Your Stomach Will Be Grumbling After Reading These 13 Facts About Chipotle
by N/A, 10 years ago |
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After reading this, you might fall more in love with the restaurant... If that's possible.
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1. Chipotle's founder, Steven Ells, started the first restaurant in order to fund his dream of opening a fine dining restaurant.
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2. Want more bang for your buck? Get a burrito bowl. You'll get about 70 percent more food!
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You're welcome!
3. If you go to Chipotle dressed up on Halloween, you can get a discounted burrito!
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It's called a "Boorito"
4. McDonald's used to be an investor in the company, until it divested in 2006.
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5. Do you like the minimalist atmosphere of Chipotle? It was designed that way because the first restaurant was created on a budget.
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6. Chipotle coins actually exist! They're good for one free burrito.
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They go for $50 on eBay. Perhaps it's not the best investment.
7. DJ Christopher Golub makes the playlist for the restaurants.
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8. A fresh batch of Chipotle guacamole calls for 60 avacados.
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No wonder it costs extra!
9. All of the restaurants are company owned, not franchised.
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10. There's a Chipotle app!
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And it's amazing.
11. Chipotle is the official sponsor of the Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics
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12. 75 restaurants have solar panels.
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Each one generates 500 kilowatts of electricity!
13. The company decided not to support a Boy Scouts of America event because it went again their non-discrimination policy.
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Do not show me this again