Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG): The $5 Meal Line Was ‘Abhorrent,' Says Jim Cramer
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) has appeared on Cramer's morning show several times in 2025. He has praised the firm's CEO, Scott Boatwright, commented on high menu prices, and outlined that he prefers Texas Roadhouse instead. This time, Cramer didn't hold back after Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG)'s latest earnings results:
'[On how year-to-date losses were getting material] Yeah, 4%, minus 4% comps, now they did try to put a good face on by saying that, the cadence was better. Otherwise, the stock would probably be down ten. But there was a moment on the call which was just very, very painful. Scott Boatwright talked about what the other guys were doing, the five dollar meal. Well I don't want to hear that. Cause the five dollar meal is not anything I ever want to eat. But at the same time he goes like, look with our competitors with snack occasion of five dollar meal, that's where the consumer is drifting. Towards value as a price point. Wow. I never know that this was a situation that McDonald's versus Chipotle. Now there's McDonald's down here in the scrum and Chipotle's up here. But that showed, either there's something structurally wrong with the company or they got to rethink about their pricing. I was disappointed.
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'[On whether the troubles were a reflection of poor management] I don't want it to be. I like him very much. That line was abhorrent. I didn't want to hear it. That the five dollar meal company that you would never eat at, cause it's just chemicals, is beating a company that's clean. That's how I felt.'
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