On the surface, consumer spending has proved durable as headline retail sales and credit data remain solid. Yet beneath those numbers, a different current is building, one showing that lower-income consumers are shifting where they’re spending their wages. Chipotle Flags Pressure on Value-Conscious Diners Nowhere...
Some Chipotle customers will soon get to choose between meals delivered by land or air. The Mexican fast casual restaurant announced Thursday (Aug. 21) that it was teaming with autonomous delivery company Zipline to fly customers’ digital orders to locations in the greater Dallas area. A small number of Zipline users...
An artificial intelligence hiring platform has reportedly cut hiring time at Chipotle by 75%. The quick-service restaurant chain has been using the platform — which was built by recruiting software firm Paradox and dubbed “Ava Cado” by Chiptole — for a year, CNBC reported Friday...
Consumers are willing to pay higher prices at fast-casual restaurants if they get good portions, quality ingredients and value for the money, Chipotle executives said Tuesday (Feb. 4). Reporting the company’s results for the fourth quarter, executives said Chipotle’s food, beverage and packaging costs rose...
November 03, 2025
On the surface, consumer spending has proved durable as headline retail sales and credit data remain solid. Yet beneath those numbers, a different current is building, one showing that lower-income consumers are shifting where they’re spending their wages. Chipotle Flags Pressure on Value-Conscious Diners Nowhere was that divide clearer than in Chipotle’s most recent quarter, […]
November 24, 2023
Restaurants are increasingly adopting automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robots across all areas of operation, but these efforts are not always a surefire hit. A Chick-fil-A in Valrico, Florida, for...
November 01, 2023
The food service sector is transforming rapidly, and surviving in such a changing environment requires agile retail strategies. In the last two years, due to high inflation, restaurants have been...
May 26, 2023
After a surge in digital engagement with restaurants in the early stages of the pandemic, consumers around the world, it seems, have been pulling back, prompting restaurants to step up...
December 12, 2025
Anthropologie, Chipotle and Starbucks have become the final lease signees at Walmart’s new Home Office, the 350-acre corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas, that offers amenities for the retailer’s associates, members of the local community and other visitors. Together, the new lease signees complete the campus’ street-front retail lineup, Walmart said in a Wednesday (Dec. 10) […]
August 21, 2025
Some Chipotle customers will soon get to choose between meals delivered by land or air. The Mexican fast casual restaurant announced Thursday (Aug. 21) that it was teaming with autonomous delivery company Zipline to fly customers’...
June 13, 2025
An artificial intelligence hiring platform has reportedly cut hiring time at Chipotle by 75%. The quick-service restaurant chain has been using the platform — which was built by recruiting software...
February 04, 2025
Consumers are willing to pay higher prices at fast-casual restaurants if they get good portions, quality ingredients and value for the money, Chipotle executives said Tuesday (Feb. 4). Reporting the...
