Chipotle Mexican Grill Introduction When Steve Ells decided to create a restaurant concept that combined the quick-serve experience with exceptional quality food‚ he didn’t know it would be an instant hit (Thompson‚ Peteraf‚ Gamble‚ & Strickland III‚ 2015). He was looking for a way to use his culinary training and restaurant experience to elevate the fast-food concept. This transformed the way people thought about fast-food. His concept centered on a focused menu serving only high-quality‚ fresh
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0.Study of Independent Fiancial Advisor (IFA) channel to identify key service parameters for achieving competitive advantage ICICI PRUDENTIAL AMC Bengaluru Mr. ******** Mr. ******* Branch Manager ****** Sales and Distribution Industry Guide: Faculty Guide: Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Post Graduate Programme in Management at ******‚ Manipal by: Name: ******* and ******* Institute: ****** Date: 26.04. 2012 Contents Executive Summary 6 Introduction 7
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used in the discounted cash flow analysis. Usually‚ the WACC is the weighted average of the cost of debt (Kd) and the cost of equity (Ke)‚ since debt and equity are the most common sources of funds for 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
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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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and economic differences and possible rivals that can represent pressure or rejection of the market they want to explore. Also‚ they do not use the right strategies and approach to reduce risks or get the benefits of such market. In the case of Chipotle‚ I believe the company failed to appeal its menu to the British community. Just imagine if an authentic Chinese restaurant chain decide to offer real Chinese food at their Americans clients‚ I’m more than sure they will close business due to the
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As many of us have read over the last couple of weeks‚ Chipotle has been plagued with food safety problems. The Mexican Grill restaurant has been linked to 52 people becoming ill due to contaminated food. The company operates on the notion of fast casual restaurant‚ unlike numerous fast food chains. Initially‚ it was difficult to determine where the contamination occurred because Chipotle depends on a more complex supply chain for its 1‚900 outlets that includes scores of small‚ independent farmers
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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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one restaurant. Today‚ I thought it would be a great idea to eat at Chipotle. The choice of food‚ customer service‚ and amount of locations justify why many would choose Chipotle as their go-to fast-food establishment. Chipotle serves nutritional Mexican dishes that cater to people with dietary needs. An individual picks out the food items that make up one’s meal. One can customize the meal to fit a certain lifestyle. “Chipotle offers a menu of burritos‚ tacos‚ burrito bowls (a burrito without the
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objective of this thesis is to value Chipotle Mexican Grill‚ Inc.‚ a U.S. based fast-casual restaurant chain that had recently gone through a foodborne illness outbreak‚ as December of 2016. In order to value Chipotle‚ the author has analyzed the strategic outlook and the financial performance of the company‚ as well as conducted both the discounted cash flow analysis and the comparable company analysis. In respect with the overall fast-casual industry in which Chipotle competes‚ although the market competition
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Chipotle Mexican Grill has emphasized on their customers and are not afraid to remain sincere and acknowledge their errors‚ even when they are losing revenue. Last year Chipotle went through a crisis where they force the chains to close serval of restaurants due to a norovirus outbreak. Other food-borne illness cases were also related with Chipotle restaurants that includes E.coli‚ and salmonella. As a consequence‚ the company is under investigation. Also their sales and stocks have decline because
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