How Much Does Inflation Factor Into Your Decision Making?

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Chapote talked about their growth plans, and part of it that struck me was 80 % of new locations that they've got planned. It's opening them up to an entirely new tential market in and they mention at the call small towns. They're talking about now the potential for seven thousand stores in north america, all in and in. And so i man, i think, golly, christin oght, a couple of months, i want to fly down to moultree, george. Maybe one day we'll see a chapolay there. I know they want one. My mam and dad like chapole and s just their kind of bum

(1:00) Three months ago Chipotle's CFO made a bold proclamation regarding the company's pricing power. Chipotle's 4th-quarter results prove he was correct. But how much more can the company raise the price of their menu without lose customers? Jason Moser analyzes the restaurant landscape, including: - Yum Brands' eye-popping unit growth over the past year - How the economics of Yum's franchise model stack up against Chipotle's decision to own all of their locations - Whether Chipotle can get to 7,000 locations

(15:00) Ron Gross discusses the business of acquisitions, including: - The different ways that companies fund buying another business - Horizontal vs. vertical acquisitions - Hostile takeovers - Whether investors should wait for an acquisition to close before selling their shares

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Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Ron Gross Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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