Starbucks denies plan to buy Chipotle after report of possible takeover: Starbucks said it doesn't plan to bid for Chipotle Mexican Grill, saying the coffee ...
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Starbucks denies plan to buy Chipotle after report of possible takeover
Key FactsFT: Starbucks reportedly explored Chipotle takeover
Oct 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
  • Chipotle shares rose about 6% on Thursday, while Starbucks shares fell roughly 3%.

  • Analysts said any acquisition could prove costly, requiring substantial borrowing or the issuance of shares.

  • Brian Niccol joined Starbucks in September 2024 after spending six years at Chipotle.

  • In Starbucks’ fiscal third quarter, adjusted operating margin was 14.4%, down from 16.7% two years earlier.
  • A deal could require heavy borrowing or issuing shares.
    — Lale Akoner, global market strategist at eToro
What if your morning coffee and your lunchtime burrito came from the same company? A rumor that Starbucks could buy Chipotle has been shut down by Starbucks ... Show more
“Starbucks is not buying Chipotle,” a representative for the company said Monday, four days after a report claimed the company had previously explored plans ... Show more

Starbucks Is Not Buying Chipotle After All, Report Says
Starbucks is calling reports of a potential merger with Chipotle "speculation." The $41 billion deal would be the biggest merger in restaurant ... Show more
Starbucks Says It’s Not Buying Chipotle, Dousing Deal Rumors: Starbucks Corp. said it’s not buying Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., tamping down speculation about ...
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Starbucks Says It’s Not Buying Chipotle, Dousing Deal Rumors
Chipotle is giving rewards members a chance to win giant tote bags with a family meal purchase. Here's how to enter. See link below ⬇️ 📸 Spencer ... Show more

Chipotle is giving away giant tote bags. Here's how to win one
KFC Goes Small, Chipotle Goes Big. Why Restaurants Are Sizing Up New Strategies.: Restaurant chains are redesigning menus with new portion sizes and formats to ...
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Chipotle Jumps After Report That Starbucks Has Explored Takeover: Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. shares jumped after the Financial Times reported that Starbucks ...
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Chipotle Jumps After Report That Starbucks Has Explored Takeover
Starbucks has explored takeover of Chipotle in restaurant megadeal
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Starbucks has explored takeover of Chipotle in restaurant megadeal
Starbucks Is Reportedly Exploring a Chipotle Takeover. The Biggest Hurdle May Not Be Price
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Starbucks Is Reportedly Exploring a Chipotle Takeover. The Biggest Hurdle ...
I'm at the combination Starbucks and Chipotle? 🌯 $CMG pops on reports $SBUX explored a takeover of the fast-casual chain.
DoorDash wants your food to fly to you. Its new DoorDash Air autonomous drone reportedly averages deliveries in under five minutes and is about as quiet as a ... Show more
How GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are changing fast-food menus: Chipotle, McDonald's and Shake Shack are among the restaurant chains revamping their menus as more ...
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How Chipotle is adapting to the GLP-1 surge.
#BREAKING : Wayne Co. court prevented from tracking 'psychotic' suspect in Chipotle worker stabbing in downtown Detroit. Read more below. #DetroitNews Court prevented from tracking suspect in Chipotle worker stabbing
Mental health probe, more patrols launched after Chipotle worker stabbing See link below ⬇️ 📸 Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News Full story: Mental health probe, more patrols launched after Chipotle worker stabbing
Between tears and hugs, family and friends mourned Jaquoya Wix on Monday in the downtown alley where she was fatally stabbed just one day prior ... Show more

