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Become a Chipotle Groupie for a foursquare badge and a chance at free burritos for a year

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By on March 1st, 2012

Since I joined foursquare a little over two years ago, the one badge I’ve really, really wanted was a Chipotle badge. As my favorite place for lunch (103 check-ins!), it’s the one thing I’ve really wanted to show my love for on my foursquare profile.

Today that dream becomes a reality with the launch of the Chipotle Groupie badge. And to top it off, it comes with a chance to win free burritos for a year.

Foursquare users can unlock the badge by following Chipotle on foursquare and checking in three times at any one of their restaurants between now and May 31.

Anyone who unlocks the badge will be entered in a sweepstakes for a year of free burritos (one per week). Ten runners up will get a burrito party for ten of their closest friends. Each check-in above the three required to earn the badge counts as an additional entry to the sweepstakes (read the rules for full details).

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley led a charge to encourage Chipotle to offer a foursquare deal in November 2010. Hundreds of users tweeted Chipotle to ask for a special. The move attracted the company’s attention, but a deal was never offered.

What do you think of the badge? I know where I’m going for lunch today.

  • http://www.allankintz.com ack154

    Would be awesome…… if we had one around here. I couldn’t even say where the nearest one would be.

  • Jeremy

    HECK YEAH!!!

  • https://foursquare.com/jayelarex jayelarex

    Would be awesome if they cleaned up their venues..

  • Ching Yu

    BURP. Pass the Beano®.

    • http://robert.aitchison.org Robert Aitchison

      And the Chipotleaway?

  • Maverick

    Meh…Qdoba is way better.

  • Jeremy

    So you gotta go to the SAME location 3 times? I live by one and live by another so it’d be nice to be get full credit

    • Chris Thompson

      That’s the impression I’ve gotten from what they’ve written both in the rules and in their email announcing the badge.

  • http://robert.aitchison.org Robert Aitchison

    The same location 3 times? That will take a lot of effort, I live in Southern California, there are too many good Burrito places, I’ve never even set foot inside a Chipotle but I’ve heard from friends that it’s like McDonald’s for Mexican food.

  • http://kpmarek.com kpmarek

    Wonder if this one will also work at their UK sites?

  • Ruffian

    What about venues they haven’t claimed? The one in my town doesn’t have Chipotle listed as staff (and I can’t find another venue for that location, so it’s not a duplicate). =/

    • Kevin G

      Tweet @ChipotleTweets and tell them there’s an unclaimed venue and they will go claim it. That’s what I did. :)

      • Ruffian

        I tweeted them three days ago and they still haven’t claimed it… =/

  • Mike F

    I am the mayor of my local Chipolte. Actually I got a burrito on there on the way home. This one should be easy!

  • Buckeye

    Does it have to be claimed to award a badge? I follow their page and have checked in three times since Friday – but no badge

    • Buckeye

      I got the badge right after my last post and a fourth check in. Must of glitches on me.

      • Chris Thompson

        If you checked in on Thursday, I don’t think the badge was actually made active until sometime around 2:30 pm EST, so check-ins prior to that wouldn’t have counted.

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