☕🌯 QUESO AND COFFEE? Thread. 🧵 THE REPORT FT: Starbucks EXPLORED a Chipotle takeover (Reuters). CMG +5% to $32.16. THE TENSE ⚠️ "Explored" ≠ "exploring." Past

☕🌯 QUESO AND COFFEE? Thread. 🧵 THE REPORT FT: Starbucks EXPLORED a Chipotle takeover (Reuters). CMG +5% to $32.16. THE TENSE ⚠️ "Explored" ≠ "exploring." Past-tense deal ≠ live deal. THE NICCOL LOOP 🔄 2024: SBUX poaches CMG's CEO (+24.5%). 2026: SBUX wants the whole chain. HIS OWN DIP 📉 CMG -40%…