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[Starviper]

If it's contained to a single location I imagine the blame would end up being on the employees not being sanitary or following protocol. Guess we'll see soon enough. The last thing Chipotle would want to do is shut down a location due to more norovirus scares.

Had it once before, felt like I was gonna die. All I could do was drink enough water to stay hydrated while my body removed anything and everything from my digestive system.

 

[ShyMel]

Here's a really good longform article about Chipotle's struggles with keeping its food contaminant free

https://www.fastcompany.com/3064068/chipotle-eats-itself

It's a really good, albeit, long read.

Thank you for sharing this! I haven't really desired to eat there after getting a togo order that had dried out rice in my sister's bowl and steak in my sofritas bowl.

 

[Seth Enosh]

Cute how you assume most management gives a f about that.

Any reason to believe chipotle management is worse than other restaurants ?

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Is that the same virus from Resident Evil?

 

[capitalCORN]

Any reason to believe chipotle management is worse than other restaurants ?

Even highest end restaurants tend treat the vast majority of their staff like shit. Cutting corners is a science in food service.

 

[norm9]

Taco Bell is laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[titiklabingapat]

I feel like this probably happens at all these trendy 'all organic' places, we just don't hear about them because they aren't as big as Chipotle. It seems like forgoing modern industrial food distribution practices in favor of unorthodox systems and techniques at a large scale seem to be the culprit.

 

[Futureman]

I feel like this probably happens at all these trendy 'all organic' places, we just don't hear about them because they aren't as big as Chipotle. It seems like forgoing modern industrial food distribution practices in favor of unorthodox systems and techniques at a large scale seem to be the culprit.

I didn't read that article linked above, but I thought the issue was thought to be an employee/food prep issue. Nothing to do with organic or not.

 

[CherryIcee]

Shareholders are evacuating faster than those afflicted.

 

[Kayhan]

Shit and vomit is what you get for eating industrialized fast food, GAF.

It is just the reality of it. Please watch the latest episode of Game of Thrones.

 

[Apt101]

How hard is it to make a burrito without poisoning someone?

I see Chipotle is a big "Non-GMO" outfit. When I hear that it makes me think it's run by idiots with poor standards, and supplied with shitty and unsafe product.

This is also the company that forces part time, uninsured employees to produce doctor's notes for any sick day - which means they're essentially encouraging people to work sick. With that in mind, imagine how utterly atrocious the rest of their safety-related practices must be.

 

[shira]

I still eat at the local Chipotle's around these parts with no issues. It's my favorite quick restaurant. I'd be sad if this happened around here in such a way that locations would need to close down.

It doesn't mean that there isn't norovirus because YOU didn't get sick. You could have a higher tolerance. But say a child or senior went in.

 

[commedieu]

lol. comida del muerte

 

[slit]

How hard is it to make a burrito without poisoning someone?

Probably hard for them because they want an image of being wholesome and preservative free for millennials but that is causing problems with diseases at this point.

 

[teepo]

got the norovirus from a two star rated michelin restaurant. nobody is safe

 

[commedieu]

Probably hard for them because they want an image of being wholesome and rejecting preservatives for millennials but that is causing problems with diseases at this point.

bullshit. Millenials aren't eating out -- they are staying home and eating their own food/moms! The food industry is blaming us for their shitty performances.

 

[GodofWine]

After these stories, and watching too much Kitchen Nightmares (I cannot turn away and usually root for mouse poop to be found), my family eats mostly home cooked food now...which is a good thing in so many ways (money, health mainly).

I trust pizza though. It comes out of the over, doesn't touch any hands.

 

[Lights and Waves]

Has anyone noticed that Chipotle isn't really popular anymore?

I live in a big city, and before the first e. coli drama happened, Chipotle was constantly packed.

I feel like people learned to live without it after they had to avoid it for a few months and they just never bounced back.

 

[Seth Enosh]

Even highest end restaurants tend treat the vast majority of their staff like shit. Cutting corners is a science in food service.

Yep that was my understanding as well. I don't feel more worried eating at a chipotle than at any other restaurant, they all treat staff poorly and get health code citations from inspectors.

 

[titiklabingapat]

I didn't read that article linked above, but I thought the issue was thought to be an employee/food prep issue. Nothing to do with organic or not.

