Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s stock climbed 2.4% in premarket trade Tuesday, after the fast casual Mexican restaurant chain said it will reopen all of its restaurants in Seattle and Portland after health officials said they were clear of risks for E. coli. Chipotle said it closed the restaurants on Nov. 1, after 19 people in Washington and three people near Portland became sick since Oct. 14. Chipotle said Tuesday that it replaced all ingredients in the closed restaurants, that none of its employees had E. coli and that it was conducting deep cleaning and sanitization in all restaurants nationwide. “The safety of our customers and integrity of our food supply has always been our highest priority,” said co-Chief Executive Steve Ells. “We are sorry to those affected by this situation, and it is our greatest priority to ensure that we go above and beyond to make certain that we find any opportunity to do better in any area of food safety.” The stock has fallen 4.8% so far this month through Monday as the E. coli news broke, while the S&P 500 was little changed.
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