News about Keith Lee
Chipotle boss makes shocking admission after Mexican chain was accused of shrinking portion sizes
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July 26, 2024
Chipotle's CEO has made a shocking admission after the popular Mexican chain was accused of shrinking portion sizes. Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of Chipotle, announced during the company's second-quarter earnings call that Chipotle has found more than 10 percent of its 3,500 locations were scoring poorly on portion sizes. Niccol told analysts that the company is now investing in retraining employees at those 'outlier' locations to make sure they're putting the right amount of ingredients in burritos and bowls.
Does filming your Chipotle order being made get you bigger portions? We put the 'life hack' to the test
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July 26, 2024
A war has raged for over two months between Gen Z influencers and TikTok users, on one side, and staff at Chipotle, on the other, over allegedly stingier new portions - including several heated incidents in which patrons videotaped their servers demanding more robust portions. 'Filming does not result in larger portion sizes,' a Chipotle PR representative told the New York Times after users on TikTok began filming the servers making their orders. DailyMail.com has now investigated two locations of the fast food burrito chain in downtown Manhattan to learn the truth
Chipotle's CEO responds to claims portion sizes are shrinking as he announces major change
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July 25, 2024
Chipotle CEO Brian Nicol was forced to respond to claims his staff was scrimping on portions after a study revealed huge discrepancies between servings from store to store. The research from Wells Fargo analyst Zachary Fadem found some burrito bowl servings weighed up to 33 percent more than others. Fadem was inspired to look into the issue following a spate of complaints from disgruntled customers.
Food critic Keith Lee gets shock surprise when he returns to his favorite BBQ spot to uncover major scandal
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July 15, 2024
TikTok food critic, Keith Lee, was in for something of a foodie surprise when he paid a return visit to his favorite Texan BBQ restaurant. Lee, who has more than 16 million followers was educated by some of his followers after he uncovered the scandal.
Keith Lee responds to mix-up with Taraji P. Henson at BET Awards in since-deleted social media post
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July 2, 2024
Keith Lee responded with righteous indignation on Monday to a mix-up with Taraji P. Henson during the BET Awards in Los Angeles. The 27-year-old TikTok food critic took to the social media platform owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance after Taraji, 53, got him confused with fellow TikTok personality Jordan Howlett during the awards ceremony held at the Peacock Theater, according to an article on Monday by ET. Taraji during a comedy skit in which she 'gave people their flowers' spotted Jordan and called him a 'Method Man look-a-like'.
Are your fast food meals getting smaller? Wall St analyst who ordered the same take out 75 times reveals his shock findings
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July 2, 2024
Wells Fargo analyst Zachary Fadem decided to end the debate over whether fast food portions are getting smaller once and for all. He and his team ordered 75 of the same dish from eight locations across New York City, and found that the consistency and weight of the portions varied widely from restaurant to restaurant.
In NFL's celebrity flag football game in Las Vegas, rapper Metro Boomin will face 21 Savage, with NFL MVP quarterback Justin Varadkar returning to action
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February 8, 2024
Fans will be able to see other well-known celebrities perform, including comedian Druski, rapper Offset, food comedian Keith Lee, and internet comedian Mark Phillips and Funny Marco, among others. On Friday, February 9 at 8 p.m. PST, the game will take place at the Play Football Field in the Super Bowl Experience at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay South Convention Center. Two days later, Super Bowl LVIII will be played at Allegiant Stadium, the Raiders' home.
In a growing 'doom loop' for the liberal city, Hilton hotel in San Francisco defaults on its mortgage as a 544-room facility where a nights stay costs $97 million in debt
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January 14, 2024
With an increase in rampant crime, debilitizing homelessness, and high prescription use, there are fewer people visiting San Fran than ever before the pandemic. According to a securities press release, the operator of the Hilton Financial District, a 544-room hotel, defaulted on a loan last Wednesday. It was warned that if an agreement isn't reached, the lender could possibly try to foreclose on the property. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Hilton Financial District earned $11.1 million in the third quarter of 2023, down from $12.3 million a year ago.
