Sound the pork bell and toot the meat horn: if you’re a fan of pork in your tacos and burritos, you’ll be glad to hear that Chipotle is declaring an impending end to the carnitas shortage that started back in January. The other white meat is now available at 90% of its 1,500 restaurants, the chain announced today. [More]
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The Chipotle Carnitas Shortage Of 2015 Will End Soon, Company Says
By 7.13.15
It’s been seven months since Chipotle stopped working with one of its pork suppliers over a violation of its company standards, pulling carnitas from around a third of its restaurants across the country. Chipotle now says things are up and running with the new supplier it found in April, thus, effectively ending the rolling pork blackouts in many places. [More]
Don’t Panic, But Chipotle Is Still Experiencing Rolling Pork Blackouts
By 4.22.15
For a few months now, Chipotle restaurants have been running low on carnitas, the slow-cooked pork shoulder that you can get as a meat filling in burritos. They pulled the meat from about a third of their restaurants after a supplier didn’t meet Chipotle’s “responsibility standards” for meat. Now the pork shortage has turned into a rolling blackout, with the meat rotating in and out of different restaurants according to supply levels. [More]
Chipotle Still Doesn’t Know When Carnitas Will Be Available Everywhere Again
By 4.8.15
It’s been nearly three months since a vendor-related issue led Chipotle to stop selling carnitas burritos at 1/3 of its stores, but the company still doesn’t know when it will be able to meet the full demand from pork fans. [More]
Chipotle Pulls Carnitas From A Third Of Restaurants After Supplier Violation
By 1.14.15
Hungry customers bellying up to the line at Chipotle with a hankering for carnitas may be disappointed in the days and weeks to come, as the eatery says a third of its restaurants — a number in the hundreds — won’t be carrying carnitas after suspending a supplier that violated its standards. [More]
