Chipotle Mexican Grill Strategy Improvements Karla Diaz St. Petersburg College‚ St. Petersburg‚ FL Chipotle Mexican Grill Strategy Improvements The fast-casual dining industry has expanded within recent years‚ but one sub-segment set for the largest growth is the fast-casual Mexican dining niche (LaVecchia‚ 2003). More recently‚ top competitors such as Chipotle Mexican Grill‚ Moe’s Southwest Grill‚ Taco Bell and Qdoba have invested valuable resources in separating themselves from their
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle had a very positive second quarter result announced in July. The fast food restaurant chain reported total revenue of $ 1.2 billion that is 14.1 % better than that reported for the second quarter of 2014. This phenomenal growth in revenue has the opening of 48 new restaurants during the second quarter behind it. The total restaurant count for Chipotle now stands at 1‚878. On not considering the new restaurants that were not present till the end of the second quarter
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U7A1 Marketing plan section 1 - Executive Summary Page 1 Chipotle Mexican Grill‚ Inc. Marketing Plan I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants specializing in San Francisco burritos and tacos since it’s inception in 1993. Chipotle is known for chunky guacamole‚ large burritos‚ and assembly line production that provides high quality food served with the speed of fast food. Its “Food with Integrity” motto represents the pride it has in providing wholesome
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Advertising Campaign Planning & Management 2011/6/4 Tao WenchanBMCD1 1022A (M37) | I. Executive Summary The American famous fast food brand Chipotle plans to enter the Singapore market in 2011 and they decide to develop a comprehensive advertising campaign when the restaurant launch in Singapore. The campaign will start from marketing research in June‚ 2011 and end in March‚ 2012. This assignment will begin with the part of situation analysis
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Chris Smith Prof. Jones Business Strategy 15 April 2015 Chipotle: Mexican Grill Analysis Introduction Chipotle Mexican Grill is a major restaurant in the category of “fast casual food‚” which is a 4% makeup of the total restaurant industry. Chipotle saw tremendous growth since its initial public offering in 2006‚ going from stock prices of $45 a share‚ all the way to prices of $302.96 in 2012. However‚ Chipotle has seen its share of downturns over the year and may be in danger of a downward trend
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Analysis In comparison to its biggest competitor‚ Taco Bell‚ Chipotle has the upper hand in terms of taste and quality. Its efforts in serving quality food through sustainable sourcing acts as a point of differentiation among its quick service peers. With its ‘food with integrity’ as its mission‚ it gained the approval of millennials by establishing itself as a fresher and healthier alternative. To integrate its mission into its operations‚ Chipotle has an efficient distribution network consisting of 22
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In 2015 Chipotle Mexican Grill faced an E. coli epidemic in many of its establishments across the country. The fast-food chain has grown rapidly in a short time‚ but the recent bacteria scare is putting strain on Chipotle’s sales. Back in October 2015‚ multiple cases of people getting sick were reported in the states of Washington and Oregon. As of January 2016‚ 55 people had fallen ill across 11 states. Chipotle’s biggest problem is that it had no idea what products were contaminated with E. coli
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In the 90’s it was very hard to find a fast pace food environment that could actually serve quality food‚ that’s where Chipotle began to stand out. Bringing authentic and fresh Mexican ingredients is one of the many things that makes chipotle stand out to their competition. Chipotle meats are fresh‚ never frozen‚ left over night to marinate and grilled fresh every hour .They raise their cattle in humane conditions which help the quality of their meat‚ from my experience at dinging in this restaurant
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Introduction. Chipotle Mexican grill is an American owned firm which has been in operation for more than two decades. Its main products is tacos and burritos and it is listed on the stock exchange (Fedenia & Hirschey 2009). Competitive advantage A competitive advantage can be described as condition or a factor that enables an organization to offer real or perceived value better than its competitors. (Porter 2008) The first major strength is its product differentiation‚ the
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One way that Chipotle markets its organization is their campaign to serve food/meat that is natural; purchased from good sources that do not use hormones through their raising process. *Finance/Accounting – This is the money portion of any business. This department would be responsible for accounting for the money going out and coming in. In Chipotle‚ obviously the sales generated money would be spent on leasing restaurant spaces
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