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5025332 No.5025332 [Reply] [Original]

What does /ck/ think about Chipotle? I think it's a great alternative to fast food (Chipotle is a "fast-casual" restaurant; the fastest growing segment of the restaurant industry) when I need a quick lunch. I also like that they're phasing out GMOs soon.

>> No.5025345

Good company selling good products at a reasonable price. never had a bad burrito, however there are competitors selling superior products at a similar price albeit locally.

While their largely owned and controlled by McDonalds, you really don't get that feel at the restaurant and I hope they keep the small business feel.

>> No.5025356

>>5025345
"Founded by Steve Ells in 1993, Chipotle had 16 restaurants (all in Colorado) when McDonald's Corporation became a major investor in 1998. By the time McDonald's fully divested itself from Chipotle in 2006,[9] the chain had grown to over 500 locations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipotle_Mexican_Grill

The one good deed McDonald's has done.

>> No.5025398

>all dis viral marketing

>> No.5025420

herewegoagain.jpg

>> No.5025421

>>5025398
>still pretending

>> No.5025428

>I also like that they're phasing out GMOs soon.
that sucks

We will have to deal with higher prices for inferior quality. Might have to start going to Qdoba instead

>> No.5025429

>>5025398
Do people seriously think tat Chipotle pays someone to post about them on a slow board on 4chan

>> No.5025439

>>5025428
>this is what those poor Americans actually think

Monsanto won long ago.

>> No.5025441

>>5025429
Maybe the chipotle marketing department, or someone on it, likes shitposting on this board for the lulz is my theory.

>> No.5025447

>>5025429
I was paid to promote a film on /tv/ and /b/ a few years ago. You get more money on forums and facebook though

>> No.5025454

>>5025439
They even managed to discredit one of the best pieces of evidence by having the study withdrawn. Fuck the US

>> No.5025459

>>5025454
Oh, so feeding rats weedkiller and claiming GMOs was sufficient evidence, then?

>> No.5025468

>>5025459
GMOs gave them tumors*

>> No.5025469

>>5025332
>Chipotle is a "fast-casual" restaurant; the fastest growing segment of the restaurant industry
Which means it's a fast food restaurant targeting more affluent people who get turned off by the words "fast food".

>> No.5025489

They make delicious burritos that taste just like I'm in mexico!

>> No.5025531
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5025531

I like Qdoba better
>that three cheese queso with nachos
>that mole BBQ sauce they have

>> No.5025564

>>5025439
science and progress is evil, right europe?

>> No.5025570

>>5025454
>They even managed to discredit one of the best pieces of evidence
Do you seriously think that was good evidence? Do you not into science? It very much deserved to be discredited, its methodology was terrible.

>> No.5025571

>burrito culture is taking over hamburger culture in the usa

Doesn't McDonalds own Chipotle?

I smell illuminati conspiracy

>> No.5025572

>>5025468
The rat breed used spontaneously generates tumors very frequently, so any liberal media source providing those images was straight up trying to mislead the public as they so often do in the antiscience/antifacts lobby

>> No.5025579

>>5025531
but Qdoba charges extra for fajita burritos, which are inherently better than the bean variety

>> No.5025576

>>5025564
Monsanto is evil and GMOs are unnecessary. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Go drink a jug of HFCS, fat ass.

>> No.5025582

>ctrl+f "freebirds"
>0 of 0
Im saddened by this turn of events

>> No.5025585

>>5025571
>Doesn't McDonalds own Chipotle
no

>> No.5025586

>>5025429

Given the amount of Chipotle threads compared to... well.. every other restaurant combined, yeah, I'm inclined to think so.

>> No.5025593

>>5025586
its obviously just a running joke, because a few kids get mad at it people keep making them

>> No.5025606
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>>5025586
I think Nissin and Maruchan are the actual viral markets on /ck/.

>"food" that barely qualifies as food posted on a food board multiple times a day

Yeah, that's definitely advertising.