The article doesn't say either way.

 

[slit]

bullshit. Millenials aren't eating out -- they are staying home and eating their own food/moms! The food industry is blaming us for their shitty performances.

Quiet! Virus eater!

 

[Realeza]

Any reason to believe chipotle management is worse than other restaurants ?

No specific evidence, but find hard to believe the 24 year old running a casual fast food place will give two fucks about making sure everything is followed to a t

 

[Mammoth Jones]

How to destroy a brand:

#1) Create a brand
#2) Take a shit
#3) Don't wash hands
#4) Make food for people

 

[norm9]

bullshit. Millenials aren't eating out -- they are staying home and eating their own food/moms! The food industry is blaming us for their shitty performances.

All I see are millenials eating out. They're spending their underpaid wages at restaurants instead of saving.

 

[Lights and Waves]

Taco Bell is laughing all the way to the bank.

Taco Bell is definitely making a comeback. Their food is just so fucking tasty and stoner culture/Taco Bell as a meme is much bigger now than it ever was.

Not to mention Taco Bell has fewer calories than Chipotle.

 

[CherryIcee]

How hard is it to make a burrito without poisoning someone?

For Chipotle, it seems to be quite easy. Maybe their black beans aren't actually black beans.








It's poop.

 

[The Lamp]

How hard is it to make a burrito without poisoning someone?

Really hard when your company and customers don't understand science enough that they want the most obscure suppliers to meet their useless, stupid antibiotic-free, free-range, grass-fed meat requirements on a supply scale as large as chipotle.

 

[stump sock]

bullshit. Millenials aren't eating out -- they are staying home and eating their own food/moms! The food industry is blaming us for their shitty performances.

don't eat your mom.

in any meaning of the word.

 

[Lights and Waves]

bullshit. Millenials aren't eating out -- they are staying home and eating their own food/moms! The food industry is blaming us for their shitty performances.

This is false. There have been a multitude of articles disproving your claim. Millenials spend most of their money on dining experiences and travel.

 

[Kaako]

Taco Bell stays winning lol. Haven't been to a Chipotle since that virus outbreak way back.

 

[commedieu]

All I see are millenials eating out. They're spending their underpaid wages at restaurants instead of saving.

ur a resturant.

This is false. There have been a multitude of articles disproving your claim. Millenials spend most of their money on dining experiences and travel.

I was referencing the uhm, outback/chillis thread. Some horrible food place, oh right, Buffalo Wild Wings, was pinning their shoddy sales decline on millenials eating at home and not sifting through their food troughs.

 

[kmfdmpig]

Its still so surreal. I remember like ~5 years ago, the line at the Chipolte would be going out the door and then the first reports came in of people getting sick and it was a ghost town. While I haven't been able to go back to the same Chipolte(moved out of state) the one nearby was always pretty much empty except maybe 1-2 people.

But yeah, if you were one of the few people willing to give them another shot (I think I had a burrito ~4-5 months ago) they probably won't be coming back(I know I won't, not that I visite regularly anyway)

Yup, it's as hard and steep a fall from grace as I can remember. Krispy Kreme dropped pretty quickly as well, but not like this.

 

[Seth Enosh]

Yup, it's as hard and steep a fall from grace as I can remember. Krispy Kreme dropped pretty quickly as well, but not like this.

I think some areas bounced back, I just had to wait in line for over 10 mins at mine, personally.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Just shut down all the Chipotles. No need for them to exist, just go to a taco truck or a taqueria.

 

[RuinerPrime]

love me some Chipotle. the ones in my city are always busy as fuck.

 

[Poodlestrike]

The thing that really bugs me about chipotle (aside from the, you know, disease) is the anti-GMO rhetoric. I just want a golden rice burrito, is that so much to ask?

 

[Seth Enosh]

Really hard when your company and customers don't understand science enough that they want the most obscure suppliers to meet their useless, stupid antibiotic-free, free-range, grass-fed meat requirements on a supply scale as large as chipotle.

Doesn't grass fed meat taste better or at least different? It's not like the organic scam.

 

[GodofWine]

I wonder if the money they lose over all this could have been offset by spending a small portion of it on paying people more, training people more, and therefore having people work a bit more responsibly.

