@Street Smart
Yes I own a small amount of BWLD. I got tired of watching it go up. Also I put it in my "forget about it" account where I buy small portions of long-term investments and put them in a drawer with lottery tickets, loose coins, baseball cards, e.t.c.
@Noreen
Interesting but I'm disappointed there is not ticker symbol to look at.
Re: It's not about the food
Drivewaygirl
4/5/2012 12:09:32 PM
Pret is an interesting company to watch. The chain has locations in NYC and Washington DC and, I believe, Chicago. The food is fresh and tasty and the staff is pleasant. If it IPOs, I'd be interested.
Very true. And while we're talking about standout "ethical" fast food, here's another to put on our radar: Pret a Manager, which boasts that it "creates handmade, natural food, avoiding the obscure chemicals, additives and preservatives common to so much of the 'prepared' and 'fast' food on the market today."
Pret, the sandwich chain owned by London-based buyout firm Bridgepoint, Tuesday posted a 14% profit increase for 2011 and flagged further international growth plans, including in Paris where it is winning over exacting customers. Revenue increased 15% on the year.
And listen to this: The firm, which employs nearly 5,000 people in the UK and gives its leftover food to the homeless, has pledged to open 24 more sites in the UK in 2012 and 20 overseas, including its first in Boston in the US. It is planning a drive to attract more school leavers and said it will also expand its apprenticeship scheme for the homeless.
It's not publicly traded. Yet. (In 2001, McDonald's bought a 33% non-controlling stake in the USA branch of the company, which it sold in 2008 to private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital.)
Re: It's not about the food
cat tail
4/5/2012 11:54:49 AM
There's something to be said for perception. Ethics and sustainability may be buzzwords but they are appealing buzzwords nonetheless.
@Scott, I see you did buy Buffalo Wild Wings! Already up around 6 or 7 from when we discussed it on these pages!
I DO think that Chipotle and its Asian counterpart, ShopHouse are cuisines that go veggie pretty easily. Chicks and ducks and geese...and cows and pigs...needn't scurry to have a good meal on either menu...
They don't show that part. And the pigs die happy, because they love humans and want to be part of your meal. Or so the video suggests. But it is nice and warm and fuzzy.
Yes, @Scott, but pigs that have been well-treated still taste better.
It's just like wines - the more expensive it is the better it tastes. (for most people.)
Nice warm and fuzzy Eco-marketing.
But I'm not sure it fully works because I have question: Aren't they still chopping up the pigs to put them in your taco?
Yes, I did see the Chipotle commercial. Love the music, the voiceover by Willie is nice and it's creative too. All good, except it may be a tad too long.
And it says something - the heart and soul of Chipotle is not like other fast-food outlets.
PC
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