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Criminal Investigation of Chipotle for Outbreak Tied to California Restaurant

Jan 7 2016 // Chipotle has been served with a federal subpoena as part of a criminal investigation tied to a norovirus outbreak at one of its restaurants in California.The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s...

Oklahoma Restaurant Faces Suit over Wage, Child Labor Violations

Dec 29 2015 // The U.S. Labor Department has accused a Wichita Mountains roadside restaurant of violating wage and child labor laws.A U.S. District Court complaint filed in Oklahoma City says Meers Store & Restaurant owes more than...

Mother Sues Chipotle After Teenage Son Sickened at Boston Restaurant

Dec 21 2015 // The mother of a 16-year-old suburban Boston boy who got sick after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill has filed a negligence lawsuit against the Denver-based restaurant chain.The Boston Globe reports the suit, filed Dec....

Judge Bars Uber from Imposing New Contract on Drivers in Pay Suit

Dec 18 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. was barred from imposing a new contract on drivers who are suing the company to be treated like employees after a federal judge said the reworded agreement is confusing.U.S. District Judge Edward...

Chipotle’s New Procedures Highlight Food Safety in Wake of E. Coli

Dec 17 2015 // Perfect food safety is not possible, but Chipotle is trying to get as close to that ideal as they can with new procedures and testing inside and outside their restaurants, the company’s founder and CEO said during a...

91 Sickened by Norovirus Tied to Boston Chipotle; CEO Apologizes Over Illnesses

Dec 11 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday after its founder promised strict new food-safety practices to prevent illnesses, but hours later one of its Seattle restaurants was shut down for...

Expanding E. Coli Outbreak Prompts Warning of Sales Slide from Chipotle

Dec 7 2015 // Chipotle said Friday that an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants sent sales plummeting by as much as 22 percent in recent weeks and that it could no longer reasonably estimate sales for next year.The Denver-based...

Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates

Dec 7 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance.Rothman said the anti-consumer...

Search For Source of Chipotle E.Coli in Pacific Northwest Faces Big Hurdles

Nov 25 2015 // Investigators looking into the E. coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurants face “significant challenges” in finding the source of the sickness, a U.S. food safety detective said.E. coli has...

Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates

Nov 17 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance.Rothman said the anti-consumer...

After ‘Deep Cleaning,’ Chipotle Restaurants to Reopen in Seattle, Portland

Nov 11 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is preparing to reopen 43 restaurants in the Pacific Northwest that have been closed for more than a week after an E. coli outbreak sickened dozens of customers.No cause of the outbreak has been...

Engineers Investigating Cause of Collapsed Parking Lot in Mississippi

Nov 11 2015 // Engineers are trying to determine what caused a drainage structure to collapse beneath the parking lot of a new restaurant, opening a gap that swallowed at least 14 vehicles, a mayor in eastern Mississippi said...

Pacific Northwest E. Coli Outbreak Threatens Chipotle’s Sales

Nov 5 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s food poisoning outbreak in Washington state and Oregon threatens to scare diners away from the popular burrito chain and has become fodder for one of its most vocal critics.Health...

Study: Workers Harmed in Alabama Restaurants that Allow Smoking

Nov 5 2015 // Workers in Florence, Ala., restaurants that allow smoking are exposed to a greater amount harmful air particles than those working in non-smoking environments, a new air quality study said.The study said workers in...

Chipotle Testing Seattle, Portland Restaurants to Find E.Coli Outbreak Cause

Nov 4 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., which closed 43 restaurants over the weekend after an E. coli outbreak, has hired food-safety consulting firms and is batch-testing ingredients in an effort to defuse the health scare. After...

Deputy Sues Oregon Restaurant After Being Asked to Prepay

Oct 30 2015 // An Oregon sheriff’s deputy has filed a lawsuit against the Elmer’s restaurant chain, claiming he was told to prepay for his meal at a Vancouver, Ore. establishment because he is black.KGW-TV reported Brian...

Judge Orders Wyoming Restaurant to Pay $11.4M in Salmonella Case

Oct 29 2015 // A judge has ordered a Cheyenne, Wyo. restaurant to pay a Nebraska couple nearly $11.4 million after the husband contracted salmonella poisoning. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Christopher Gage and his wife, Heather, sued...

188 People Sickened by Infection Tied to California Restaurant

Oct 29 2015 // Public health officials in California say at least 188 people in six counties have contracted a bacterial infection after eating at a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant.The Santa Clara County Public Health Department issued...

10 Things to Know About Restaurants and Bars

Oct 5 2015 // Fourty-three states have statutory provisions that enable restaurants, bars and liquor stores to be held liable for selling or serving alcohol to individuals who cause injuries or death as a result of their intoxication....

Arkansas AG: State Law Bars Local LGBT Protections

Sep 3 2015 // Five local measures prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity cannot be enforced because of a new Arkansas law barring such protections, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wrote in a...