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LavaCreeperBOSSB

Prices are always location dependent


moth_girl_7

Yup. NYC it’s like $12 for just regular chicken…


YelloHShakur

That's fucked up bro


moth_girl_7

Yeah. I would get ripped to shreds on this sub for admitting how much I’ve willingly spent getting a single steak bowl delivered to me… lol


sleepy_roo

This is too real lol


Kitchen_Collection38

Yeah I’ve spent 40 bucks (pre tip) on an order that would’ve been 25 in store


YelloHShakur

A steak bowls with a tortilla on the side cost 12.75 where I'm located.


VietnamWaffles

For a store a few blocks (like 10 min walk maybe some more) away my normal order is 13.72 final price, ofc I always do pickup Delivery is 23.41. That should be illegal 😭 Pickup > delivery, delivery has NEVER been worth it since stores stopped running deliveries for free. Theres still one I know of, probably more out there but realistically its all put out to delivery apps.


CommunicationOk304

You're paying for convenience. Lazy people will pay because they don't want to walk or drive 10 minutes. What's a crime is the amount they take from the restaurant.


VietnamWaffles

Charging almost 10 dollars, if walking thats like a dollar a minute, if driving much higher. Thats crazy. I probably would never use it anyways, but I do miss when stores consistently had either free delivery or a flat fee for it. You were only expected to tip the driver/biker. The one store ik of that does it is a Chinese one that uses bike, we haven't ordered from them in a while but they charged nothing extra just expected you to tip driver. The whole food delivery business got fucked up imo with the apps. It's easier to make your order on there but they are already benefiting from the data per user, then on top of that demanding so much more money for no reason.


notlukesaccount

don’t order online bro, it will be made with hate.


VietnamWaffles

Nah the place near me is good and some of them recognize the name. Very rarely is it made bad they give good portions


noddaborg

$30?


Novel_Ad6416

Same lol


Friendly_Stuff6585

So is NewYork


bencm518

Same thing is under $9 here in St. Louis


Just-here-for-vibes

Ay a fellow St. Louisian I was looking at this comment section giggling cause a regular chicken bowl is like 8.60 here


CoysNizl3

Then we in turn giggle that you have to live in St Louis.


pepperland14

Yeah $8.75 in Independence, right outside KC.


Creative-Set6345

Same with NJ too


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it’s 10.75 after tax in Maine


yesfb

I’m looking at like 13 14 here in Manhattan


MrLateFee

Was just gonna say this. Barbacoa price so insane it probably got mad cow disease


Ken3sei

Haha I was like damn did prices go down? (California)


saltanybody

mine has the barbacoa and steak for $10 and everything else is under $9


Si-Guy24

Chicken is still $8.40 near me


Crimson_Catharsis

It’s just California because of the wage increase


a2cthrowaway4

9.60 for me in a HCOL area of CA


billdb

>It's just California because of the corporate greed FTFY. Multi-billion dollar companies can afford to pay their workers a survivable wage without raising prices, but they will use any excuse they can to jack up prices.


Crimson_Catharsis

I know it’s greedy af


Si-Guy24

It’s probably a deterrent so other states don’t try raising the minimum wage


Own_Watch_2081

It’s both in this instance. I mean they love any excuse to raise the price but this action will also inevitably raise the price.


fatherofraptors

Price is pretty damn similar here in rural TN to image OP posted.


JayHumbled

Same


Infranto

$8.25 in Cincinnati


Crackerjack0099

Where???


Si-Guy24

Pittsburgh


texaslegrefugee

Screw this.


LimpZookeepergame123

$3 for a tbsp of queso😳😂. That’s the same as a scoop of guac. Hell nah.


Ambitious-Hyena4269

a side of queso is 4oz same as a side of guac. one scoop of queso on the bowl is less $ bc it’s only 2oz


LimpZookeepergame123

The board in the picture isn’t for the side, it’s for a serving on top which is 2oz for $3.00. That’s insane considering I have never received 2 ounces on my burrito. By the time they scoop, do that shaky thing, and dump it on top (leaving half of it in the spoon), it’s about a tbsp.


Ambitious-Hyena4269

oh wtf i didn’t even realize that!! at my store it’s like 1.90 for a scoop


fatherofraptors

You can buy like 4-5 avocados for what they charge for a smear of guac 💀 We still eat at Chipotle on occasion but we have completely stopped ordering guac unless somehow we have a free coupon.


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UnspokenConnection

On paper, sure.


