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title: "Fast Casual: Chipotle’s CFO Reports $40-$50 Million in Savings in 2018 From Lower Income Tax Rate"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2e830aaa-c7ed-4d11-a7da-a9d832cfff42
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-chipotles-cfo-reports-40-50-million-in-savings-in-2018-from-lower-income-tax-rate-2705476
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2018-02-07T16:11:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:07:34.721Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/38cf9ef24b5cdbdc48c911c6d9706bba4144.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Chipotle’s CFO Reports $40-$50 Million in Savings in 2018 From Lower Income Tax Rate

**TL;DR:** Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung announced the brand's revenue increased 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and expects $40-$50 million in savings in 2018 due to the tax law change. The company plans to invest some of these savings in its employees, including one-time cash bonuses and enhanced benefits.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-02-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-chipotles-cfo-reports-40-50-million-in-savings-in-2018-from-lower-income-tax-rate-2705476).*

## Story

Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung has made some positive announcements regarding the brand’s financials this year and from the last quarter. According to a recent Fast Casual article , the company’s revenue increased 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and due to the tax law change, will result in savings of $40 to $50 million in 2018.

"We plan to invest more than one-third of these tax savings in our people, including by making all of our restaurant managers and crew eligible for a one-time cash bonus, awarding one-time stock bonuses to a broad group of staff employees, and enhancing a number of other benefits such as parental leave and short-term disability, all to help position Chipotle as the employer of choice in the restaurant industry," said Hartung.

After numerous changes to leadership and operations in 2017, the brand is finally seeing some success at the start of the new year. Chipotle is still on the lookout for a new CEO and is planning for 130 to 150 restaurant openings in 2018.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- FastCasual (publication)
- Chipotle (company)
- restaurant expansion (topic)
- tax savings (topic)
- financial reports (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-chipotles-cfo-reports-40-50-million-in-savings-in-2018-from-lower-income-tax-rate-2705476). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2e830aaa-c7ed-4d11-a7da-a9d832cfff42).