Chipotle would be better to expend their energy fixing their broke-ass online order system and incentivizing employees, rather than union-busting. For example, the Redmond, WA store has for years (oh, yes, long before Covid gave an excuse) rendered online ordering useless. About once a year I'd let them fool me yet again as I stood to the side waiting for my order, while watching the out-the-door line get their food before I did. Because the Woodinville store hadn't yet reached this point, it was literally faster to just order there and drive the extra distance.

Now the Woodinville store doesn't have your order ready on time. And the new Totem Lake store down the road started with "wait a half hour after we promised it".

So with all that, and union-busting to boot, it's time my spouse and I quit eating there. And since CMG is up this morning, perhaps sell some call options on that stock I've been meaning to sell for a while. I was bullish on CMG for a while, but the service in some stores has been consistently poor for a long time, and now slow service seems to becoming consistent across stores (at least in the Seattle area).