Chipotle Mexican Grill fires more than half its employees in Minnesota.

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Lifer
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LOS ANGELES/DALLAS (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill has a lot going for it -- an upscale burrito concept, a hip and eco-friendly image, expansion plans galore and a 500 percent-plus stock price gain in just over two years.

And then it has something not going its way -- a federal crackdown on its immigrant labor force that has so far forced Chipotle to fire hundreds of allegedly illegal workers in the state of Minnesota, perhaps more than half its staff there.

The probe is widening. Co-Chief Executive Monty Moran told Reuters on Friday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also issued "notices of inspection" for restaurants in Washington D.C. and Virginia.

Dependence on illegal labor is the elephant in the room for the U.S. restaurant business. And experts say the Chipotle ICE investigations are a wake-up call for an industry that is one of America's biggest employers and generates over $300 billion in annual sales, according to research firm IBISWorld Inc
 
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OCGuy

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Time to replace them with the people on unemployment. Solves two problems at once!
 
Kroze

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OCGuy said:
Time to replace them with the people on unemployment. Solves two problems at once!
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too bad the unemployed are too lazy and will not work for minimum pay due to their high living standards.
 
QueBert

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lol upscale? The food's prepared directly in front of the customer while they watch. I love how people equate that to uber quality. Most overrated place to eat ever.
 
SagaLore

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More than half? Holy crap, no wonder we have such a high unemployment rate. D:
 
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OCGuy

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Kroze said:
too bad the unemployed are too lazy and will not work for minimum pay due to their high living standards.
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Take away that government cheese and they will do it.

Either that or starve to death....again, we are solving problems here.
 
Zebo

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Never liked that place but then I only like dirty nasty hole in the wall taquerias. Drives my wife crazy but best food. If I see white people I know it not so good.
 
zinfamous

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QueBert said:
lol upscale? The food's prepared directly in front of the customer while they watch. I love how people equate that to uber quality. Most overrated place to eat ever.
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Chipotle is not comparable to a sit-down restaurant. It competes with fast food, in which case it certainly is upscale in terms of price and quality ingredients. The quality really is top-notch in that sector.
 
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isekii

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zinfamous said:
Chipotle is not comparable to a sit-down restaurant. It competes with fast food, in which case it certainly is upscale in terms of price and quality ingredients. The quality really is top-notch in that sector.
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I have to agree, it's also very tasty
 
CPA

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I love Chipotle. I don't care what it's classified as. Haters will hate.
 
BoomerD

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That's a great start. If all companies would fire their illegal workers, maybe they'd all go home...do away with the jobs, they should stop coming here.
 
Kadarin

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techs said:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110207/us_nm/us_usa_immigration_fastfood

LOS ANGELES/DALLAS (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill has a lot going for it -- an upscale burrito concept, a hip and eco-friendly image, expansion plans galore and a 500 percent-plus stock price gain in just over two years.

And then it has something not going its way -- a federal crackdown on its immigrant labor force that has so far forced Chipotle to fire hundreds of allegedly illegal workers in the state of Minnesota, perhaps more than half its staff there.

The probe is widening. Co-Chief Executive Monty Moran told Reuters on Friday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also issued "notices of inspection" for restaurants in Washington D.C. and Virginia.

Dependence on illegal labor is the elephant in the room for the U.S. restaurant business. And experts say the Chipotle ICE investigations are a wake-up call for an industry that is one of America's biggest employers and generates over $300 billion in annual sales, according to research firm IBISWorld Inc
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I'm not seeing a problem here other than that this might not go far enough. In fact, the company that owns Chipotle should be fined up the ass for hiring them in the first place, if not a revocation of their corporate charter. If corporate executives made the decision to hire illegals knowingly, then they should face jail time.
 
BoomerD

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Kadarin said:
I'm not seeing a problem here other than that this might not go far enough. In fact, the company that owns Chipotle should be fined up the ass for hiring them in the first place, if not a revocation of their corporate charter. If corporate executives made the decision to hire illegals knowingly, then they should face jail time.
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:thumbsup:

Hit the fuckers where it hurts...in the corporate bottom line and put the officers in prison.
 
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