Chipotle Running Empty?

Emily Palone

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Chipotle Running Empty?

Chipotle is an American chain of fast causal restaurants in the United States. The restaurant specializes in tacos and burritos. The name “Chipotle” came from chipotle, the Nahuatl name for a smoked and dried jalapeño chili pepper.

Chipotle is facing a frequent problem, they’re running out of food. Restaurants aren’t making enough food , so certain ingredients sometimes aren’t immediately available for customers. Apparently running out of food at Chipotle is a common problem.The customers complaints have increased, about the shortages, according to Chipotle internals surveys.  The company is working to solve the food-shortage issue through better training and thoughtful preoperative precautions.

Chipotle is battling with these issues at a bad time when they are to persuade customers to come back to the restaurants following an E. coli outbreak that affected restaurants in 14 states, such as Chipotle’s sales have declined by  three quarters since the E. coil outbreak and their sales fell to 22%.