All Chipotle Mexican Grill articles – Page 7
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Analysis & InsightBuilding momentum
For every business momentum is key, whether that is losing, regaining, building up or building on it. Mark Wingett looks at three companies - Bill’s, McDonald’s and Young’s – which currently have different relationships with momentum
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OpinionStreet food focus: Breddos Tacos
In the second of our monthly street food spotlights, Street Feast organiser Adam Layton shares his thoughts on Breddos Tacos and the changing face of Mexican street food
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OpinionMexican standout
There is a Mexican war going on in London at the moment with a number of operators fighting for the burrito pound. New Tortilla managing director Richard Morris talks to Mark Wingett about staying ahead of the pack.
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OpinionFollowing the mob mentality
Branded Italian restaurants offer bigger discounts and promotions than any of the others on the high street. Simon Stenning, strategy director at Allegra Foodservice, asks if this is really sustainable
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Opinion
New category treads a fine line
Never happy to stand still, the restaurant industry is continually redefining itself. Kerstin Kuhn looks at the latest sub-sector to emerge – that of fast fine outlets
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NewsRed’s to launch new express lunch menu
Red’s True Barbecue is launching a new express menu to capitalise on consumers looking for a smaller, quick eat at lunchtime.
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NewsChipotle CEO predicts demise of ‘irrelevant’ fast food chains
Monty Moran, the chief executive of Chipotle, has said that “traditional” fast food restaurants will soon become be a thing of the past
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Analysis & InsightAmericans to fall out of love with burgers
Consumers in the US are expected to fall out of love with the quintessential American fast food meal, the burger
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Opinion
Filling in the sandwich market
Mendocino Farms has not rushed into expanding its operation, but is now finding huge popularity in the US sandwich market
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NewsChipotle gives away 14,000 burritos
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Mexican restaurant group, is giving away 14,000 free burritos to visitors to its ‘hidden’ websites between 5 – 11 August
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Analysis & InsightNew world order
Forget the recent influx of US restaurant brands planting their flags on UK soil – the Brits are leading a global invasion all of their own
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NewsMcDonald’s set for 18 months of “soul searching”
McDonald’s is setting aside the next 18 months as a period not only to develop its normal line-up of new menu items but also to rebrand itself
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NewsChipotle: England occupancy costs 'super high'
Chipotle views occupancy costs in England as being “super, super high”, a fact that’s encouraging the group to introduce smaller format restaurants with less seating for its rollout
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NewsChipotle reports one of its strongest ever quarters
Chipotle has reported a 17.3% rise in comparable restaurant sales in the second quarter of 2014, which the group said was one of its strongest comparative periods as a public company
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News
Almost Famous takes fourth site
Almost Famous, a Manchester-based burger concept, is opening its fourth site in Leeds later this year
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OpinionGetting to grips with inequality
In a land where McDonald’s health insurance can cost its workers half of their monthly salary, while its chief executive successfully convinces shareholders that he’s worth $25.1m, what are the chances of minimum-wage reform?
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NewsWahaca to open fast-casual format
Wahaca is to launch a new fast-casual format called DF/Mexico next month in London’s Spitalfields
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Analysis & Insight
Thinking outside the promotional box
Food brands are beginning to think outside the box when it comes to promotional campaigns and the way in which they target young people. They now understand that a simple shot of a family eating and enjoying the product will no longer do
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News
Chipotle Q1 sales up 13.4%
Chipotle has reported a 13.4% increase in comparable restaurant sales for the first quarter of this year, with revenue up 24.4% to $904.2m
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 12-13 April
Company results and news Punch Taverns brings in independent restructuring specialist Punch Taverns, Britain’s second biggest pubs group, has brought in an independent corporate restructuring expert to aid long-running discussions over its £2.3bn debt mountain. Dean Merritt, from Talbot Hughes McKillop, is representing the companies that issued Punch’s debt, amid ...