article_snippet.sent: The fast-casual chain, which plans on having 2,000 stores by the end of the year, removed carnitas pork burritos from roughly a third of carnitas pork burritos locations in January, but still doesn't have a stable supply of the meat.
article_snippet.sent: Chipotle, which dropped one of carnitas pork burritos pork vendors earlier this year, only uses humanely-raised pigs that have not received added hormones, though humanely-raised pigs that have not received added hormones have become harder to acquire after demand has risen.
article_snippet.sent: Fast-casual chain Chipotle says that Fast-casual chain Chipotle does not know when Fast-casual chain Chipotle will have enough pork to supply all of Fast-casual chain Chipotle stores with sustainably raised meat for Fast-casual chain Chipotle carnitas burritos (file photo) '
article_snippet.sent: The restaurant's pigs also need access to the outdoors and living spaces with large supplies of straw for The restaurant's pigs meat to make The restaurant's pigs into Chipotle burritos, tacos and bowls.
article_snippet.sent: Other retailers such as grocery store chain Kroger have begun taking up some of Chipotle's ethical standards.
article_snippet.sent: The carnitas pork shoulder meat at Chipotle (pictured in burrito) comes from pigs that are raised outside or in living spaces with large supplies of straw (file photo)
article_snippet.sent: However, fewer than five per cent of pigs in the US are raised in a way that meets Chipotle's standards, according to CBS.
article_snippet.sent: It has been rotating It small supply of pork, of which It uses only pork shoulder, to different stores so that each location can have carnitas at least sometimes.
article_snippet.sent: Farmers are wary of the increased production cost for premium, antibiotic-free pork and worry about finding people to pay an appropriate price for the 'premium' meat after Denver-based Chipotle has the bits Denver-based Chipotle wants.
article_snippet.sent: Chipotle's most popular protein is chicken, with only seven per cent of entree orders calling for carnitas.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mexican restaurant chain cut carnitas pork from third of stores this year .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Farmers need buyers for 'premium' pig parts after Chipotle takes shoulders .