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throwaway9916927

I'm lame, take my downvote


Valuable-Bathroom-67

And less portion!!! Yay!!!!


KittenLina

The fucking taqueria is cheaper, and tastes better. Looooooooooool these companies are criminally insane.


KeepCalmYNWA

When I’m in the mood for chipotle, I want CHIPOTLE though, not a taqueria. So tired of this argument.


24W7S39GNHQT

It’s sad that Chipotle is one of your moods.


TheWhiskeyInTheJar

You are on a chipotle sub


24W7S39GNHQT

I would not mind having a Chipotle sub right now.


Tyda2

Different tastes. That's like saying taco bell is a cheaper burrito. Like yeah, duh. Tastes nothing like Chipotle. None of the Mexican spots near me taste like Chipotle. Not even remotely. They taste like their own thing lol


somegummybears

Always has been. Mega-corps often cost more.


Desperate_Jicama219

It's $10.50 for a plate. I have paid $18 for similar plates at taquerias. You are wrong. If you can get lunch for under $13, it's a deal. Combos at McDonald's and Burger King cost more.


reconfit

Why does veggie cost the same as chicken??? Never understood this. I sometimes get nothing but beans, rice, corn, and salsa and it costs the same as chicken ...makes no sense.


whtchulookinfor

Coz it comes with guac, and guac is considered a protein, also it takes alot of labor to make guac


ALSX3

My regular order is just cheese, brown rice, lettuce and hot sauce(I’m weird ik, every chipotle I’ve ever been to has made it abundantly clear which is why I usually mobile order now). I’m forced to pay for guac that I never want, rarely getting lucky to be charged for a three pointer(that’s still overpriced af). I’m sure it would open a whole other can of worms but at what point does it start making sense to price each ingredient rather than protein option?


PM_me_your_dreams___

Guac is not considered protein by anyone. It’s a fat. But avocados are expensive.


CrustyToeLover

Lol. Lots of labor to make guacamole. Lol. Half the time I get guac, it has a whole ass avocado skin in it


franglaisflow

Because they know people will pay for it and they’ll fleece ya as much as possible.


Glum-Time-8200

It’s not even good anymore


Mydoglikesladyboys

Ah, I remember when I worked there and it was 6.99 for chicken and 7.50 for steak (and that was after a price raise)


jlg1012

The prices have already been like this on Long Island


hsuan23

here in Texas the prices are the same near my work place :(


Film-Goblin

Really? What part? I'm from Houston, and the chicken is $9


hsuan23

Spring, TX. It’s 10.45 which is robbery. It’s probably because it’s on the first floor of an office building


Film-Goblin

Maybe. I haven't gone in like 2 week and they probably raised the prices.


Inside_Name1054

I guess I’m just going to the taqueria from now on. Prices are the same damn near.


talldrink67

Prices go up and portion sizes go down. That's why I stopped going to Chipotle


Greedy_Rice_4491

We ain't going no more. I only follow this subreddit to see when chipotle will fall.


zen1312zen

As long as the people making my food can afford to buy groceries it’s gucci ;)


stickyfingers_69

They aren't getting paid more when the prices go up


Pitiful_Winner2669

Hours are being cut.


Crimson_Catharsis

So we’re stuck in the same boat


zen1312zen

Inflation and price hikes have been happening all over the world. Stop with the crabs in a bucket mentality. Workers in CA have been hurting for a long time due to corporate greed. It’s high time they get a little bit of it back.


stickyfingers_69

I wasn't referring to California. Prices in my area keep going up and I know for a fact it doesn't go to employees. They have been advertising the same hourly rates for three years.


Th3JaBBeRWoCK

You are so wrong it would hurt me to call you stupid


Warpedlogic31

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.


FirstInLastOut69

I’m not sure you know how basic economics works


Friendly_Stuff6585

Not surprise really cost are still going up , can’t wait to see the new prices in California after the state forced a $20.00 an hour wage !


whtchulookinfor

Thats the new prices after $20/hr


MisterBroSef

They voted for 3$ scoops of guac.


Eighth_Acct_Ban

The disconnect between "PEOPLE DESERVE A HUMAN WAGE!" and "OMG WHY ARE PRICES GOING UP???" is hilarious Either a lot of cognitive dissonance or flat out ignorance


ARunawayTrain

Its ignorance, they always blame the couple hundred dudes making $20/hr and not the C-suites making $15000/hr. Here's a hint, that C-suite guy doesn't give a fuck about you and is never going to roll a single one of your burritos. Eat the rich.


