Today is National Taco Day.
Tomorrow is National Antacid Tablet Day.
Which is at least better than National Food Poisoning Day.
On this auspicious day, controversial fast food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) has chosen to add chorizo tacos to its menu.
Of course, the Tex-Mex chow peddler had to take advantage of National Taco Day – is there an official body that sanctions these artificially created commercially related “days”, by the way? – and it may just help a little bit in overcoming the public relations disasters it suffered last year when it had a number of food safety issues.
The company has made a big show of its new safety measures as it tries to win back the trust of customers, while it has also not stinted on special offers and promotions.
"We want to get back to talking about what's built the brand, and it seems to be working," Mark Crumpacker, Chipotle’s chief creative and development officer told trade magazine Adweek.
“We've seen more positive stories in the press, and we've seen more positive sentiment on social [media],” he added.
The chain has not yet tried delivering burritos by drone, but such an idea would be ridiculous, would it not?
Well, apparently not, as Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), the company behind Google, has been experimenting with airborne delivery of a braised pork burrito.
To be fair to the tax-dodging massively profitable money-making machine, the company is testing out drone deliveries for far more important purposes, such as delivering medicine and batteries to cut-off areas after a natural disaster.
Something else that is up in the air is the provisional pay deal for Southwest Airlines Co’s (NYSE:LUV) pilots, following the recent deal agreed by Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) with its aircraft jockeys.
The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association is seeking to renegotiate some sections of an agreement reached on 29 August in light of the more lucrative deal the Delta pilots have received.
Lastly, the Reuters news agency is reporting that senator David Vitter of Louisiana is claiming that the Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) fake bank accounts scandal has affected thousands of small businesses as well as individuals.
Vitter demanded a "full accounting" of small business owners affected by "fraudulent activity." Around 10,000 small business accounts were affected by the dodgy practices, according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has promised to hold Wells Fargo to account over the scandal.
“It is outrageous that eight years after a cowboy culture on Wall Street wrecked our economy, we are still seeing powerful bankers playing fast and loose with the law," she told supports at a rally in Toledo, Ohio.