Score one for the internet: Fresh-Mex giant Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) saꦫys it's rededicated to convincing consumers that its bowls and burritos are as big 💛as customers want them to be.

"Our guests expect this now more than ever, and we are committed to making this investment to reinforce that Chipotle stands for a generous amount of delicious, fresh food at fair prices for every customer, every visit," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Niccol said on a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wednesday earnings conference call with analysts, a transcript of which was provide🌳d by AlphaSense.

Chipotle shares were recently down almost 1% at $51.38 as of 1:45 p.m. ET Thursday, eating into the stock's year-to-date gains that are currently about 12%.

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Niccol's comments came after Chipotle diners and social media users began to voice concerns that their weren't getting as much food as they were accustomed to. That spawned reams of news coverage, as well as an investigation of sorts by a Wall Street analyst who bought and measured dozens of Chipotle meals.

"There was never a directive to provide less to our customers," Niccol said. "Generous portions is a core 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:brand equity of Chipotle. It always has been, and it always💯 will be."

What the company says: Consumer surveys indicated that there were some "outlier" restaurants turning in lower portion scores, so it's training and coaching to fix that—as well as spending to make sure that at those restaurants, customers are happy, an effort that it expects to noticeably lift expenses for a while.

"We decided that this brand equity called generous portions is something that we don't want to take for granted," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jack Hartung said on the call. "We don't want to take something that's been a positive for all these years and then have it turned out to be a negative because of some of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:social media comments."