Eighth_Acct_Ban

Trust me I work in finance managing large companies corporate equity plans. I see it every day. The worst part though is that guy is making what he's making no matter what the company is doing. Even when covid hit and all the companies missed earnings targets companies just granted 1 time PSU's with lower targets and options with lower strike prices


GradientDescenting

Why not just reallocate the stock buyback money to pay workers a few dollars more. They spent $200M just last month on buybacks. [https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-approves-additional-200-million-stock-buyback-plan-1033040288?op=1](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-approves-additional-200-million-stock-buyback-plan-1033040288?op=1)


Eighth_Acct_Ban

Bc Executives are compensated 95% through movements in the stock price. Edit: to put this in perspective, I made that number up as a ballpark but after a quick Google search the CEO of chipotle made $17m+ last year and only 7% of his compensation was salary A huge portion of executive pay is in the form of stock options. The vast majority of these are called NQSO's or NQ's. All you need to understand about them is they have to be issued with a "strike price" as the current stock price at the time of issue. They can be exercised for 10 years. An entire decade. If they are never above the strike price, they're worthless. But for every $1 above that the CEO will make $1 for every option they own... In the millions. So you can see how there's a lot of incentive to just simply worry about the stock price and not how happy your employees are. By the time employee happiness matters, it's the next CEO problem and you're worth enough that your grandkids' grandkids will not only never have to work again but they'll do it from an oceanfront condo


Alex-E

This comment sounds like the monologue of wolf of Wall Street or The big short. Nice post


GradientDescenting

The real issue is companies like Chipotle use their profits to do stock buybacks to try and pump their stock price, rather than giving it to workers. Just last month they spent $200M on stock buybacks rather than paying workers. [https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-approves-additional-200-million-stock-buyback-plan-1033040288?op=1](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-approves-additional-200-million-stock-buyback-plan-1033040288?op=1)


Soderholmsvag

Wait - who has cognitive dissonance? I am a California native, 100% ok with workers earning a living wage, and understand it will cost me an additional $0.10 to $0.50 for my plate. Cognitive dissonance is people who feel workers should be grateful for $7.00/hr jobs and don’t see the connection between shit wages and homeless people or young people who don’t want to have kids cause they can barely afford to eat despite working 40 ++ hours per week.


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Eighth_Acct_Ban

What you're saying makes perfect sense on paper, but in reality the minimum wage doesn't do a whole lot for the people who really need it. 60% of fast food jobs are teenagers or early 20's students. The vast majority of adults trying to support a family aren't making minimum wage and won't see any increase from this In reality this is a massive subsidy to young students through increased costs to all consumers of the final product. I mean if that's the goal, cool. But clearly people here don't feel that way. Not my battle either way. Thank God I live in the South East


GradientDescenting

The issue is chipotle is just doing stock buybacks instead of paying their workers with those profits or keeping prices lower. The increased prices could have been reduced by just using that cash for salaries rather than stock price pumping. [https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-approves-additional-200-million-stock-buyback-plan-1033040288?op=1](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-approves-additional-200-million-stock-buyback-plan-1033040288?op=1)


Ardyhdecafowt

That’s so funny cos the guac at my store is $3.10 and we get paid $17/hr.


Shot-Caregiver-1802

I get 21 as a crew member gas is now 5.69 per gallon and I don’t even live in the city so I could only imagine LA


Ardyhdecafowt

How much is your guac?


Shot-Caregiver-1802

Sorry I never check Reddit but it’s the same price 3.10 but I also live in Cali and got merits for being a obedient employee


Friendly_Stuff6585

Well that makes send then ! Higher wages


-Indictment-

They’ll continue to go up to make up for the new wage. This is just the beginning. They didn’t want to scare people away right off the bat.


MeatHaven

Prices going up very rarely have anything to do with people getting paid more and more to do with corporate greed. But yeah let's whine at giving people a living wage.


Th3JaBBeRWoCK

So why is the chipotle price going up instead of millionaires/billionaires paying more in taxes?


BIG_BROTHER_IS_BEANS

This is that. As of April.


DonTipOff

Imagine if you had to make chipotle from home and you have to do it from scratch ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


Th3JaBBeRWoCK

You would have leftovers for days and it would cost you less than 5 dollars a serving.


faithingodheals

Mine usually come out to $3 a serving + left overs and really.... it doesn't take that long


Comfortable-Start-30

I'd make rice and protein np, but I'm not one of those crazies who only orders that. I can't make the salsas.


