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The restaurant chain Chipotle announced Saturday that it had terminated one of its managers for suggesting in a viral video that five black customers were planning to order food without paying -- but on Sunday, the company acknowledged to Fox News that it was considering re-hiring the manager because her suspicions may have been well-founded. In a series of video clips seen more than 3 million times on Twitter, a Chipotle customer in St. Paul, Minn., identifed as 21-year-old Masud Ali, and several friends are told by a manager: "You gotta pay, because you’ve never had money when you come...

FULL TITLE: 'You never have any money when you come in here': Chipotle manager is fired after telling African American customers they must pay BEFORE ordering their food A Chipotle manager has been fired after she was filmed telling customers that they had to pay before being served. The video, which was posted to Twitter on Friday morning, features a group of young black men who are told they cannot order until they prove they have money to pay. In the video, the manager of the restaurant in St Paul, Minnesota tells the customers 'you gotta pay because you never...

Chipotle in Powell between July 26 and 30 Chipotle said that it voluntarily closed the store last week for 24 hours after the period the illnesses were reported, replacing all of its food and cleaning and sanitizing the restaurant. Sheila L. Hiddleson, the health commissioner from the county, said in an email that it was still awaiting lab results to determine the cause of the sicknesses. The Dayton Daily News said that tests have so far come back negative for Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli and Norovirus. Chipotle has had some high-profile issues with food safety before. A federal inquiry examined...

DENVER - Chipotle Mexican Grill announced its moving its headquarters from Denver to Newport Beach, California. "We'll always be proud of our Denver roots where we opened our first restaurant 25 years ago. The consolidation of offices and the move to California will help us drive sustainable growth while continuing to position us well in the competition for top talent," said Brian Niccol, chief executive officer at Chipotle. The company said all work within the current Denver office will be consolidated to Chipotle's office in Columbus, Ohio or moved to the new headquarters in California. The next six months will...

<p>An Ohio man who ate Chipotle every day for the past 500 days says he is finally ready to eat something new.</p> <p>Bruce Wayne ended his streak Wednesday after grabbing a meal at the Tiffin Chipotle branch.</p> <p>Wayne ended his streak in style, the Findlay Courier reports, by donning a Batsuit and ordering mini quesadillas because "leather isn't very forgiving."</p>

A man racked up a big bill at an Albuquerque Chipotle location, but he wasn't buying food. Jarvis Canuto is behind bars after police say he broke into the restaurant on Central Avenue near UNM Monday night, causing damage and panic. The incident could cost $10,000 to clean up. According to a criminal complaint, Canuto went into the Chipotle armed with brass knuckles and waving around a knife. Police say he shattered the front glass door, cutting up his hand in the process. It was the only injury. Police arrest man after bizarre restaurant burglary Patrick Rushing is the general...

SNIP “Supergirl” star Jeremy Jordan said he was hospitalized Thursday and “almost died” after eating Chipotle, People reported. Jordan, 32, told his fans of the food experience on an Instagram story Thursday from his hospital bed. “I know I’ve advocated for them in the past, but they’re terrible,” Jordan said. “I, as you can see, am in the hospital and I have fluids in my arm because the food did not agree with me and I almost died.” SNIP

More than 135 people who reported falling sick between July 13 and July 16 after visiting a Chipotle restaurant in Sterling, Virginia have been identified by local authorities. The Loudoun County Health Department reported Monday that its investigation of the reports found two individuals tested positive for the same strain of norovirus following reports from earlier this month.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. said on Friday hackers used malware to steal customers’ card data, including account number, expiration date and internal verification codes, from payment systems at some of its restaurants over a span of three weeks.... ... The information could be used to drain bank accounts, if a debit card was used, or to make credit card purchases, said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at the nonprofit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

CoverGirl’s prized cover boy is under fire after tweeting that he's afraid to go to Africa for fear of contracting Ebola. Teen makeup artist James Charles became the darling of the internet and the press after CoverGirl announced their gender-stereotype-busting “first male CoverGirl” in October. Now Charles is under fire for his alleged “anti-blackness.” On Thursday, Affinity Magazine reported Charles tweeted that he was afraid of getting Ebola from traveling to Africa:

Just a money saving tip for everybody out there. If you go to Chipotle today after 3 PM dressed in a Halloween costume you can get burrito, bowl, salad, or order of tacos for just $3 each. If you can't make it to Chipotle today, you can go to HERE to score a free (BOGO deal) Chipotle meal good until Nov. 30. BTW, I never did figure out the game but it only took less than a minute to play and I still got my BOGO deal which I downloaded to my cellphone.

