On 6/21/2013 4:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> casa bona wrote:
>> On 6/20/2013 10:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> casa bona wrote:
>>>> On 6/20/2013 3:49 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:31:34 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chipotle's GMO ingredients:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The popular burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill is widely
>>>>>>> considered a healthy place to eat, and is known for promoting
>>>>>>> local produce and offering calorie counts on its menus. But
>>>>>>> Chipotle has revealed that genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
>>>>>>> are present in 12 of the 24 ingredients it lists on the company's
>>>>>>> website. According to The Huffington Post, GMOs can be found in
>>>>>>> all tortillas, rice and all of the varieties of meat, except pork
>>>>>>> carnitas. To its credit, Chipotle is the only fast-food chain
>>>>>>> that's identifying GMOs (though it's only on their website, not
>>>>>>> on store menus).
>>>>>
>>>>> Chipotle is a boring brand created and run by someone with no
>>>>> culinary credentials that targets PYVs who are afraid to eat at a
>>>>> real taqueria where they speak little english and don't have trendy
>>>>> hipster friendly decor. They have over expanded and will implode
>>>>> soon.
>>>>
>>>> Chipotle's shops average 2.1 million$/year in revenues.
>>>>
>>>> Qdoba's make 1/2 that and they are closing some restaurants.
>>>>
>>>> Chipotle has nothing but increasing market share ahead. They have
>>>> 1,447 units to Qdoba's 647.
>>>>
>>>> Implode soon?
>>>>
>>>> I very seriously doubt it.
>>>>
>>>> Subway has 25,000 US shops and opened 1,200 in 2012 alone.
>>>>
>>>> Lots of room for growth yet.
>>>
>>> They put in a new Subway near the Whole Foods in Lynnwood. I
>>> commented once again to daughter that nobody was in there. She
>>> said, yeah and she had never seen an employee in there either. Not
>>> sure where the employee is. Surely there is only one and he/she
>>> probably fell asleep out of boredom! We have gone by there many
>>> times around dinner and lunch time and...nobody!
>>
>> How bizarre!
>>
>>> There is another one near her dance studio and although we do see
>>> people in there sometimes, they are not very busy. Often I see the
>>> employees standing by the front glass windows, looking out as if
>>> they are searching for customers. I have heard that there are
>>> issues with at least one of the employees in there and for that
>>> reason, most of the people from the dance studio won't eat there. But
>>> their sandwiches are not appealing to me. If we want a
>>> purchased sandwich, we go next door to Albertsons. They have one
>>> kind that they sell on really good whole wheat bread and it has
>>> quality ingredients. I don't think they make it there. But it's
>>> $4.99 and contains a lot more meat, better meat and cheese and it's
>>> organic.
>>
>> I like the Subway breads, they're always fresh and well-baked and tend
>> to be pretty tasty.
>
> Really? I don't like them at *all*! Although they smell good when baking,
> they just don't appeal to me. But then I am not a fan of bread in general
> and especially not sub sandwiches.

Odd that you'd like the smell, but not the bread itself.

Some folks are like that with coffee, but I've never heard of it with bread.


>> I guess it's fair to ding them a bit on the quality of the cold cuts,
>> but overall I get a pretty good value for what I pay.
>
> I must disagree. I picked up two sandwiches for my parents and hated
> watching them put the measly amount of toppings on there. I thought about
> how many sandwiches I could make for the same amount of money if I had
> bought the ingredients at the grocery store.
>
>
But they have to make a profit, so it's not good equivalency.