http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock/chains_buying_local Comments for "Chains buying local..." en http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock/chains_buying_local#comment-7974 <p>Chipotle has really been out front in this area for a while. They've done this with meat from California's Niman Ranch and Virginia's Polyface Farm. See these links:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=188207">http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=188207</a><br /> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032500813.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032500813.html</a></p> <p> --Steve</p> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:11:43 -0400 ashejones comment 7974 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock/chains_buying_local <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Boy, I hope this trend gets bigger...</p><p> Chipotle Mexican Grill announced this week that its stores will begin buying 25 percent of at least one of its produce items for each of its 730-plus restaurants from small and mid-sized local farms. That may not seem like much... 25 percent of one item. But it&#39;s a start. And consider that Chipotle had revenues of $1.09 billion last year.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock/chains_buying_local#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock/chains_buying_local#comment Sue&#039;s shopping diary Taking Stock Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0400 suestock 8014 at http://projects.newsobserver.com