Chipotle is coming up with innovative ways to improve the customer experience at its restaurants. Now the food chain is testing a new type of grill that is expected to cut wait times in half, shorten the line, and allow customers to get their food faster.
Bernstein senior analyst Danilo Gargiulo says Chipotle (CMG) is "extremely prudent about making sure that the operations for their employees and the customer satisfaction is extremely high, across the entire system."
"There is a huge potential for Chipotle to increase the throughput to increase the speed of service of people who are waiting in line... having a grill that can help speed up the process... is really going to help the customer have what they want when they want it."
Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung also spoke to Yahoo Finance about the new grill system, explaining the improvements will not only cook their meat quickly, but it will also make the food taste better.
"It means it's going to be juicier because it's going to be cooked to the exact right temperature, and we are not going to have the yield loss, which means our economic model and our ability to continue to deliver value to our customers is going to be better than ever."
