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Chipotle Delivers A Spectacular Quarter; Same-Store Sales Touch Record High After 8 Years
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) announced impressive first quarter figures on April 17, surpassing expectations. It recorded 13.4% comparable sales growth this quarter, the highest quarterly comparable sales growth in the last eight years. The ...
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Chipotle Earnings Preview: Sales To Remain Robust But Margins May Suffer
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) will release its first quarter earnings report on April 17. The company has been consistently performing well because of its use of healthy organic ingredients, growing outlet count and a loyal customer base. Ch...
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Chipotle Reports Strong Numbers; Same-Store Sales Surge 9.3%
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) reported very strong fourth quarter numbers as sales blew past expectations. The same-store sales surged 9.3%, helped primarily by higher customer traffic. Same-store sales, or comparable sales, is an importan...
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Expect Chipotle To Post Strong Sales Though Margins Could Decline
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) is scheduled to announce its fourth quarter and full-year earnings on January 30. Shares of the company have stayed above the psychological $500 mark, ever since the third quarter earnings were announced in Octob...
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Chipotle’s Catering Service Offers Growth Potential
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) foray into the catering business started with a test project in select regional markets such as Colorado in early 2013. Now the company has rolled out the service nationally, underlining management’s faith in the...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill: Déjà vu In The Making ?
Last month, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) announced strong third quarter earnings. The highlight of the result was the same-store sales growth of 6.2%, which beat the market expectations. Shares of the company have gained more than 20% since ...
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Chipotle’s Sales Surge On Traffic Gains; High Food Costs Dent Margins
Strong sales, buoyed by higher traffic, helped Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) post a strong set of third quarter numbers. Total revenues for the quarter rose 18.0% to $826.9 million while the operating income surged 17% to $137.1 million. Chip...
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Chipotle Q3 Preview: Sales To Remain Strong But Margins Could Degrade
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) is scheduled to announce its third quarter earnings on October 17. The burrito chain has had a good quarter with shares of the company gaining more than 10% in the past three months, buoyed by an impressive secon...
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Chipotle Could Try A Breakfast Menu But It Might Be A Cooked Strategy
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) has started selling coffee in some of its restaurants, a sign that the restaurant chain might eventually move into the breakfast segment. Furthermore, the restaurant chain is also testing a breakfast menu at its ...
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Will Taco Bell & Supply Chain Issues Bite Into Chipotle’s Growth Story?
After the successful introduction of the Doritos Locos Tacos line-up last year, Taco Bell is set to expand the menu by debuting the Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos. Can the restaurant chain’s latest attack on the Mexican food fare play a spoilspo...
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Chipotle Sales Surge At The Expense Of Margins
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) posted a solid set of numbers in its second quarter earnings helped by strong growth in the company’s same-store sales. Total revenues were up 18.2% to $816.8 million, helped by 5.5% growth in same-store sa...
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Chipotle Q2 Earnings: Same-Store Sales Could Improve But Margins Will Remain Tight
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) is scheduled to announce its earnings on July 18. The burrito chain has had a good quarter with shares of the company gaining more than 15% in the last three months. Some of the recent optimism has been fueled by...
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Chipotle And McDonald’s Try Fostering Trust With More Nutritional Transparency
It seems that restaurant chains are increasingly relying on transparency to create a goodwill. Fast food chains, long criticized for promoting obesity in America, are actually getting more transparent about the nutritional content in their produc...
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Restaurant and Bar Sales Up: How to Invest
Submitted by Sizemore Investment Letter as part of our contributors program Great Recession? What Great Recession? After flatlining for five years, restaurant and bar sales hit new all-time highs earlier this month (see chart). It would seem...
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Chipotle’s Slowing Business Trends We’re Watching Amid The Burrito Boom
The shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) have rallied close to 30% in 2013 and are currently in the range of $360-370. Chipotle’s stock went as high as $440 in the first half of 2012, but after a couple of disappointing earnings in a...
