Generally, fast-casual diners are higher income and more likely to have white-collar jobs. However, Chipotle CEO Scott ...

Fast-casual competitors Chipotle Mexican Grill and Cava Group are coming to the table together to invest in the future of ...

The core issue: "I think it’s pretty obvious the consumer is not in a great place overall," Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman ...

Fast-casual players are seeing a decline in same-store sales, or smaller growth, compared to this time last year.

Cava was an extremely expensive stock at its late-2024 peak, at one point trading for around 18 times annual sales. The ...

Shares of Cava Group tumbled Wednesday after the Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain trimmed its full-year same-store ...

Fast casual dining boom is slowing, bowl brigade (Chipotle, Sweetgreen, CAVA) struggling with stock drops, sales decline due ...

Two fast-casual competitors are investing in robotic makeline developer Hyphen to speed the technology, which both brands say ...

For 2025, Cava cut its same-restaurant sales growth outlook to 4%–6% from 6%–8% while raising its forecast for new restaurant openings to 68–70 from 64–68. Full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance remained ...

The automated makeline company will use the money to accelerate the deployment of its technology, but Cava’s CFO says testing ...

A photo of Hyphen's automated makeline Photo provided by Hyphen You can find original article here Nrn. Subscribe to our free daily Nrn newsletter. CAVA today joined its fast-casual competitor ...

But that's just a small snapshot of its story. When Cava (CAVA -0.60%) went public in June 2023, it was hailed by some as the new Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG 0.34%).