The difficult operating environment hits once-untouchable Chipotle
Restaurant Business
JULY 24, 2025
With just one report, the fast-casual burrito chain lost its sense of invincibility. The company went public in 2006 and rolled straight through the Great Recession as if it didn’t happen at all. Almost every publicly traded fast-casual chain, outside of previously struggling Noodles, faced some sort of sales slowdown.
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