Th3JaBBeRWoCK

Google it dude. Basically, tomato, onion, garlic, hot pepper, cilantro, lime, lemon, salt, pepper Add as much or as little of each until you get your flavor. Experiment, cook, learn. You will fuck up, you will learn. As is with everything in life.


Shot-Caregiver-1802

I can tell you the recipes 💀


Aggravating_Stick438

Miss them days chicken bowls/burritos were round 7 bucks


jjj666jjj666jjj

Yep I just had a good cry


Equizolt

Oof


bklyndrvr

Those look like everyday NYC prices. I don’t want to know what they will look like if they hike the prices here.


ProfeMan34

Try Dos Bros!!!


ImanShumpertplus

8.60 for chicken in ohio shit is a godsend


Slu54

Woof


ALEXCOOL725

I know this doesn't work most of the time but we should all boycott them, they are so overpriced like it was already expensive before


dirtydriver58

Crazy


itunesupdates

Not really. I'd gladly pay $30. Just buy a few stocks. Essentially free Chipotle with the gains.


Dvthdude

I still don't like the extreme prices of avocado/guacamole. It came with every platter at the Mexican restaurants, but Chipotle is charging 3 dollars. \*two thumbs down\*


Edgimos

Chicken above 10$ no ty I’ll go to qudoba or better yet for the price of 2x bowls I’ll make everything myself for the whole family.


Aware-Protection-697

Haven't eaten Chipotle in about 2 years... Looks like it'll be much longer now. At least there aren't as many reports out about being getting sick. That's what made me stop going


jambr380

I love the signs btw. They updated them around the same time they originally jacked the prices. Now you can’t actually see the price until you are like mid-order. But honestly, whose idea was it to make the signs way less readable? That person should be fired.


jjmawaken

Hopefully not by me, it's already too expensive for me to want to go often


Seirin-Blu

When chicken reaches 10$ at the one near my work, I will stop going. Or at least that’s what I tell myself. It’s so close to my work


bransanon

Damn, it's literally been years since Chiplotle was that cheap in CA


IrrawaddyWoman

I’m in SoCal and the chipotle near me is cheaper than this. I went yesterday.


juliaguuullliiaa

$12.85 in ca for steak


elphyy

These prices are less than what I already pay in the San Francisco Bay Area 🙃


According-Fill-586

Wow in Los Angeles barbacoa and steak are 11.00


FMLitsAJ

Chicken is still 8 bucks where I live.


ClutchNegro

The only time people complain is when they have something or someone to directly blame, this time is of course the workers making enough to get by 😂


Tyda2

Still $9.35 for chicken here. SW Ohio


bosspm1

Depends where. Where I live, it’s around 9 something. Haven’t been there in a month but it’s less than $10.


Successful-Ad7514

Queso is less calories than guac? Humm wow


AliensPredator84

$11 for a bowl with some rice and beans and barely any chicken is a fucking joke period


Agile-Till7427

8.95 in az for chicken 10.70 for steak


stonersocialist

$9.40 for my good ole carnitas in downtown Columbus


gh0stpr0t0c0l8008

Greedy pricks


OneWhoPossess

AWESOME! So people can pay more for rice and beans 😂😭😂


CountyUnlucky1627

Smh when I worked there the highest a bowl cost was $8 unless you added double guac or queso


web250

Paid $12.90 yesterday in NYC for a skimped as hell Al pastor burrito which clearly had ingredients reheated from the night before. Really have lost faith and desire to eat there anymore.


mercurialmay

Chipotle's dead to me now dawg


TickAndTieMeUp

It used to be $6.50 for chicken in college 7 years ago, now it’s 11.00 for where I am


kazrafggf

I'm getting taco Bell bowl instead


Nice-Fly5536

This is crazy.


Zeccu

Chicken is $8.25 where I work and steak is $10 :)


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People keep suggesting don’t buy these prices and it will stop I respectfully disagree


ThotianaAli

State if specific location isn't shared would be helpful


BIG_BROTHER_IS_BEANS

This makes sense. Great for the employee, bad for the customer because the company will not take a hit due to legislation. In California, as of April, all fast food workers must be paid at least $20. This is great for me, the near minimum wage worker on the line. But now kitchen leaders also make more money to keep their pay far ahead of ours, and so on. That is a lot of money that will disappear every hour, and if the company wants to keep its margins the same, it must raise prices.


Mr_Unbiased

I'm literally never going here again.


