--- title: Chipotle Closed: Text Raincheck to Get Free Buritto description: All Chipotle locations are temporarily closed Monday for a food safety meeting canonical: https://time.com/4212129/chipotle-closed-free-burrito-raincheck/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-08T16:57:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:47.892Z og:title: Here's a Very Easy Way to Score a Free Chipotle Burrito This Week og:description: The company really wants to win back your trust og:url: https://time.com/4212129/chipotle-closed-free-burrito-raincheck/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7acb33d3ce1b0ca6/69887c915f570fc55cb1f8d0/gettyimages-173671225.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Very Easy Way to Score a Free Chipotle Burrito This Week twitter:description: The company really wants to win back your trust twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7acb33d3ce1b0ca6/69887c915f570fc55cb1f8d0/gettyimages-173671225.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's a Very Easy Way to Score a Free Chipotle Burrito This Week > Sponsored content. 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Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images A steak burrito is arranged for a photograph with a drink and bags of chips at a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013\. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is scheduled to release earnings data on July 18\. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPatrick T. Fallon—Bloomberg / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 8, 2016 4:57 PM UTC All 2,000 Chipotle locations will be [temporarily shut down](http://time.com/4211767/chipotle-closed-food-safety-meeting/) during lunchtime Monday for a company-wide meeting about food safety. If you were planning on hitting Chipotle during that time, the company is very sorry it ruined your plans, and would like to provide you with [a free burrito to make up for it](http://chipotle.com/raincheck). All you have to do to redeem this offer is text the word “raincheck” to 888-222\. They’ll text you back with a coupon for a free burrito within the next few days. This, of course, is only a good deal if you still trust Chipotle after its tumultuous few months of [E. coli outbreaks](http://time.com/4157690/chipotle-ecoli-outbreak-cdc/) and [salmonella outbreaks](http://time.com/4032218/chipotle-minnesota-salmonella-outbreak/). Oh, and a [norovirus outbreak](http://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/). Oh, and a [subsequent lawsuit](http://time.com/4173756/chipotle-ecoli-lawsuit-investors/). Free food is a great way to _most_ people’s hearts, so clearly they’re trying to win you back. 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