Chipotle Raises US Prices by 2 Percent as Operating Costs Rise

After a year without price hikes, the chain is adjusting menu prices across the United States. Blame those avocados.

A customer orders at a Chipotle restaurant in San Francisco on April 26, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Chipotle Mexican Grill has increased its U.S. prices by 2 percent nationally, citing inflation as well as increased operating costs after promising earlier this year to maintain portion sizes for customers.

“For the first time in over a year, we have taken a modest price increase of approximately 2 percent nationally to offset inflation,” Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Laurie Schalow said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times on Dec. 6.