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Chipotle reveals food preparation tweaks in response to E. coli outbreaks
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Fairly big outbreak combined with fear driven media, and a little bit of ignorance. As a microbiologist, I'm kinda indifferent on it. I'll still get Chipotle when I feel like it.
Edit: I would even venture the perception that Chipotle is "healthy" plays into people now thinking it isn't.
BoboBrazil
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Well yeah, that's not something that is supposed to happen and delays the line.
A regular occurrence isn't supposed to happen?!
Hey, we fucked up folding your burrito. Let's not remake it and fold over a new piece.
Hey, you got the wrong thing? Go back in line and when it's your turn we can fix this.
Great customer experience!
Yeah. Went one time, wasn't great. They do have a lot more options, and the quality is obviously better. Probably have to just find a perfect combo and milk it.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Sounds incredibly obsessive, expensive, and useless.
My plan:
1. Do Pee Wee Herman commercials constantly about how great the food is, subconsciously associating winners turned losers turned doing sorta ok
2. Give out free food in front of other restaurants with a fire hose to blast employees sent to remote them from the premises
3. Put cameras in the restrooms and explosive collars on all employees and livestream 24/7. If an employee walks out of a restroom without washing their hands, their heads explode on live TV
My plan:
1. Do Pee Wee Herman commercials constantly about how great the food is, subconsciously associating winners turned losers turned doing sorta ok
2. Give out free food in front of other restaurants with a fire hose to blast employees sent to remote them from the premises
3. Put cameras in the restrooms and explosive collars on all employees and livestream 24/7. If an employee walks out of a restroom without washing their hands, their heads explode on live TV
BoboBrazil
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Grilling someone's burrito for them once it's been made isn't a regular occurrence. They aren't supposed to do that.
The Moe's by me doesn't keep their rice fresh when its on the steamer and gets hard old rice into meals as a result.
As a result, I don't go there anymore.
Lamel
Banned
Yo this was the most infuriating thread lol.
It'll effect their sales, but it won't shut them down. Shit happens, but they're making the right PR moves now. They'll probably bounce back in a year or two.
BoboBrazil
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Moe's is horrible. The only decent alternative to chipotle is Freebirds and their meat doesn't taste as good.
...yes. Yes it is. Every place does this. Chipotle is the only one that freaks out.
Taco Bell fucking does this.
BoboBrazil
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Taco Bell advertises a grilled stuffed burrito.. Chipotle doesn't. Also Chipotle's process of making food is totally different than a place like Taco Bell.
Atomic Playboy
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Well, seeing as how a number of outbreaks happened in Washington, they actually shut down 40+ restaurants in Washington and Oregon for over a month. And then they reopened them when they still hadn't identified the cause of the outbreak, which hardly inspires confidence. So, yeah, that'll affect your bottom line somewhat.
Exactly where is Chipotle supposed to "toast" a Burrito when they don't have a grill in the food prep area?
They actually don't. Wrapping a ice cold burrito around hot beans/meat is normal?
Every Chipotle I've ever been to has a grill directly behind the prep station.
Maybe you two are from different states which has legal requirements on cooking food.
Atomic Playboy
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As long as they both end in crippling diarrhea, I'm happy.
I wasn't even aware this was an option at chipotle.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
They are getting federally investigated, so yes.
teruterubozu
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I'll take crippling diarrhea over booting from both ends.
The grill has meat and veggies cooking on it only. None of the actual burrito-making goes on there.
BoboBrazil
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What do you mean? Are you calling a tortilla a burrito? Because a burrito is the entire thing once it's packed with ingredients. If you mean tortilla when you say burrito, then they always put those in the press before putting the ingredients in so they are hot.
Qdoba doesn't grill their burritos either. Both places just steam to warm the tortilla to make it easier to wrap at the end.
This is false. They have grills beyond the customer area where they do this in at least four states.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Great news for my new startup restaurant, Taquerrhea
Alright, this is making a lot more sense. Thanks.
It's like a perfect storm of fuck-ups.
0ptimusPayne
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Meh Ive given up on them..All they do is pile you up on rice and beans making you feel full, and leave you with the most stingiest amount of protein to actually make a decent meal out of their burritos/bowls. Not worth $7 for 2 pounds of rice and a pinch of chicken..
They do at every location I've ever been to. They will either toast it prior or after to making the burrito. I prefer after where it leaves the burrito a little crisp.
CornBurrito
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How funny that nobody except you claims that these places grill burritos.
NipplesAndToes23
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One of the shopping centers in my town recently got remodeled and all the new stores have opened up except for the Chipotle. I assume their getting these measures in place before they open it.
....are you talking about the tortilla warmer?
I've never once seen a custom order get taken to the grills/fryers in the back.
It's like they are on the payroll!
A tortilla warmer is not a grill? Does it have a different sku?
Dylan Sexbang
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Time for Freebirds to go national! I only know of one location in SoCal, but still take up in chipotle's bloody diarrhea covered throne!
CornBurrito
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More likely you're just making shit up entirely.
bigsnack
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I'm in L.A., and for two months now I have not had to wait in line to order at Chipotle, not even once. I've probably been there 15 times, and I'm the first or second customer in line every single time. The line at the one near my house used to be 30 people deep at all hours of the day. It's pretty incredible how badly this situation has impacted them. I mention to people that I went to Chipotle for lunch and they think I am insane for going, so I think it's going to take a long time for public perception to turn around.
It's a steam press, not a grill.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
...no, not really. But however you want to customize your agenda.
So, when you close the press on a burrito, it does not make it crispier than normal?
I'll concede that it leaves crispy steam marks on my burrito.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Dunno why, but a Chipotle actually opened in my town a few months back. In the same shopping center with a Chick-Fil-a. In a town with several taqueria options, easily 6 or so taco/burrito trucks scattered throughout town, and TWO Mexican grocery stores that also have food prep stations for all sorts of good cheap Mexican dishes. All of those can provide a better burrito at half the price, and if you want to just go to Rubio's or Taco Bell we have like 4 of those combined in town as well.
I will be surprised if this particular local Chipotle lasts very long.
I will be surprised if this particular local Chipotle lasts very long.
So wait. You ask them to put the finished burrito back in the tortilla steamer? I can see why the workers would be upset.
Yeah. They don't normally do it out of the gate. I only see them use it on quesadillas. Other places often ask if I want it grilled after it is wrapped, so I say yes.
You could accelerate the inevitable by standing outside of that Chipotle and boo-ing loudly everyday.
Might be fun.
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