It appears like each time you go to Chipotle your meal prices greater than the earlier time. And it in all probability does.
Citing inflation, Chipotle has raised its costs a number of occasions prior to now few years.
However some individuals have discovered a solution to cheat the system, they usually’re sharing their hacks with Chipotle lovers on TikTok.
4 days in the past, one person posted a video detailing a money-saving hack that has obtained practically 5 million views and over 200,000 likes. He ordered one taco (he selected a rooster taco), by way of the Chipotle app, and requested for a facet of every little thing he needed (like rice, beans, fajita veggies, and salsa—all of which is free), plus an additional tortilla on the facet. His self-assembled burrito got here out to only $4.50 earlier than tax.
Breaking it down, that’s $3.10 for the “rooster taco,” $1.00 for his facet of guacamole that all the time prices further, and $0.40 for the additional tortilla. Ordering a rooster burrito with out guacamole and with out the hack would usually price $9.45.
One other person posted a video nearly two weeks in the past exhibiting the way to make use of the identical technique, however for a rooster bowl with out guacamole that ended up costing $3.10 (rooster is the least costly choice by way of meat). It obtained 2.6 million views.
The person made positive to ask her TikTok viewers to thank her later, and a variety of them did within the feedback.
One other video, posted in late July, reveals a person who did the identical, even ordering extra-sized parts of the edges, and asking for a bowl on the facet. She confirmed the one single taco she ordered, with all the additional sides that got here for free of charge, practically filling up her bowl. She captioned the video as the perfect $3 she ever spent. She then posted a observe up video after others requested her how she did it, exhibiting her bodily going by the app and ordering.
These aren’t the one movies in regards to the $3 Chipotle hack neither is it the one hack individuals have provide you with to counter Chipotle’s prices. There are others like a $5 nacho hack and a $2 bean and cheese burrito hack. For some time adults had been ordering child’s meals to economize since they price round $6.00 and include two tacos, a facet, and a drink.
The hashtag #chipotlehacks itself has 77.3 million views on TikTok, which means individuals need their Chipotle they usually need it low-cost.
Right here’s the catch, they are saying all good issues come to an finish. And, effectively, Chipotle, has certainly put an finish to the great occasions. In a press release to Fortune, the corporate mentioned:
“We’re briefly disabling single tacos from our on-line ordering system. Whereas we’ve lengthy embraced customizations and even launched our personal hack menu, the present social media pattern is leading to a poor expertise for our meals, our workers and our prospects ready for orders.”
Replace, Sept. 7, 2022: This text was up to date after publication with a remark from Chipotle and an adjusted headline.
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