Chipotle Prepares National Rollout of RFID for Food Traceability
Supply Chain Dive, May 2023 — Chipotle adopts RFID for inventory tracking, improving efficiency and accuracy in monitoring and replenishing stock levels. Real-time visibility enables proactive management.
Chipotle Mexican Grill is scaling up its use of radio-frequency identification technology to trace ingredients from suppliers to restaurants in real-time.
The restaurant chain has “essentially asked all our suppliers” to tag products with RFID, Carlos Londono, vice president and head of supply chain, said last week at the Reuters Supply Chain USA conference. Chipotle is still testing use of the technology on a regional basis, though plans to roll it out nationally in the coming months.
RFID are smart bar codes that can automatically identify and track inventory. Although they’re more commonly used in retail, Chipotle has worked over the past few years to see whether the tech could translate to the food industry.
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