food in the country for the price. I don't mind standing in line for it either because the line is always 75% chicks ages 17 (AoC in TX) to 25, and half of them are usually wearing yoga pants.
There are probably 100 mom and pop Mexican restaurants within 10 miles of Chipotle but I'll go there every time if I just want a quick, relatively healthy, filling burrito.
There are probably 100 mom and pop Mexican restaurants within 10 miles of Chipotle but I'll go there every time if I just want a quick, relatively healthy, filling burrito.
Short Corner
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Because I can get better quality, and bigger portions faster and cheaper at a taqueria.
Harry Manback
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If Chipotle really causes you that much gastrointestinal distress, see a doctor. Seriously. That's not normal.
Ministry of Pain
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To answer the title of this thread I think Chipotle filled a lot of needs for the Gen X and younger crowd but also reached into the Seniors community as well. You stand in line for a couple minutes but then you get a hot food handed to you at the end and instantly eat time. And the generations from the 70s and 80s onward seem to like tacos as much or more than the classic American burger. Plus at Chipotle there is an impression that the food was a higher quality and there were some fresh options for toppings and the whole thing feels a lot less McDonald's and a lot more Whole Foods like so people flocked.
I think Chipotle has re-written the playbook for a successful chain in this country. I would ask what other types of food can be served same style as Chipotle. People enjoy watching their food being made which also gives them piece of mind nothing was tinkered with. Despite the recent issues with Chipotle I believe they will make a rebound. How many people get sick at McD's and never really report it, just chalk it up to cheap disgusting food. The chain is at least making an effort to get past this issue, I have nothing but appreciation for what thye had been trying to do up until now. For about the price of most other fast food joints they were trying to create a somewhat healthier place for people to spend their hard earned money.
I think Chipotle has re-written the playbook for a successful chain in this country. I would ask what other types of food can be served same style as Chipotle. People enjoy watching their food being made which also gives them piece of mind nothing was tinkered with. Despite the recent issues with Chipotle I believe they will make a rebound. How many people get sick at McD's and never really report it, just chalk it up to cheap disgusting food. The chain is at least making an effort to get past this issue, I have nothing but appreciation for what thye had been trying to do up until now. For about the price of most other fast food joints they were trying to create a somewhat healthier place for people to spend their hard earned money.
Ministry of Pain
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One of Chipotle's bowls, easy on the rice and make it brown, beans, 86 the cheese or go lite, 86 the sour cream, load up on the lettuce, stick to the chicken, you have a pretty good option that isn't going to torpedo your daily diet habits much.
pantagrapher
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There's a relatively new place downtown Chicago called Naansense that's basically an Indian version of Chipotle and it's easily my best fast food meal I can remember. You basically get your lunch either wrapped in naan or over a bowl of rice (much like burrito v. bowl). Also hits a similar note many Chipotle lovers dig in that it's a good destination for vegetarians.
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Ministry of Pain
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That sounds good. My larger point and I think you show it thru your post...take the Chipotle model for assembly line and you are more likely to succeed. We have a friend trying to open a new restaurant and I was shown the plans. I perked up and asked about things that are relevant to the younger folks as this guy is well into his early 50s and the model for a fish place seemed kind of outdated and I thought would be hard to make work. He hadn't thought of some of those things and I encouraged him to go to Chipotle during a busy time and see what they are doing to get so many folks thru the door, try to incorporate some of that. He didn't even think to put in Wi-Fi which seems almost required now.
Harry Manback
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I agree, it is nice to see the ingredients that go into your food.
You can see them grilling the chicken/fajita veggies in the back. You see them adding the cilantro/lime to the rice and mixing it up.
Everything is prepared there, same day (or relatively recently) and aside from the high sodium content, if you get a bowl without cheese or sour cream you're talking under 800 calories for lunch, and it's absolutely healthier than almost any alternative "fast food".
STEADYMOBBIN 22
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The whole cause was either sabotage or some filthy 3rd worlder who simply hasn't been taught to wash his hands after he uses the restroom.
They should hire someone to stand watch at the bathroom. Would have saved them millions.
They should hire someone to stand watch at the bathroom. Would have saved them millions.
Cjw_55106
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