>> No.5025611

>>5025586
>Given the amount of Chipotle threads compared to... well.. every other restaurant combined, yeah, I'm inclined to think so.
They'll have to do more in New Media than they're currently doing if they want a chunk of Taco Bell's business. They're trying so hard to brand themselves as fast casual, and even kowtow to upper middle class concerns (like GMOs and local sourcing), yet the young men they'd love to see their restaurant filled with choose Taco Bell for their fix of fast food fake Mexican. Even though Chipotle has a better product. Because young men don't give a fuck about fast casual when they go out for fake Mexican. Nor do they care about GMOs and shit (though you can bet their mothers do if they're above a certain income level). They don't even care if the guac comes out of something that looks like a caulk gun, because if they wanted real guac they'd go to a real Mexican joint.

All they care about is cheap and tasty. And no matter what Chipotle does they're not going to beat TB on that front.

>> No.5025613

>>5025606

Given how most of the recycled images state that practically every other ramen is better, I'm not too sure about that.

>> No.5025614

>>5025611
>if they want a chunk of Taco Bell's business.
i really do not think that is what they are going for

>> No.5025617

There's a conspiracy going on. No, I'm not talking about GMOs or Monsanto.

I'm talking about The Mysterious Force getting White Americans hooked on beaner food. It's all a piece of the puzzle, an attempt to get the true American people to see all these illegals and anchor babies as fellow Americans, and as a result, end the White Race in America for once and for all.

Wake up, white man.

>> No.5025623

>>5025582
Freebirds is shit

>> No.5025626

>>5025623
your shit

>> No.5025628

>>5025623
>>5025626
oops meant to say you're shit

>> No.5025646

>>5025614
>i really do not think that is what they are going for
You bet your ass it is. TB is in an interesting position: even people who claim to hate fast food like it. Rich kids who would never eat at a McDonald's or a KFC will happily eat at Taco Bell as a trashy indulgence.

The young white collar worker Chipotle targets at lunchtime? Taco Bell has been his guilty pleasure since high school.

Hell, I'm a college educated professional who almost never eats at fast food chains. I don't give a fuck about Chipotle. But if I'm in a strange town, it's lunchtime, I have no plans and there's a TB in sight? I may have to do it.

>> No.5025666

>>5025626
>>5025628
Go eat shit at Freebirds, shitter

>> No.5025673

>>5025646
>TB is in an interesting position: even people who claim to hate fast food like it.
lol no

>> No.5025685

>>5025646
I think you are overestimating TBell

Sure maybe some of the same people like both, but they are really in different places in the market

>> No.5025692

>>5025576
>GMOs are unnecessary

Tell that to the starving people in third-world countries that could benefit from GMOs designed to grow really well in their climate.

>> No.5025697

>>5025692
bbut muh toxins and unquantifiable risks to human health

>> No.5025698

Tell your manager or whoever the fuck is above you that we want coupons, OP.
Either that or fuck off.

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5025706

>>5025617
>being this /pol/

>> No.5025709

This is clearly viral marketing for GMO's.

You idiots think you're clever but these shit posts are paid for by monstanto.

>> No.5025707

>>5025576
>Monsanto is evil and GMOs are unnecessary
So is bacon, does that mean the government should ban bacon?

>> No.5025715

>>5025697
>unquantifiable

This is how you know there's no science behind hating GMOs

>> No.5025722

>>5025707
Yes

>> No.5025723

>>5025692
I wasn't aware America is a third world country. It's unnecessary to have GMOs here. Stop trying to justify your actions with starving children on the other side of the planet, you disgusting American.

>> No.5025726

>>5025722
I hope you die in a fire. Specifically, a bacon grease fire.

>> No.5025731

>>5025723
>It's unnecessary to have GMOs here
Just because we don't need better things doesn't we shouldn't strive for better things

Thats really awful logic and you should feel bad for using such an argument

>> No.5025734

>>5025723
>disgusting American

What shithole are you from, ignoramus?

>> No.5025745

>>5025723
america exports food, so if GMOs are needed to feed starving people in third world countries it is perfectly reasonable for them to be grown in america

>> No.5025748

>>5025723

Third world is an outdated term. America would correctly be described as a "low HDI country".

