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Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by 1123581321 »

tauntz wrote: post #75
neals wrote: post #71

Slightly off-topic maybe, but I went to Taco Bell for the first time two weeks ago while visiting the beautiful USA. And my god what a terrible food do they make. Why would you go there more then once?

Same question. I've heard so much about Taco Bell from pop culture/internet that I just had to try it. Went to check it out during one of my trips to the US and oh boy.. I was in for a culture shock. I had some kind of a burrito. I don't think I have ever been served food anywhere else that was more disgusting (sorry, I don't know of a more appropriate word to use here). And I'm not picky at all! I'll eat basically a…

Just about anything is better than their burritos. Stick to tacos and quesadillas (and French fries, seriously.)

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by 1123581321 »

theandrewbailey wrote: post #87
zamazingo wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One grows a pig, not a pork. Once you kill the pig, its name is supposed to change to pork, though why, I never understood quote well.

The reason is one of the byproducts of the Norman Conquest. The local English people raised cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens, but the nobles (mostly, if not entirely French) were the only ones who could afford to eat meat. They said boeuf, porc, mouton, and pouletrie. https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/32560/why-are-beef-a...

It's more that the Normans used French to make a class distinction. English wanting to ingratiate themselves borrowed terms.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by polalavik »

agjacobson wrote: post #33

Let’s see what he can do with a $10 lunch business model.

It's really not that insane. Two garbage egg mcmuffins these days run for $9.50ish which probably costs about 10 cents to make. I'll take the quality of chipotle for $7-10 anyday over the insanely overpriced bullshit the others are pumping out.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by detritus »

neals wrote: post #71

Slightly off-topic maybe, but I went to Taco Bell for the first time two weeks ago while visiting the beautiful USA. And my god what a terrible food do they make. Why would you go there more then once?

When in Leeds (England) for a weekend late last year I was overjoyed to see a Taco Bell as it's a franchise we've not had here yet and it's somewhere I've wanted to try ever since I watched 'Demolition Man' as a teenager.

It was everything I ever expected it to be ... I will never eat there again!

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It was very bad, everything I would have expected - sort of like 'Old El Paso' ready-made Tex-Mex, as-prepared by a 1980s-era school kitchen.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by tedmiston »

SwellJoe wrote: post #59
ac29 wrote: post #35

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>Turn Chipotle into an upscale version of Taco Bell Taco Bell tried this in the 90s near where I lived at the time (it was called Border Bell) and it never really caught on and closed not too long after it opened.

I wouldn't expect the brand that is most associated with "cheap, filling, and usually not terrible" to be able to pull off a higher price transformation. When you build a brand that strongly based on being cheap, you have to own it...there's just no way to take Taco Bell up-scale (McDonald's is finding this out, too). I'm surprised anybody savvy enough to be in a leadership role at Taco Bell would make that kind of m…

Taco Bell has managed to break out of this though. Anecdotally, I spend more at Taco Bell per check now than I did 5 years ago. They have so many more small options now, fancier menu items, $1–2 desserts, etc.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by mrguyorama »

barsonme wrote: post #56
jdavis703 wrote: post #26

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Why is it so hard for a fast food chain to avoid cross-contamination vs. other restaurants? Is it because they don't train workers properly?

I mean, if my experiences are anything, it's because people don't care enough. At fat food joints you've got a bunch of high school and college kids who want to get off and party or get off and finish their mounting homework. It's not willful, just part of being 17/18/19 at an "unimportant" job. We had some adult-adults who worked there as well, and it was a night and day difference. Again, it's not willful or malici…

Also, when you are only paid $6 after taxes for every hour you work, why should you care? The company doesn't value you enough to care.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by mrguyorama »

1123581321 wrote: post #91
tauntz wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same question. I've heard so much about Taco Bell from pop culture/internet that I just had to try it. Went to check it out during one of my trips to the US and oh boy.. I was in for a culture shock. I had some kind of a burrito. I don't think I have ever been served food anywhere else that was more disgusting (sorry, I don't know of a more appropriate word to use here). And I'm not picky at all! I'll eat basically a…

Just about anything is better than their burritos. Stick to tacos and quesadillas (and French fries, seriously.)

I disagree. A carb wrapped tube of 50% meatlike product and salty, processed cheese sauce, with various other fillings, that you can buy for a dollar, is utterly amazing. I go to taco bell occasionally because $6 gets me an armload of guilty pleasure

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by Jdjcnfjd »

icebraining wrote: post #66
labster wrote: post #41

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I guess what I don't understand is why we don't have more human-free systems for food payment. All of 15 years ago, I went in a company cafeteria in Tsukuba, paid a vending machine, and took the ticket to the cook. If I had been able to speak any Japanese back then, I probably could have customized my order there. But here in the US we're still hiring fast food workers to take standardized orders.

They're starting to appear. McDonalds has now introduced it in multiple European countries, plus isolated restaurants here and there (e.g. Burgerlich in Hamburg, which has touchscreens embedded in the tables: https://goo.gl/oJAh9v )

You can order McDs on a touchscreen at some locations in Cambridge (Massachusetts not England), it's already made it to America.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by 1123581321 »

mrguyorama wrote: post #97
1123581321 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just about anything is better than their burritos. Stick to tacos and quesadillas (and French fries, seriously.)

I disagree. A carb wrapped tube of 50% meatlike product and salty, processed cheese sauce, with various other fillings, that you can buy for a dollar, is utterly amazing. I go to taco bell occasionally because $6 gets me an armload of guilty pleasure

I respect that. Is there a better burrito to get than the one that comes in the $5 box, though? I might just not like refried beans as much as everyone else. I like the little breakfast burritos at McDonalds, for reference.

Re: Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head

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Post by barsonme »

mrguyorama wrote: post #96
barsonme wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, if my experiences are anything, it's because people don't care enough. At fat food joints you've got a bunch of high school and college kids who want to get off and party or get off and finish their mounting homework. It's not willful, just part of being 17/18/19 at an "unimportant" job. We had some adult-adults who worked there as well, and it was a night and day difference. Again, it's not willful or malici…

Also, when you are only paid $6 after taxes for every hour you work, why should you care? The company doesn't value you enough to care.

Eh, I agree and disagree. It's difficult to care when you're not paid a lot and other similar jobs are dime a dozen, but morally I can't say it's right. And, really, I have a difficult time believing 16/17/18/19 year olds are going to put in a lot of extra effort flipping burgers, even if they're paid $10 or $15 an hour. Kids are kids, I was one too.
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