This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning, along with: In lieu of official economic data (thanks, government shutdown), we have the Chipotle (CMG) economic indicator. And if it’s to be believed on an initial pass, we are either in a mild recession…
Shares of mexican fast-food chain Chipotle (NYSE:CMG) fell 3.6% in the morning session after investor raised concerns over a challenging consumer environment, highlighted in a recently published investor letter from shareholder Pershing Square Holdings. The letter, which covered the second quarter of 2025, noted that Chipotle’s performance fell short of its long-term potential. This was…
Starbucks is rethinking the role of “innovation” in running a coffee chain. After rolling out a new system of technical enhancements to streamline cold food and drink orders, the company made an abrupt U-turn this week and said it would halt use of its automated equipment and restore the human touch by bringing more baristas…
The world’s richest person lurks over premium-priced burritos, salad bowls, and hamburgers in Washington, D.C., like a bad case of food poisoning. Billionaire Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the federal workforce as part of his DOGE initiatives may hit sales at Cava (CAVA), Shake Shack (SHAK), Chipotle (CMG), and Sweetgreen (SG), according to new…
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