The mystery of Chipotle's 'burrito season,' solved

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Chipotle is hiring 19,000 workers to handle "burrito season" — a sudden increase in sales from March to May. Which begs the question: there's a "burrito season"?

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Chipotle is going after Gen Z workers with new perks like help with paying off student debt

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Robots are taking over fast-food kitchens. See how chains are using automation to make chips, salads, burgers, and fries.

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Flippy by Miso Robotics prepares fries.

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A Pizza Hut franchise is laying off 366 delivery drivers as restaurants brace for California's new $20 per-hour fast-food wage

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A Pizza Hut franchisee plans to lay off all of its in-house delivery drivers at more than 70 stores in California.

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Judge tells woman who threw burrito bowl at Chipotle employee to work fast-food job if she wants less jail time

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An Ohio woman got a unique sentence after throwing her Chipotle order at an employee.

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Fast food isn't cheap anymore

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McDonald's prices have jumped 10% each year since 2022.
McDonald's prices have jumped 10% each year since 2022.

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The best and worst restaurant chain apps, from Starbucks to McDonald's

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Nancy Luna, Insider's restaurants correspondent, reviews the apps of the nation's top 10 chains.

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It looks like Chipotle's Boorito Halloween promotion was a disaster again this year

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Many Chipotle rewards members ran into technical issues that kept them from getting the company's Halloween "Boorito" deal for a $6 entree.

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I ate at Cava and Chipotle, and I can see why Gen Z has crowned a new fast-casual king

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Nancy Luna, Insider food correspondent, compares Chipotle to Cava.
Some people are calling Cava the next Chipotle. Nancy Luna, Insider food correspondent, compares the two chains.

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Chipotle raised prices for the 4th time in 2 years. Here's how much they went up.

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Chipotle last raised prices in summer 2022. Now it's raising them again, the chain told Insider.

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