Chipotle is making investors really sick
- 8 years ago
Chipotle closed another location this week - this time in Boston - raising more questions on whether consumers are getting sick on the food.
Shares of the burrito chain - which had been one of the hottest stocks going since late 2012- has turned into a investment hazard.
The company has been hammed by a series of complaints associated with allegations of food safety including E. coli contamination, with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventing saying had spread to to six states.
The latest episode, connected with 80 Boston College students becoming ill after eating at Chipotle, is likely connected with norovirus and not E. coli, the company says.
Shares of the burrito chain - which had been one of the hottest stocks going since late 2012- has turned into a investment hazard.
The company has been hammed by a series of complaints associated with allegations of food safety including E. coli contamination, with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventing saying had spread to to six states.
The latest episode, connected with 80 Boston College students becoming ill after eating at Chipotle, is likely connected with norovirus and not E. coli, the company says.