Chipotle Mexican Grill Introduction. Chipotle Mexican grill is an American owned firm which has been in operation for more than two decades. Its main products is tacos and burritos and it is listed on the stock exchange (Fedenia & Hirschey 2009). Competitive advantage A competitive advantage can be described as condition or a factor that enables an organization to offer real or perceived value better than its competitors. (Porter 2008) The first major strength is its product differentiation‚ the
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Chris Smith Prof. Jones Business Strategy 15 April 2015 Chipotle: Mexican Grill Analysis Introduction Chipotle Mexican Grill is a major restaurant in the category of “fast casual food‚” which is a 4% makeup of the total restaurant industry. Chipotle saw tremendous growth since its initial public offering in 2006‚ going from stock prices of $45 a share‚ all the way to prices of $302.96 in 2012. However‚ Chipotle has seen its share of downturns over the year and may be in danger of a downward trend
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In 2015 Chipotle Mexican Grill faced an E. coli epidemic in many of its establishments across the country. The fast-food chain has grown rapidly in a short time‚ but the recent bacteria scare is putting strain on Chipotle’s sales. Back in October 2015‚ multiple cases of people getting sick were reported in the states of Washington and Oregon. As of January 2016‚ 55 people had fallen ill across 11 states. Chipotle’s biggest problem is that it had no idea what products were contaminated with E. coli
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Chipotle‚ Inc. History of Chipotle Steve Ells is the founder and CEO of Chipotle. Steve is a trained chef and opened his first Chipotle store in 1993 at a former Dolly Madison ice cream store in Denver‚ Colorado. His goal was to serve high quality‚ delicious food quickly and in a “fast-casual” setting (Ells). As Chipotle began to grow and expand‚ Steve took the initiative to learn about the way most of the food in the US is produced and processed. He was quite disturbed when he discovered
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Introduction In October and November of 2015‚ the food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill experienced an outbreak of E. Coli O26 in 11 states (FDA). This paper will first discuss the bacterium E. Coli‚ then will move on to the main article published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Articles that detail the events after the outbreak will be examined in relation to the fallout Chipotle experienced from this outbreak. Lastly‚ Chipotle’s reaction to the outbreak will be discussed. Background
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the companies. In general‚ the formula for WACC is the following: As implied by the formula itself‚ if a company does not have interest-bearing debts‚ then its WACC would equal to its cost of equity. This is exactly the case of Chipotle. As December of 2016‚ Chipotle had no interest-bearing debt and $417.7 million in cash and short-term investments in its balance sheet. These cash and short-term investments‚ along with cash
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In the 90’s it was very hard to find a fast pace food environment that could actually serve quality food‚ that’s where Chipotle began to stand out. Bringing authentic and fresh Mexican ingredients is one of the many things that makes chipotle stand out to their competition. Chipotle meats are fresh‚ never frozen‚ left over night to marinate and grilled fresh every hour .They raise their cattle in humane conditions which help the quality of their meat‚ from my experience at dinging in this restaurant
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Yes‚ the government of Brussels maintains price controls of many products and services. However‚ Chipotle Mexican Grill will offer a nutritional cuisine like no other Mexican cuisine within the region. Chipotle Mexican Grill continues their pursuit with this embracing quote‚ “DAY AFTER DAY WE’ARE COMMITED” ("Chipotle"). With this commitment to excellence‚ our ever evolving cuisine will be presented to the residents of Brussels and abroad with a whole or nothing
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Improving Processes: Chipotle Mexican Grill This report is to discuss the findings from observations made at the Chipotle restaurant on Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. Observations were made on Monday August 9‚ 2010 with the first time frame from noon to 1 p.m. and the second time frame from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. These observations are used to make recommendations on managing queues‚ process capability‚ and statistical process control. Observations from the two time frames will provide information
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle had a very positive second quarter result announced in July. The fast food restaurant chain reported total revenue of $ 1.2 billion that is 14.1 % better than that reported for the second quarter of 2014. This phenomenal growth in revenue has the opening of 48 new restaurants during the second quarter behind it. The total restaurant count for Chipotle now stands at 1‚878. On not considering the new restaurants that were not present till the end of the second quarter
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