All Chipotle Locations Closed During Lunch Today For Food Safety Meeting

Instead of opening at 11 a.m. local time, the restaurants will open at 3 p.m. The delay is so workers can attend meetings addressing the chain’s recent food safety issues.

The restaurant known for its fresh, farm-to-fork approach to preparing food has been under the microscope after norovirus and E. coli outbreaks sickened hundreds across the country. Chipotle live-tweeted the event, and has rolled out extremely detailed new safety protocols online, which you can see here. Investigators were unable to determine what food caused it. Meanwhile, Chipotle is still under a criminal investigation for a norovirus incident at a California store in August.

“We are competitors”, Moe’s President Bruce Schroder said of Chipotle.

The closings will help the company review its new safety procedures in wake of its massive E. coli outbreak.

Since then, the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention has given the all clear and Chipotle’s already working on damage control and regaining customers’ trust, the largest effort so far being the decision to close its doors today.

Some people in Jacksonville who hoped to have lunch at Chipotle Monday were not concerned about the safety of their food. Moran urged employees to be “incredibly hospitable” as the company fights to win back customers.

Chipotle’s sales plummeted about 36 percent in January after falling by 14.6 percent in the fourth quarter – a slide that Chipotle co-CEO Steve Ells said came amid the “most challenging period in Chipotle’s history”.

“But the CDC just declared Chipotle to be E. coli-free last week”, you’re saying. “They’re are also implementing new ways of marinating chicken and steak”.

After you’ve texted “RAINCHECK” to 888-222, you can text “STOP” to the same number to make sure you don’t get any more unwanted messages from Chipotle.