Recommendations

·       Employee costs – eight employees at one time can be a bit excessive, particularly when the store is slow.

·       Decreasing the wages for trainees can help lower costs.

·       Chipotle does well to ensure they receive fresh products.  However, 350 miles is still a broad area to order from.

·       Decreasing this number will help reduce the risk of receiving spoiled products

·       Thrown away orders costs Chipotle money.

·       Better trained employees would be a great way to increase customer satisfaction as well as reducing failure costs.

·       Repeating orders to customers as they are taken will also help to reduce errors.

·       Chipotle only has condiments, utensils, and vegetables shipped every Sunday, resulting in shortage of them during operating hours for the week.

·       Compared how well they have their meats shipped in. Chipotle should increase their condiments and utensils shipment twice a week.