Shares of Chipotle ($CMG) fell off a cliff today after Business Insider reported the closing of a Sterling, VA location following multiple reports of customers falling ill.
Customers reported symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, severe stomach pain, dehydration, and nausea to the website iwaspoisoned.com, which first alerted Business Insider to the issues at the Sterling restaurant. One person reported two hospitalizations as a result of the illnesses.
In total, eight reports were made to the website, indicating that at least 13 customers fell sick after eating there from July 14-15.
Chipotle told Business Insider that it is aware of the situation, and is “working with health authorities to understand what the cause may be and to resolve the situation as quickly as possible,” according to Executive director of food safety Jim Mardsen – who added “The reported symptoms are consistent with norovirus.”
BAD LUCK or CORPORATE ESPIONAGE?
Chipotle suffered a string of E.Coli and norovirus incidents throughout 2015, in what many believe to be corporate espionage.
The fast food chain which notably refuses to use ingredients containing Monsanto GMOs was also hit with a massive hacking attack in March after refusing to upgrade to chipped card readers, which Chipotle reported in May.
All in all, the stock is down over 50% since 2015…
Cascade
While shares of Chipotle shit the shower, ZeroHedge notes:
If you want to see the effect of ETF contagion, the rest of the restaurant sector is getting mini flash-crashed….
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Is anyone really surprised that a restaurant that features people making minimum wage who almost surely don’t have adequate healthcare serving you easily tainted food like tomatoes meat and lettuce that sits for hours in the open air is having repeated problems with food poisoning?
Taaco Bell, McDonaald and Berger King are all off my list forever. Make me sick thinking about them.
Sabotage?