And yes we require GMOs to maintain our exports which are necessary to economically devastate smaller countries that might otherwise get uppity

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5025744

>>5025706
>fretting over utterly inconsequential shit like GMOs in the midst of a silent holocaust

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5025752

>>5025748
>America would correctly be described as a "low HDI country"
only in the south, the food mostly comes from the midwest which is affluent as shit

>> No.5025756

>>5025748
It's actually extremely high on the HDI.

>> No.5025766

>>5025752
>born New Yorker, adoptive Bostonian

Feels good to be the most developed person ITT. But honestly, anyone who has a problem with GMOs cannot into science.

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5025844

>>5025731
You just have to feel sorry the Americans. They actually believe their unnatural food is better somehow. They're actually defending Monsanto right now. You have to feel even sorrier for those poor farmers trying to make a living. You don't even have to wonder why the world is laughing at you.

>> No.5025849

>>5025844
>their unnatural food
lol at the idea that being natural is somehow good

>> No.5025865

"fast-casual"

Dude, everything is pre-made and put together in front of you... That is Fast... Food. :P

also, the food sucks, has little to no flavor and is bland.

>> No.5025870

>>5025865
>has little to no flavor and is bland.
but thats not true

>> No.5025874

>>5025844
Please don't drop out of school. How fucking uneducated and ignorant must you be to talk about something being unnatural as though that is bad. Do you know what is natural? Fucking bears, and they will kill you.

>> No.5025916

>>5025332
>viral marketing
not making me want to eat chipotle any more than i already do, sorry m8

>> No.5025932

>>5025685
hahahahaha keep trying mayne. you might even get paid for this thread

>> No.5026172

>>5025332
It's good quality food but it's not particularly cheap so being poor these days I don't eat there anywhere near as often as I used to.

>> No.5026246

>>5025865
Yeah, man. Never see them grilling the marinated meats. Never once saw anyone making the guacamole. Never seen a single bell pepper or onion being sliced. /s

You've obviously never been to Chipotle, the kitchen is literally right in front of you.

>> No.5026418

>>5025874
America/10

>> No.5026439

>I think it's a great alternative to fast food (Chipotle is a "fast-casual" restaurant; the fastest growing segment of the restaurant industry)

lol. "it's not fast food because it's barely healthier". Give me a fucking break.

>> No.5026458

I've never seen anything cooked at the Chipotle at the mall. Everything comes scooped out of trays. I can actually watch the guy at Genghis Khan cook my stir-fry, and the guy at Hibachi-San cook their terrible bland teriyaki. Even the philly sandwich shop grills their sandwich meat up front. Does that make them fancy-schmancy "fast casual" too?

>> No.5026474

>>5026439
>organic produce (soon to be GMO free)
>antibiotic and hormone free meats
>barely healthier

It's okay to dislike Chipotle but don't downplay their efforts to appeal to the health conscious crowd.

>> No.5026487

>>5026474
>burritos with standard options are 1000+ calories and a full day's RDA sodium and saturated fat

>healthy

McDonalds also attempts to appeal to the health-conscious crowd every so often. That doesn't actually mean rebranding attempts with new buzz-words means jack-shit.

>> No.5026493

What's with Chipotle paying people to viral market on /ck/ it's getting fucking ridiculous.

>> No.5026495

>>5026487
>I have to quickly gorge myself with a burrito in a single sitting

I don't even have to ask if you're American.

>> No.5026497

>>5026495
>so poor that they have to make a burrito last a whole day
I don't even have to ask if you're European.

>> No.5026499

>>5026493
What's with NEETs pretending they believe Chipotle thinks they're their target demographic, it's getting ridiculous.

>> No.5026503

I can cut half a cheesecake into portions and make it last a full day.

That still doesn't make it healthy.

>> No.5026508

>>5026503
>meat, veggies, rice, beans and salsa is unhealthy

You never fail to embarrass yourself, /ck/.

>> No.5026509

Why the fuck can't Chipotle offer corn tortillas? Or at least reduce the amount of salt they use in their tortillas?

>> No.5026511

>>5026508
>implying all taco shop food is healthy regardless of how it's prepared

nigga you stupid.

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>>5026509
They have corn tortillas.

Proof.