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Sweetgreen

Leadership

Starbucks vet Chris Carr joins Sweetgreen as COO

 By Heather Lalley on May 13, 2020

Carr previously was executive vice president and chief procurement officer for Starbucks.

Food

Fast casuals take on dinner

 By Patricia Cobe on May 07, 2020

Family meals, popular and profitable now, may be here to stay for some concepts.

Financing

Sweetgreen returns its $10M PPP loan

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 23, 2020

The fast casual joins restaurant chains Kura Sushi and Shake Shack in returning the federal funds amid mounting criticism over the disbursement process.

Food

Restaurants spotlight bowls and breakfast

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 17, 2020

Menu news of the week for Feb. 17, 2020

Financing

Sweetgreen has raised a ton of money

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 21, 2019

The fast-casual salad chain has raised nearly $480 million since 2009. RB’s The Bottom Line looks at the numbers.

Financing

Sweetgreen's latest investment sends its valuation soaring

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 23, 2019

The company raised $150 million and now says it is worth $1.6 billion. That puts the salad chain in rarified air, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Financing

Sweetgreen buys meal delivery service Galley Foods

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 11, 2019

The fast-casual chain’s acquisition will give it access to the company’s insight into delivery and high-volume production.

Workforce

Sweetgreen adds 5 months of parental leave as an employee perk

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2019

The benefit is available to any full- or part-timer who has logged at least six months on the job.

Top 500 Chains

Sweetgreen

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Operations

Sweetgreen reverses its no-cash policy

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 25, 2019

The pioneer of cashless payments says the benefits are outweighed by the exclusion of some customers.

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