April 07, 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill has reached a settlement with a customer who accused the chain of shortchanging cash‑paying patrons during the 2020 COVID‑19 coin shortage, according to a joint status report filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
May 01, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an early win Wednesday in a lawsuit by customers alleging they were stiffed out of change during a coin shortage, finding that because the customers agreed to not receive coin change during their transactions, they can't reasonably argue the fast food giant did anything wrong.
April 04, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to certify a class action accusing Chipotle of failing to return exact change during a nationwide coin shortage caused by the pandemic, saying cash register video footage would not prove shortchanging, and customer self-declarations would result in "mini trials" to test their credibility.
January 19, 2023
Chipotle has accused an attorney of unethically using his daughter to solicit her friends to attempt to entrap the burrito chain into failing to return exact change during a nationwide coin shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, saying his firm shouldn't serve as class counsel in the suit.
December 21, 2022
Cash-paying customers of Chipotle Mexican Grill have asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to certify them as a class in their suit claiming the burrito chain shorted people on change during a nationwide coin shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the suit seeks to establish market trust through private enforcement.
November 16, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge has declined to sanction a Rothman Gordon PC attorney for soliciting clients to lead a proposed class action against Chipotle Mexican Grill, but said that he shared the restaurant chain's concerns about possible unethical behavior that could jeopardize class certification in the case.
February 24, 2021
A proposed class of consumers suing Chipotle Mexican Grill for allegedly pocketing the change from cash-paying customers lost their bid to kick the case back to Pennsylvania state court after a federal judge rejected claims that the restaurant chain missed the removal deadline.
September 30, 2020
A proposed class action accusing Chipotle Mexican Grill of improperly keeping cash-paying customers' change belongs back in Pennsylvania state court because the restaurant was a day late for a filing deadline, the customers said.