Chipotle is adding chorizo to its menu in yet another move intended to get people back in stores following an E. coli outbreak last year. The chain says the topping will be available in select cities including New York and San Diego starting Wednesday. It expects to introduce the chicken-and-pork sausage option nationally in the fall. Earlier this week, Chipotle also said it plans to launch a loyalty program for the summer that will reward customers with free meals for frequent visits. The moves are part of the chain's push to recover after a series of food scares last year...

The E. coli outbreaks at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in the United States appear to be over, but investigators have been unable to trace the cause of the sickness, federal authorities said on Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they had investigated two outbreaks that occurred last year: one in 11 states that sickened 55 people and another that sickened five people in three states. Twenty-two people were admitted to hospitals. There were no deaths.

<p>Wall Street is very very worried that those long lines at Chipotle around lunchtime may be a thing of the past following reports of more E. coli cases tied to the popular Mexican food chain.</p> <p>Shares of Chipotle (CMG) fell 5% Tuesday and dipped below $500 for the first time since May 2014 after the CDC said Monday afternoon that there may be a new, unrelated E. coli outbreak.</p>

The title of the article is “Chipotle: The Long Defeat Of Doing Nothing Well.” Chipotle, closed for business due to multiple pathogens in the supply chain If you change just one word, we have a perfect analogy: Obama: The Long Defeat Of Doing Nothing Well. From Forbes: The company found it could pass off a fast-food menu stacked with high-calorie, sodium-rich options as higher quality and more nutritious because the meals were made with locally grown, genetic engineering-free ingredients. And to set the tone for the kind of New Age-y image the company wanted, Chipotle adopted slogans like, “We source...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston College said the number of students reporting gastrointestinal symptoms after eating at a Chipotle this weekend has climbed to 80. On Monday, the school had said 30 students, including members of its men's basketball team, had been sickened. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. closed the restaurant in Boston's Cleveland Circle late Monday and said it thinks the illnesses are the result of norovirus, not a multi-state outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants. That outbreak has sickened 52 people in nine states, with the most recent illness starting on November 13. Boston College says all students...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said on Sunday it had closed all its restaurants in two West Coast markets due to a reported outbreak of E. coli bacteria that is being investigated by the company and health authorities. "After being notified by health department officials in the Seattle (Wash.) and Portland, Ore. areas that they were investigating approximately 20 cases of E. coli, including people who ate at six of our restaurants in those areas, we immediately closed all of our restaurants in the area out of an abundance of caution," Chipotle said in an emailed statement. The company said the...

Chipotle claims they have stopped serving food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). What are the health risks from eating genetically modified food? There aren’t any. Twenty-five years of scientific studies have shown no evidence of harm from the use of GM crops. A recent report from the European Union found that ‘the main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not more risky to consume than conventional plant...

If you’re out on the left coast and heading out for some tasty Chipotle goodness tonight, be prepared to dig a little deeper when you pay the check. Prices are going up and it’s not just because of the cost of beef. (From the Chicago Tribune) In its weekly survey of 10 Chipotle markets, Chicago-based William Blair found that Chipotle raised prices in half of the markets that the investment firm surveyed — San Francisco, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Orlando. In most markets, the price increases occurred due to the rising cost of beef.The city by the bay, however,...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - When Americans line up for salad, you know there must be something special about it. That's exactly what's happening at the hot new restaurant chain Sweetgreen. It is already being dubbed the "next Chipotle." Sweetgreen was founded in 2007 by three Georgetown University friends who had a simple vision: make healthy food yummy, affordable and fun. "Healthy food shouldn't just be for the top 1%," Jonathan Neman, one of the co-founders, told CNNMoney. He studied abroad in Australia and was frustrated when he returned to the U.S. and felt his affordable meal options were limited. Just...