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Chipotle fired a manager who demanded that a group of young black men pay for their meals before preparing their food, as they had stolen food from the restaurant before. The manager was falsely labeled a 'racist' in the media and on the internet. 

Chipotle Mexican Grill is facing hard times again after hundreds of people reportedly fell ill after eating at one of their establishments in Powell, Ohio.
As of the morning of August 2, Delaware County health officials had received 413 inquiries from customers who said they were sickened after eating at the Powell location, according to Delaware County Health District information officer, Traci Whittaker.

“Our staff has been fielding calls all day long yesterday, so what happens when we get calls is we have to follow up and investigate.”

Floating farms, coffee boners and active perceptions + this day in history w/the Morris Worm and our song of the day by Dream Ritual on your Morning Monarchy for July 26, 2017.

Caffeine consumption, the hot chocolate market and Obama's legacy + this day in history w/Marion Barry and our song of the day by Right Said Fred on your Morning Monarchy for January 18, 2017.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave the University of Utah College of Health more than $700,000 to study mentions of food on Twitter to find out about Americans’ relationship with food. Guess what? Kale didn’t make the list; far from it, actually. [1]
Researchers, led by assistant professor Quynh Nguyen, collected 80 million tweets from 2015-2016, and found out that nearly 5% of them were about food. [2]

Pill pushers, chocolate slaves and fat earthers + this day in history w/Celluloid and our song of the day by The Jayhawks on your Morning Monarchy for April 6, 2016.

Suing Monsanto, automated restaurants and defensive food + this day in history w/the Enabling Act and our song of the day by PJ Harvey on your Morning Monarchy for March 23, 2016.

The take-away from eating takeout with less sodium should be a no-brainer, but many people are unaware that one serving of General Tsao’s chicken can contain up to 2,325 mg of sodium – 25 mg more than the amount FDA recommends eating in an entire day. Perhaps this is why the city of Philadelphia decided to work with its Chinese food restaurants to reduce that amount by 10-15%.

Larvicide lingers, depression screeners and federal pharms + this day in history w/the YWCA and our song of the day by Bombino on your Morning Monarchy for February 10, 2016.

Chipotle’s locations across the country shut down on Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to tune into a livestream from Denver to hear executives discuss their plans for preventing future food poisoning outbreaks.