Fast food, fast jobs: Chipotle to hire 4,000 in one go

New York

CHIPOTLE, the burrito chain whose rocketing growth has fast-food giants like McDonald's reeling, is not slowing down: it plans to hire 4,000 new staff in one go on Wednesday.

Built on a pitch of fresh, organic and locally sourced ingredients, the thriving US chain is making clear it is not ready to ease up on expansion plans.

It opened about 100 new restaurants in the first half of the year, taking the total to 1,850, and says it needs the new staff to keep up that pace of growth.

Each of its restaurants around the United States (it has only a handful outside the country) will interview up to 60 applicants between 8 am and 11 am on Wednesday, with the aim of adding another 4,000 employees to its 60,000-strong w…