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Chipotle Enlists Palantir on Food Safety Risks After Salmonella Outbreak: The announcement follows a summer of concerning foodborne illness outbreaks ...
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Chipotle Enlists Palantir on Food Safety Risks After Salmonella Outbreak
Chipotle, Taco Bell and IHOP Are Turning Viral TikToks Into Real Menu Items: The chain restaurants are finding that some of their best recipes are coming from ...
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Chipotle, Taco Bell and IHOP Are Turning Viral TikToks Into Real Menu ...
Chipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety Risks: The burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents ...
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Chipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety Risks
Chipotle, Wonder, and cryptocurrency: Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast.
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Chipotle, Wonder, and cryptocurrency
We Regret to Inform You Chipotle Is Now Working With Palantir: Guacamole is extra, but a side of Palantir is free.
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We Regret to Inform You Chipotle Is Now Working With Palantir
Chipotle adds former KFC Global CEO to board: The appointment of Sabir Sami comes as the fast-casual Mexican chain continues to expand its international ...
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Chipotle adds former KFC Global CEO to board
Chipotle, Mike’s Red Tacos, Wonder: Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast.
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Chipotle, Mike’s Red Tacos, Wonder
Chipotle is expanding its apprentice program: The company expects the position to be in all its North American restaurants by the end of 2027.
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Chipotle is expanding its apprentice program
How Chipotle made its kitchens more efficient: Chipotle's high-efficiency equipment package is just one of many innovations that earns the company the No ...
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How Chipotle made its kitchens more efficient
San Leandro, Fremont, Livermore getting new Chipotle restaurants: Chipotlane drive-thru planned for two East Bay expansion restaurants.
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San Leandro, Fremont, Livermore getting new Chipotle restaurants
Chipotle launches two LTOs simultaneously for the first time: The chain is bringing back the Pollo Asado and introducing Chili Lime Chips.
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Chipotle launches two LTOs simultaneously for the first time
Fernando Machado might now be overseeing marketing for Chipotle. 🌯 But for his first big campaign, he has handed the reins to 100 creators ... Show more
You Can Still Dine At These 13 Chain Restaurants' Original Locations: Many popular chain restaurants still maintain their original location. From Nathan’s Famous ...
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You Can Still Dine At These 13 Chain Restaurants' Original Locations
Chipotle lands in Seoul, begins Asian expansion: Chipotle Mexican Grill will open its first restaurant in Asia in Seoul on Wednesday, marking the U.S ...
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Chipotle lands in Seoul, begins Asian expansion
Welcome back to Agency Brief. 📰 This week, we’ve got the scoop on Omnicom Advertising raiding Dentsu for a new growth leader ... Show more

Agency Brief—Omnicom Advertising hires a growth executive, Chipotle adds a new shop to its roster
Viral Arizona prankster pleads guilty for posing as employee, organizing takeover attempts at businesses
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Viral Arizona prankster pleads guilty for posing as employee ...
Chipotle is offering customers a buy-one-get-one deal on entrées on Thursday, Aug. 20. Here's how you can redeem the offer ... Show more

Chipotle offers BOGO entrée deal today. Here's how to redeem it
Top MAGA Ally Melts Down Over Burritos After Vance Fat-Shamed Him: Marc Thiessen, who attended a prep school that now costs $81,400 annually ...
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Top MAGA Ally Melts Down Over Burritos After Vance Fat-Shamed Him
Chipotle pulls jalapeños as salmonella outbreak sickens over 100: While Chipotle is the first eatery named in the outbreak, health officials believe the peppers ...
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Chipotle pulls jalapeños as salmonella outbreak sickens over 100
Key FactsChipotle removes jalapeños amid salmonella investigation
Aug 5, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
  • On Tuesday, Chipotle removed jalapeños from all restaurants in Minnesota and other locations that had received the product, replacing them with peppers from different growers.

  • The Minnesota Department of Health reported 110 salmonella outbreak-related cases, and 75 of 84 interviewed people said they had eaten at Chipotle between June 14 and July 14.

  • Health officials said the evidence so far suggests the potentially contaminated ingredient was also served at other Mexican-style restaurants, while the FDA is leading traceback efforts and the definitive cause remains undetermined.