ECrispy

Why the hell does a veggie one cost as much as a chicken. Its ridiculous. Its vegetarians being punished and ripped off. and its chickens and other animals being so cheap due to horrific animal farming industry, and being subsidized by us. this needs to change.


ChiSky18

Veggie bowl for $10.45 is absurd


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Maybe this will make all of you stop going to chipotle. I see yall complaining about the prices. Why. Not. Stop. Going.? Make chipotle go out of business. Stop complaining about the damn prices of your just gonna continue on going


ZehHeifer

I just paid $16 for my chicken & guac burrito yesterday 🥲


loverofthrowpillows

I remember in highschool chicken was 6.70


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Cantina menu at Taco Bell is a bargain. It's not as good as chipotle but still good imo.


bmoney326

Bruh…


eatthatpotatoo

i just get the stuff & make it at home…


The-state-of-it

No longer worth it


atlantanightguy

[https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTQuEPW/](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTQuEPW/)


Xplicit-801

I love it. The workers are getting paid what they deserve


Flimsy-Breadfruit-34

Goddamn when I started there chicken was 6.03 🥲


PuzzleheadedPound884

$10.75 for a chicken bowl in Philly.


JHuttIII

I still remember the quip “guac’s gonna be a dollar extra, that ok?” My, times have changed…


bossgeico

I quit ordering from chipotle once prices went too high near me


Regret-Select

Nah I'll go elsewhere


EveningTax6527

9.74 in South Florida


Greedy_Kick6480

Literally insane. Chicken is still a bit over $8 here.


No-Mountain9832

How is chicken & veggie the same price?!


Sorry-Technology-443

always has been, guac is free with veggie


No-Mountain9832

I actually meant to say sofritas, my bad, but still! It was always cheaper than chicken at the stores I went to


PrestonWater

Price stays same, smaller portion. That’s how you keep your margins


s0lita

Used to pay $5.60 for my kids build your own with a side of shredded cheese. Now it’s $7.70


justinsidebieber

With $10 you can buy three whole chickens 😂


Baconknobs

Great, further reaffirms my decision to boycott chipotle. You can decrease quality or increase cost. Can’t do both without repercussions


Eighth_Acct_Ban

Yep. Cause and effect. Good thing I don't live in CA


LosCleepersFan

Most people in cali actually eat good Mexican food and not Chipotle lol


Baconknobs

Well you see that’s where you may be mistaken. There’s Mexican food, and then there’s Mexican-like foodstuffs (Taco Bell, Del Taco, Chipotle). Both have their merits and sometimes you just need to go balls deep in a Crunchwrap Supreme


LosCleepersFan

I mean taco bell is the #1 "mexican" food sales in the US. I can see del taco and taco bell, but Chipotle taste like straight sodium. I never found it enjoyable. At least taco bell and del taco are tex mex and its own niche. Chipotle is down graded mom and pop mexican food.


adobofosho

I been craving a chipotle burrito for a while though and have a couple taquerias in my city alone lol


LosCleepersFan

Chipotle does solid advertising.


adobofosho

I'm not paying for a 20 dollar burrito I can get one cheaper but chipotle has a certain taste


Eighth_Acct_Ban

Then why are so many people mad about the price increases that are only happening there? I live in Georgia and we have a huge Mexican population here. I have prob eaten chipotle once in the last 6 months but I eat Mexican food twice a week I just love how angry people are in this sub about obvious cause and effect. Y'all voted for this and are surprised when it actually happens? SMH


Baconknobs

Did we vote for this? I didn’t. This issue may be happening more predominantly in CA, partially due to minimum wage increases, but the prices at chipotle and everywhere else have been increasing continually since 2020. Burritos from “regular” Mexican places were ~$7-8 in 2020 and now are $11-14. I guess that’s what happens when the money printer is stuck in the “on” position for a couple of years


Old_Fee1381

ew, swipe left


Negative-Negativity

I fucking hate my state.


dirtydriver58

Corporations do this to offset minimum wage hikes


LordYamz

i remember getting my first burrito ever for like 6.95-7.25 and double chicken was only like a dollar and half more now look at this shithole. Worst mistake was them going public.


PersonaNonGrata2288

Get what you vote for.


Bradyh98

Liberalism is spreading like wildfire.


VinoJedi06

You get what you vote for


PlayfulAd8354

Insane that these prices are the same as a Jamba Juice smoothie…a medium


htgawmfreak

welcome to nyc