**HEADLINE: Mexican Chain Ditches U.S. Market, Citing “Unfixable” Cost Crisis**
**Executive Summary:** In a stark warning for the restaurant industry, a major Mexican fast-casual chain has announced a complete withdrawal from the United States, shuttering all 78 U.S. locations immediately. The CEO cited a “triple-threat” of crushing labor costs, supply chain volatility, and shifting consumer behavior as making the U.S. market “structurally unviable” for their model. The company will redirect all capital and resources to its home market and Latin America, where margins remain healthier. This move signals a potential new trend: foreign-born chains abandoning the U.S. as operational complexity and inflation render it a “bad bet” for growth.