Favor adds Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon to 550 Texas locations
Favor is adding Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon and three more brands to 550 Texas locations, raising the off-premise stakes for Chipotle crews already living on digital tickets.
Favor is adding Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister’s Deli and Schlotzsky’s across more than 550 Texas locations. Favor, the Texas-based on-demand platform in the H-E-B family of brands, says the partnership is meant to strengthen franchisee economics and guest convenience.
Every new delivery partnership pushes more business onto the digital make line, where speed, packaging and handoff accuracy have to hold while tickets stack up. That affects line workers, cashiers, service managers and the back-of-house crew that has to keep orders moving even when the dining room looks calm.
Digital sales accounted for 37.2% of total food and beverage revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 38.6% in the first quarter of 2026. Chipotle defines digital sales as revenue generated through its website, its app or third-party delivery aggregators. On Feb. 3, 2026, the company launched its Recipe for Growth strategy, focused on transactions, accuracy, efficiency and speed.
Chipotle opened 132 company-owned restaurants in the fourth quarter of 2025, including 97 Chipotlanes, and opened 49 company-owned restaurants in the first quarter of 2026, including 42 Chipotlanes. In the first quarter, revenue reached $3.1 billion, up 7.4% from a year earlier, while comparable restaurant sales rose 0.5% and transactions increased 0.6%.
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