Some degree of food waste — plate waste, for example — is unavoidable, of course. The company also said that the cost of food waste has gone up, per its quarterly statement filed last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “We’ve learned from it, solved that problem and moved on.”Industry experts said increased food waste is not an inevitable result of heightened efforts to improve food safety. Chipotle blamed much of its lackluster second-quarter earnings on food costs, which it said have increased with new food-safety procedures. Does this mean Chipotle is wasting more food as it works to win back customers?

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2016 11:25 UTC