Chipotle Mexican Grill Names Monty Moran To Board Of Directors

(Friday, December 15, 2006) - Chipotle Mexican Grill
(NYSE:CMG)(NYSE:CMGB), the Denver-based burrito restaurant known for
serving Food with Integrity, has appointed President and Chief
Operating Officer Monty Moran to its board of directors.
Moran joined Chipotle as its president and chief operating officer
in March, 2005. Previously, he served as the company's general counsel
and CEO of the law firm Messner & Reeves, LLC.
"Monty has made a tremendous impact as our president and chief
operating officer," said Steve Ells, Chipotle founder, chairman and
CEO. "His leadership, vision, and passion for the company have been an
enormous asset through our transition to being a public company and in
our ongoing effort to change the way Americans think about, and eat
fast food."
Chipotle is working to change the way Americans eat largely
through an initiative it calls Food with Integrity. Under this
program, Chipotle is constantly improving the ingredients it uses in
its food, and uses ingredients one would normally associate only with
the most elite fine dining restaurants.
The most significant improvements the company has made in this
area are with its meats. Today, all of the pork Chipotle uses in its
restaurants is naturally raised (coming from animals that are fed a
pure vegetarian diet, never given hormones or antibiotics, and raised
in a humane way on open pastures or in deeply bedded barns), as is
more than half of its chicken, and 40% of its beef. In all, Chipotle
is serving more naturally raised meat than any other restaurant in the
country.
The company is also pursuing innovative programs to improve
recruiting, staff development, and employee retention. Through its
Restaurateur Program for example, it has created a very
entrepreneurial structure for its best managers and given them
meaningful incentives for employee development and their ability to
produce additional sales at the restaurant level. With a pledge to
hire managers only from within, it is creating more clearly defined
career paths for its people, while reducing turnover among managers
and crew.
"Finding a company with a culture so rooted in constant
improvement is very unusual," said Moran. "At Chipotle, no ideas are
out of bounds when it comes to making better tasting food, empowering
our employees, providing better customer service, improving our
restaurant operations, or running the business with greater
efficiency. With this kind of culture, we can not only continue to
improve the way people eat, but we can show that a company can do well
by doing good."
Moran holds a bachelor's degree in Communications from the
University of Colorado, Boulder, and a law degree from Pepperdine
University, Malibu, Calif. He joins fellow board members Ells, Albert
S. Baldocchi, John S. Charlesworth, Patrick J. Flynn, and Darlene J.
Friedman.
About Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG)(NYSE:CMGB) offers a focused menu
of burritos, tacos, burrito bols (a burrito without the tortilla) and
salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using
classic cooking methods and served in a distinctive atmosphere.
Through our vision of Food with Integrity, Chipotle is seeking better
food not only from a variety of fresh ingredients, but ingredients
that are sustainably grown and naturally raised with respect for the
animals, the land, and the farmers who produce the food. Chipotle
opened its first restaurant in 1993 and operates more than 530
restaurants today. For more information, visit www.chipotle.com.

CONTACT: Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chris Arnold, 303-222-5912
carnold@chipotle.com

SOURCE: Chipotle Mexican Grill

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