Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has looked overseas for a new pork supplier that will allow the fast-casual chain to bring carnitas back to all of its restaurants by the end of the year, according to Nation’s Restaurant News.
In a call with analysts discussing second-quarter earnings, Steve Ells, Chipotle founder, chairman and co-CEO, said the company has signed with Karro Food Group, a supplier based in the northern English county of Yorkshire, to provide the chain with humanely and sustainably raised pork.
Pork is still missing from about 40 percent of Chipotle’s 1,878 restaurants, after the company suspended a supplier in January that it said didn’t meet the chain’s animal welfare standards.
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