  • Chipotle shares fell as much as 8.5% to $35.20.
  • Out of an abundance of caution, we proactively removed the jalapenos from our restaurants and replaced them with product from different growers.
    — Chipotle Mexican Grill, in a company statement explaining the proactive removal of jalapeños amid a salmonella outbreak investigation.
As weight-loss drug usage grows, restaurants offer 'GLP-1 friendly' menu items: Between 11% and 12% of Americans took GLP-1s in 2026, a Gallup Poll found.
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As weight-loss drug usage grows, restaurants offer 'GLP-1 friendly' menu ...
Selling Burritos Back to Mexico: Chipotle’s Bold Expansion: As the Mexican-inspired American chain makes its debut in Mexico, it faces a major hurdle: convincing ...
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Selling Burritos Back to Mexico: Chipotle’s Bold Expansion
Selling Burritos Back to Mexico: Chipotle’s Bold Expansion: As the Mexican-inspired American chain makes its debut in Mexico, it faces a major hurdle: convincing ...
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Selling Burritos Back to Mexico: Chipotle’s Bold Expansion
Chipotle is giving away $1M in free food this week— here's how to score some: From August 18-20, Chipotle is giving away $1 million dollars in free food to ...
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Chipotle is giving away $1M in free food this week— here's how to score ...
Salmonella cases are rising as restaurants like Chipotle and Qdoba pull jalapeños from menus in 27 states, including Oklahoma ... Show more

Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños in 27 states, including Oklahoma
Key FactsPershing Square discloses six new portfolio positions
Aug 14, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: financialexpress.com
  • A semiannual report released on August 13, 2026, disclosed six new positions: Netflix, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Intercontinental Exchange and Alcon.

  • The overhaul took place between the end of March and the end of June 2026; Uber, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft and Brookfield remained in the portfolio, while Universal Music Group and Alphabet were sold by June 30 and Hertz was exited in July.

  • According to Yahoo Finance, the Netflix stake comprises 3.15 million shares worth about $2.1 billion and represented roughly 4.9% of the portfolio on June 30.

  • Pershing Square returned negative 12.6% in the first half of 2026 versus a positive 10.2% for the S&P 500, while its year-to-date net asset value return was negative 4.3% versus positive 13.7% for the index as of August 11.
Chipotle has opened its first location in Mexico, aiming to sell its American-style Mexican food. The U.S. fast-food chain says it can succeed south of the ... Show more

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Health officials across the country are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers sold at Chipotle and Qdoba restaurants. Salmonella outbreak with large number of Colorado cases linked to Chipotle, Qdoba
Qdoba and Chipotle eighty-sixed which ingredient after a salmonella outbreak sickened hundreds of diners across at least 27 states? Place your bets in the ... Show more
Jalapeños linked to a U.S. salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distributor
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Jalapeños linked to a U.S. salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican ...
Sit-down dining is crushing the fast-food trade. 🍰 Traditional chains like Cheesecake Factory and Texas Roadhouse are outperforming growth stars like ... Show more
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeños Grows to 27 States—What to Know : At least 36 people have been hospitalized, though no deaths have been reported.
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeños Grows to 27 States—What to Know 
Chipotle removes jalapeños from some restaurants amid salmonella investigation: Chipotle Mexican Grill says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants ...
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Chipotle removes jalapeños from some restaurants amid salmonella ...
Chipotle pulls jalapeños from some restaurants as health officials investigate salmonella outbreak
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Chipotle pulls jalapeños from some restaurants as health officials ...
The Founder of Chipotle Says Customers Have ‘Slop Bowl’ Fatigue — Here’s What He Says Is the Next Big Thing
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The Founder of Chipotle Says Customers Have ‘Slop Bowl’ Fatigue — Here’s ...
TCU-area changes: Common Grounds closes; Chipotle, sushi spots coming nearby: An update on recent closings and openings surrounding the TCU campus ...
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TCU-area changes: Common Grounds closes; Chipotle, sushi spots coming ...
Federal health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers sourced from Mexico. The CDC says at least 345 people across 27 ... Show more
New diarrhea-causing outbreak spreads to over half the US — prompting Chipotle to yank popular ingredient
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New diarrhea-causing outbreak spreads to over half the US — prompting ...