Chipotle Mexican Grill

Consumers will be able substitute cauliflower rice in place of white or brown rice at 55 locations in Colorado and Wisconsin, starting Wednesday. The new option is made with grilled cauliflower and seasoned with cilantro, lime juice and salt and will cost an extra $2.

Chipotle was hit with a $1.3 million fine over more than 13,000 child labor violations at its Massachusetts restaurants, the state’s attorney general announced Monday.

Subway is betting that a partnership with Beyond Meat can revive its struggling business. The sandwich chain is partnering with the maker of plant-based meat products, starting with a test of a Beyond Meatball Marinara sub. The limited-time sandwich will be available in 685 locations in the U.S. and Canada starting in September. Sales to restaurants accounted for nearly half,...

Taco Bell will start testing its first vegetarian menu later this year. Offering a vegetarian menu will help the Mexican fast-food chain cement itself as the go-to option for nonmeat eaters, who often struggle to order a meal at fast-food restaurants that only sell hamburgers or chicken tenders. Five percent of Americans identify as vegetarians, according to a July poll...

Chipotle is having $4 burritos, bowls, salads and taco orders for those who dare rock their Halloween costume in store from 3 p.m. to close. Better yet, if you post your photo on Instagram you have the chance to win free burritos for a year.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching a new campaign to win back customers by remaking the troubled burrito chain into a lifestyle brand, CNBC reported. New CEO Brian Niccol told investors Wednesday that he’d be closing up to 65 underperforming locations and will add a new menu, which may include a happy hour with $2 tacos and a late-night offering. He...

Chipotle Mexican Grill’s recent norovirus outbreak in Virginia was the result of lax sick policy enforcement by store managers, the company confirmed on Tuesday....
The company said in their earnings conference call that they believe an employee was the cause of the outbreak....
“We conducted a thorough investigation, and it revealed that our leadership there didn’t strictly adhere to our company protocols....

Between a recent norovirus outbreak at one restaurant and rodents falling from the ceiling at another, Chipotle Mexican Grill is facing a stark decline in consumer’s perception of the brand....
Credit Suisse’s online sentiment tracker, which measures how consumers feel about a brand, showed the perception of the beleagured Chipotle brand fell to near record lows following the two headline-grabbing incidents...

Some diners at a Dallas Chipotle restaurant said their lunch was ruined by rodents falling from the ceiling.

A Chipotle restaurant in Sterling, Virginia, is back open after being closed for two days because people said they got sick after eating there.

Chipotle closed a store in Sterling, Virginia, after a “small number” of customers reported symptoms consistent with norovirus after eating at the restaurant.

A data breach led to the theft of credit card data from some Chipotle customers between March 24 and April 18, and the chain has listed impacted locations on its website.

The data hack at Chipotle Mexican Grill was a bit wider than the company originally disclosed, CNBC reported. A month after Chipotle told consumers that it had detected “unauthorized activity” on a network that supports payment processing for purchases made at its Mexican chain restaurants, the company said Pizzeria Locale restaurants also were affected Read More

On Wednesday, Chipotle Mexican Grill released a new television series exclusively on iTunes.

Panera Bread is removing more than 150 artificial additives and other “no-no” ingredients from the food it serves. The restaurant chain, which runs 1,900 restaurants in the United States and Canada, published a “no-no list” of some of the ingredients it has already eliminated or plans to eliminate by the end of 2016. High-fructose corn syrup, benzoic acid, artificial smoke...