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Chipotle has tried to offer value by not raising its prices as much as inflation would require, reviving a rewards program, testing a “happier hour” with lower prices and offering smaller portions at lower prices.
From Los Angeles Times
He will arrive on the board at a critical moment with policy makers facing a renewed surge in inflation that threatens to force the nine-member board to continue raising interest rates.
Most famously, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos were expelled from the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games for raising their black-gloved fists in protest of racial injustice, though they retained their medals.
Even some Wall Street analysts, not generally known for complaining about companies’ reporting methods, have begun raising concerns about current practice.
Welsh government Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford, said that the plans were "not about raising money, but changing behaviour and getting more houses built".
From BBC
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