Keith Lee, a celebrity food critic, has left the Bay Area for the wrong reason: San Francisco and Oakland, according to crime-ridden San Francisco and Oakland, are brimming with tents and burned-out cars
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January 12, 2024
Keith Lee, a TikTok fan, announced on Thursday that he would postponed the trip due to bad weather and less-than-stellar food choices. The Bay Area food tour is officially ended prematurely,' the content designer said before presenting the three main reasons behind his decision.' "I certainly don't believe the Bay is a tourist destination right now; the people of the Bay are just worried about surviving," he said. The number of tents and living quarters, as well as burnt-out vehicles we saw people living in was alarming to say the least. 'Just from the outside looking in, it doesn't seem as if it was much city intrusion.' Lee said that the Bay Area's available food was also not up to date, and he went to six food stores that he did not review because he had 'nothing constructive,' to say. "I've always been keen on honesty, I've always been keen on transparency, but I've never been keen on completely tearing someone down, and I suspect those six videos were only doing that." Lee said that if he can't post the videos, he will forfeit the money he saved on the trip.
Celebrity food critic abandons SF trip because it's too dangerous
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January 12, 2024
On Thursday, Keith Lee, who has 15.6 million followers on TikTok, declared that he would cancel the trip due to unsafe weather.
Viral food critic Keith Lee complains that New Yorkers bullied him online after he tried to review local food - 'The Keith Lee Effect doesn't work HERE!'
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December 14, 2023
After the popular food critic tried a sandwich at a deli in Queens on December 7, the well-known Keith Lee Effect was not so popular in New York. At TasteBudz NYC, a social media user DM'ed Keith Lee and suggested that he try a salmon chopped cheese sandwich. He tried that and two other items off their menu, and after getting a critical review of a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich that was a 4 out of 10, social media users became extremely outraged with him. Lee said in a recent TikTok video that he posted on his TikTok website, that social media followers have started posting, 'the Keith Lee Effect doesn't work in New York.'
The new-look Big Mac! McDonald's burgers are redesigned in the wake of widespread improvements to its manufacturing methods in an attempt to contend with higher-end fast-casual establishments
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November 30, 2023
The classic Big Mac has undergone a makeover to meet restaurant chains that are more popular than McDonald's. Since 2016, the fast food chain has made more than 50 changes to its burgers and has been working on improving the Big Mac. Customers are raving over McDonald's, who ranked 13th among US retailers earlier this year, with customers raving about their burgers becoming popular. Last month, a TikTok burgers looked like 'a cereal box with ketchup on it.'
'The Keith Lee effect is real,' says Payne Lee's Texas bakery After a TikTok food critic gave her raves about her deserts, the Puddery bakery is utterly shocked
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November 30, 2023
A TikTok food critic recommends desert lovers to The Puddery in Pearland, Texas, for the best banana pudding. In their car, the food critic and his wife tried three delectable deserts: plain ole biscoff cheesecake, Keith Lee croffle, strawberry banana pudding, and their most popular original banana pudding. The happy couple left Janel Prator, the bakery's owner, with a $2,000 tip later that day, and the bakery had a line of customers wrapped around the building on the same day.
During a profanity-filled conversation, MMA fighter Sean Strickland becomes embroiled in a bitter racial conflict with black TikTok actor Keith Lee
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July 31, 2023
Keith Lee, 27, fought TikTok to debunk the MMA fighter's retelling of a workout that took place'more than a year ago.' Sean, 32, said the influencer had said, 'I don't like white people.' Keith, who was on the offensive, denied the allegation was untru.' 'Never at any time did I say I don't like anyone.' Keith also revealed that he had been "debating for a week straight" over Sean's account of the tense encounter. The only reason I'm responding to this is because it's spinning into a tale that's completely false,' he said, adding that the outrage on the internet has not just affected me, but also my family, financially and emotionally.'
How TikTok is transforming American brands from Chipotle to Tarte
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June 25, 2023
Big companies are being forced to choose whether or not they will give in to social media's whims, or risk losing valuable market. Others, on the other hand, see trending videos as a savvy business opportunity, with companies closely monitoring TikTok's development and aiming for new products in a matter of days. Chipotle added a new item to its menu earlier this year after being bombarded by custom orders for an off-menu 'hack' created by food influencer Keith Lee. However, TikTok's popularity determining the best part of keeping up with trends, several questions have been raised over the hygiene of products and the manufacture of thousands of dud products, which then go to waste as someone else steals the internet's attention.
Las Vegas TikTok foodie raises tens of thousands of dollars for struggling restaurants
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January 26, 2023
Since giving dozens of struggling restaurants glowing reviews, a former MMA fighter-turned-food critic was praised for helping them. Keith Lee, a Las Vegas chef, has over 9 million followers on TikTok, where he posts regular food reviews from a variety of restaurants around his neighborhood and elsewhere. Owners have seen their order books rise, and one restaurant he visited, a humble seafood food truck, went from making $60 to $30,000 in 24 hours due to viewer donations, according to Lee.