Chipotle had some good news for guacamole, revealing that the novelty would stay on the menu. The announcement comes after a standard evaluation that showed the product was a threat to the environment and global warming, prompting its possible removal from the chain's menu The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
"As a public company ... we are required to disclose any potential issues that could have potential impact on our business, and we do that very thoroughly," Chris Arnold communications director and spokesman at Chipotle told The Times.
"The sky is not falling," Arnold told The Times. "We have guac in all of our restaurants. This is way overblown," a company spokesman told The Times.
Chipotle regularly goes over processes for how its food is made, gathering information about any harms or discrepancies The Times reported.
"Increasing weather volatility or other long-term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients," the company said in its yearly report The Times reported.
"In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients, we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas, rather than paying the increased cost for the ingredients," the company said in the report The Times reported.
According to Think Progress, Chipotle makes Guacamole with 97,000 pounds of avocados daily amounting to 35.4 million pounds annually. Chipotle aims to make organic and domestic products through environmentally friendly farming methods, however production has experienced issues from low beef, and water supply.
"For instance, two years of drought conditions in parts of the U.S. have resulted in significant increases in beef prices during late 2013 and early 2014," Chipotle said in a statement Think Progress reported.
Chipotle uses vegetables from farms in a 350 mile proximity.
