Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated is a chain of casual American restaurants that specializes in specific types of Mexican food like tacos and burritos. It is one of the most popular of the "fast-casual" dining category, competing with restaurants like Qdoba Mexican Grill, Moe's Southwest Grill, Rubio's Coastal Grill, and Baja Fresh. Chipotle has exploded in recent years, growing from just 500 locations in 2006 to more than 2000 locations now. They have over 64,000 employees as of 2017 and employment opportunities at Chipotle restaurants may include cashiers, food prep cooks, maintenance workers, servers, and grill workers just to name a few.

Steve Ells founded Chipotle after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America. After working at the Jeremiah Tower in San Francisco, and seeing how popular burritos and tacos were in the Mission District of San Francisco, he decided to open a restaurant. So, in 1993, the first Chipotle Mexican Grill opened in Denver, Colorado. The store soon exploded with popularity and he used the money that was flowing into expand to a second restaurant and then took out a loan to open a third. Some of the ingredients you will find at Chipotle include steak, carnitas, chicken, chorizo, barbacoa, rice, black beans, sofritas, and fajita veggies.

With more than 2000 locations, Chipotle is a staple of Mexican food within the United States. There is also always a need for workers in major locations like Chicago; Altoona, Pennsylvania; Louisville, Kentucky; and various other major cities where Chipotle restaurants are located. Chipotle is a publicly traded company that reported $4.65 billion in revenue for the 2017 fiscal year with revenue per share reported at $165.74. They also had quarterly revenue growth of 8.3 percent and showed a gross profit of $1.41 billion.