Or maybe be having one additional staff member on per shift so that when people take a break, or an unscheduled 'but I gotta go now' break, they don't have to rush back.

Penny wise, pound foolish. Lines used to be out the door, from noon to 9, now there's 3 people there usually.

 

[kmfdmpig]

I had the norovirus a few years back. I lived on the toilet for 48 hours.

My wife, young daughter, and I all caught it a few years ago. Luckily my wife and I had it a few days apart so we were able to take care of my daughter well. It was probably some of the worst 72 hours any of us had experienced. I remember being excited that I was able to consume vitamin water as I couldn't keep anything down.

 

[wesleyshark]

Reminder that Chipotle has been awful for a long time.

 

[Username1198]

How hard is it to make a burrito without poisoning someone?

LMAO

yea I'm done with chipotle

 

[titiklabingapat]

Chipotle's biggest sin, other than poisoning you, is serving those POS mission style burritos. San Diego style is a lot better.

 

[compo]

Oh boy, that's only one town over from where I work. I think I'm going to go to Moe's for lunch instead this week, just in case.

 

[Magnus]

Place is run for shit here in Canada. It's markedly worse than literally every other burrito joint in every way - customer service, price, ingredient quality - hell, they don't even warm or toast your burrito. They looked at me like I was an idiot when we asked. Every other joint does it. Every one.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Damn the woosah, captain. Are you saying people are injesting Chipotle employee poop particles?

Noro is incredibly contagious. This could just mean the normal fecal particulate you would be in contact with in the normal course of the day, just because that shit is all around us.

Chipotle's biggest sin, other than poisoning you, is serving those POS mission style burritos. San Diego style is a lot better.

Seriously. Beans and rice can kindly get the fuck out of my burrito. Meat, Pico, Guac is all you need! And a proper lightly toasted burrito.

 

[Divvy]

Damn the woosah, captain. Are you saying people are injesting Chipotle employee poop particles?

It's not the employee poop particles that's causing this issue.

It's their lack of a centralized cleaning process for their ingredients since they are trying to be more "authentic"

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

Is weird this company keeps getting health scare issues.

Here in Los Angeles , every chipotle I see has far less foot traffic since the first one. Not only that , but their other chain called Shop House has closed both of its locations I'm aware of.

 

[Realeza]

Noro is incredibly contagious. This could just mean the normal fecal particulate you would be in contact with in the normal course of the day, just because that shit is all around us.



Seriously. Beans and rice can kindly get the fuck out of my burrito. Meat, Pico, Guac is all you need! And a proper lightly toasted burrito.

Weirdo. No beans and rice on a burrito is like no cheese on a pizza flmao.

 

[Seth Enosh]

It's not the employee poop particles that's causing this issue.

It's their lack of a centralized cleaning process for their ingredients since they are trying to be more "authentic"

Chipotle does use central kitchens. There are articles about chipotle food safety discussing their processes. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/chipotle-makes-coli-outbreak-hike-prices/story?id=35798566

Norovirus is probably from an employee not from their food pipeline anyway.

 

[geestack]

I wonder if the money they lose over all this could have been offset by spending a small portion of it on paying people more, training people more, and therefore having people work a bit more responsibly.

Or maybe be having one additional staff member on per shift so that when people take a break, or an unscheduled 'but I gotta go now' break, they don't have to rush back.

Penny wise, pound foolish. Lines used to be out the door, from noon to 9, now there's 3 people there usually.

you would think so, but the article mentions this and basically chipotle is a silicon valley company HQ'ed in denver:

Some company observers believe that if Chipotle led the Fight for $15—effectively extending Food With Integrity to the people who serve it—it could help the company reduce turnover, improve training and food safety, better its relationship with its low-level employees, and change the narrative around the company in the wake of this crisis.

Hartung disagrees that it would reduce turnover. “The idea that $15 will solve things, I think it solves it temporarily,” he says.

Not long ago, I spoke with a current crew-level employee who has been with the company for almost two years. He works around 40 hours a week, believes in the Food With Integrity mission, and can handle the line and grills during the lunch rush. “It’s overwhelming, very stressful. The line never dies, sometimes for three hours,” he says. And yet, “The most raise I ever got was 10 cents, up from $9 per hour.”