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Climate Change Could Mean No Guac For You — At Least At Chipotle
TIME ^ | March 4, 2014 | David Winograd

Posted on 03/04/2014 2:39:54 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Bad news for burrito lovers: Chipotle warned in its latest annual report that climate change might lead it to leave guacamole out of its burritos and bowls.

The chain blames the possible change on higher prices. “In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas, rather than paying the increased cost for the ingredients.”

The company acknowledged such a move would be a massive disappointment to some of its customers. But, as ThinkProgress points out, considering the company uses about 97,000 pounds of avocados each day, it might not be able to stomach a price increase that could be brought on by global warming.

(Excerpt) Read more at business.time.com ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: bantheguac; chipotle; climatechange; communismkills; corporateliberalism; foodnazis; guacamole; progressives; thinkprogress
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Considering most come from Mexico or CA I don’t get it.


21 posted on 03/04/2014 3:18:41 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Popman

Their guacamole is really good. What I always notice at Chipotles is that every employee is Hispanic.


22 posted on 03/04/2014 3:19:40 PM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: caver

“Thanks for posting. I can add another left wing “cult” restaurant to my list to avoid.”


23 posted on 03/04/2014 3:31:18 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: Freestate316

-——. What I always notice at Chipotles is that every employee is Hispanic.-——

The one I go too has a mix of people but Hispanics are the majority of employees

Which is fine by me....I don’t care what color you are as long as you are here in this country legally...


24 posted on 03/04/2014 3:36:10 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

'Billy Mays here for Chipotl-away!'

25 posted on 03/04/2014 3:36:24 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: SaxxonWoods; Hugin

“I thought avocados liked warm weather.”

We love avocados, in fact some of our Yankee relatives, say we are addicted to them.

Last year, we thought about planting some trees on about a half acre.

We were told by the plant nursery, that the avocados couldn’t tolerate hard freezes. Also, the deer love them.

Good advice as we went into a couple of weeks of low temps in the teens at night. Also, our local deer herd has doubled in size.


26 posted on 03/04/2014 3:36:34 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Every business claims green BS in connection with their products and wrappers.

I gather that avocado prices have not gone up due to GW, so they are just playing games with their customers. If prices do go up for any reason they will raise their prices.

Of course taxes and Obamacare are causing real price increases but if they say that leftist brown shirts will put them out of business.


27 posted on 03/04/2014 3:44:14 PM PST by Williams (No Obama)
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To: Popman
Chipotle Mexican Grill Guacamole Recipe
28 posted on 03/04/2014 4:05:46 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: CatherineofAragon

thanks....


29 posted on 03/04/2014 4:39:03 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Popman

Very welcome


30 posted on 03/04/2014 5:05:53 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Popman

I feel the same way, but could imagine the liberal outrage if the employees were all white.


31 posted on 03/04/2014 5:21:18 PM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I'm heartened.
As there has been no global warming for 17.6 years Chipotle's guac will not have to be dropped from the menu.

32 posted on 03/05/2014 5:26:58 AM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Hugin
LOL. Avocados need warm weather. If MMGW was real, it would bring the price down. I notice nobody at Chipolte claimed price increases were do to global warming. Apparently that little piece of spin came from ThinkProgress, whoever they may be.

This is "climate change", not warming. So the cold blasts we are having may affect the avocado market.

33 posted on 03/05/2014 6:42:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I don’t know if this adds anything to the conversation.

Along I-15 from Escondido to Temecula in soCal they call the freeway, the Avocado Hwy.

A few years ago 20,000 tress were burned in a wildfire. I don’t think they missed much of a beat getting product to market.

However, the water rates were increased significantly. I see a lot of groves and properties with trees on the market for sale.
I recently, sold a property with about 75 tress. Th buyers are having the trees removed.

I think Mexico is the other source.

I notice I still get avocado on dishes in Mexican restaurants and dip offered as well. Didn’t notice price in creases passed along.


34 posted on 03/05/2014 6:47:32 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

I haven’t seen the avocado market affected in restaurants by me in Texas. YEARS ago (maybe a decade?) there was a tomato “shortage” that resulted in salso and pico only being offered on demand.


35 posted on 03/05/2014 6:56:13 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I lived in Sacramento near the Campbells tomato soup place on Franklin near Hwy 99, since closed down. You could see tomatoes along the freeway when the trucks were rolling.

I should have sent you some!


36 posted on 03/05/2014 7:03:08 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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