How Chipotle Bounced Back After Food Safety Scares

Chipotle is one of the most popular Mexican-style food chains in the U.S. A series of food-borne illness incidents starting in 2015 caused the fast-casual chain to plummet. With new executive management and improved operations, Chipotle engineered a major turnaround and a stock price at an all-time high.

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How Chipotle Bounced Back After Food Safety Scares

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Which fast casual restaurant should we look at next? Let us know in the comments below.

[GG-msey]

This is karma for charging extra for guac

[Wearableputty]

Probably cause most fast food can’t even support bacterial life.

[dirkcurritzki]

so actually they never solved the food safety problem

[tofuyam]

I stop eating there when i realize i can meal prep 5-6 similar meals for the price of one chicken burrito bowl.

[OBIOsim]

The vegetable processing plant I work for carried Chipotle's diced tomato business for 2 years. We built a brand new state-of-the-art processing room and utilized incredibly strict sanitation standards (still do) in how the tomatoes were handled from the time they were unloaded from the trucks that delivered them to our plant all the way through to the final product being loaded onto out-going trucks. The Chipotle contract was not renewed at the end of the original 2-year agreement. The plant sure misses the contract, but we are using that multi-million dollar processing department on a daily basis to supply a number of customers with diced tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots and cabbage products that are produced in a state-of-the-art processing department using extremely tight sanitation and safety standards.

[seaforty]

3:43
We just not gonna talk about he isn't using gloves when touching that burger? I've done fast food and that's a huge no.

[jasonc.]

"Chipotle is bouncing back, despite a foodbourne illness case that sickened hundreds" I started laughing out loud, like come on Chipotle fix your biggest issue please

[aurumhm]

I like the taste of the food but they always serve too little meat.

[michelleyang]

lol i remember being so happy after the outbreak because chipotle was basically empty every time I went, compared to waiting 30 minutes in a long ass line

[arnoldeolarte]

Just to be clear, neither Chipotle or Taco bell are real mexican food. Also I'm glad they added a second assembly lines since having worked at chipotle. I remember customers often had to wait for their online order when we used to get really busy at the store.

[andy-zuxm]

it never actually bothered me that chipotle had made hundreds i’ll, the only reason why i stopped eating there because they add excess sodium to much of it

[KatamariDemocracySA]

I got food poisoning from this company two years ago a day before Christmas. I will forever boycott this company.

[braxeld]

No thanks I’ll stick with the real Mexican food tacos al pastor con salsa verde y una coca.

[khaliflower]

Chipotle made hundreds of people sick, some of them where even hospitalized. You're telling me all they did was change their sick leave policy and give out free burritos? 🤔

[bottleofwater]

Because they didn’t hire TheOddonestout

[Eugenepanels]

Idk the lines were never the same
After that at my local chipotle still to this day

Damn i wish I was of age back then. The stocks on these would have me set forever.

[Alejandra.p.]

I'm not making excuses because unfortunately some chipotle locations did give people food poisoning. However, my comment is for those of you commenting down below about getting stomach aches after eating chipotle in present day. You guys do realize that beans cause bloating and gas? Explanation #1 for stomach aches. This includes more stomach irritation if you ask for salsa because some people's digestive system can't handle the spiciness. Also, maybe some of you can't handle gluten. 🙄

[kevinkenny]

I know exactly why so many people got sick. My friend worked there for one day because she was hired to be a cashier, but instead, they made her cook without any form of food safety training.