Chipotle CEO Sees Staffing Shortages Worsening as Virus Surges
- Chain’s infection rate is below the national average: Niccol
- Staffing more difficult than it was six months ago, CEO says
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has had to temporarily close its doors at some locations or limit store hours because so many workers are sick during the Covid-19 pandemic, a phenomenon its CEO predicts will get worse in the coming months.
“When employees start coming down with Covid at these high percentages, it just makes staffing much more challenging than what it was six months ago,” Brian Niccol, Chipotle’s chief executive officer, said during an interview with Bloomberg News. “The coming months I think are going to be even more challenging from a staffing standpoint.”