If so that's a fuck up on the management's end, not the individual franchise.

in my neck of the woods the pizza ranch has a rep as sort of a holy roller outfit
so i do not patronize them anyway

It's really interesting to see what food suppliers supply food to what chains. I would be willing to bet good money that you can probably point to the supplier for both Chipotle and Pizza Ranch in that region and you'll find the culprit who's supplying the rotten goods.

The biggest Chipotle outbreak was in the Northwest.

Chipotle and Pizza Ranch could both be using a supplier that's based in say Ohio that would distribute to both regions which would be really easy to do. Out here McDonalds gets most of its' food from the same place (a company called Golden State Foods) that supplies to a couple of chains around here, and if that were to go down, then they would all be affected. It's like when one bulb in a strand of Christmas lights goes out and you have to find the one link in the chain that affects the whole strand before it will power back on. That's my theory anyway. That's exactly what Jack In The Box did - they found the faulty link in the supply chain and switched it with a much better one and overall improved their product.

Who knew?

This has been today's installment of Bad Science Reporting.

But they do have decent food, a kids-eat-free-on-Tues policy, and they assist in fundraising for my daughter's school, so we end up there once a month or so.

I've been to one once, and it was a nightmare. Dirty, messy and...basically an E.coli host facility. I objected loudly the whole time.

I need an intervention, SEND HELP!!!

I mean, come on. Bacon.

Which I like to replace the 'C' with an 'F' when pronounced.

but that's outstanding!