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.
No one can argue that 2015 was a rough year for Chipotle. Five outbreaks of foodborne illness have struck the Mexican restaurant franchise since October, giving a bad reputation to a food chain that is going the route of healthy and GMO-free (at least on the surface).
Here’s a timeline of Chipotle’s nightmare:
Whenever possible I avoid eating at corporate chain restaurants, have never eaten at a Chipotle Mexican Grill, have no known friends or relatives employed by Chipotle, and own no stock in the company. Big corporations are a lot like politicians. They are required by corporate charter to have no hearts, no souls, and regardless of the business, their only motivation must be profit. It’s what they do. Public health and welfare be damned if it gets in the way. But every now and then, a Paul Wellstone manages to get himself elected to public office, and in an equally rare occurrence, somet
