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Sweetgreen

Operations

Sweetgreen opens first digital-only pickup location

 By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 27, 2022

This unit in Washington, D.C., has no dine-in seating and no front makeline.

Financing

Sweetgreen and Shake Shack still have an urban problem

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 12, 2022

The Bottom Line: Both companies appear to be getting traction in the suburbs. But they have a big foot in slow-to-recover urban areas.

Financing

Sweetgreen cuts 5% of workforce after warning on sales and profits

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 09, 2022

The salad chain is cutting costs to get to profitability after it warned that sales and profits would be below expectations. The news sent the company’s stock price plunging.

Technology

Sweetgreen tweaks its app to add challenges, personalization

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 27, 2022

The salad chain, which did away with its loyalty program last year, said it hopes its new Rewards and Challenges program will boost customer frequency.

Financing

Sweetgreen says pandemic recovery is neither ‘linear nor consistent’

By Heather Lalley on May 05, 2022

But the salad chain reported Thursday that its same-store sales climbed 35% during the first quarter and earnings rose 67% over the year before.

Operations

Sweetgreen plans to open an order-ahead drive-thru dubbed the ‘Sweetlane’

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 24, 2022

The drive-thrus resemble Chipotle Mexican Grill’s successful Chipotlanes and are part of Sweetgreen’s broader suburban strategy.

Operations

Sweetgreen is sweetening its Outpost program to lure return-to-office business

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 17, 2022

The fast casual launched the office building drop-off program in 2018 and was up to 1,000 Outposts before the pandemic hit.

Operations

Sweetgreen really wants you to get back to the office

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 04, 2022

The fast-casual salad chain revealed it has about 500 Outpost office drop-off locations, but it’s hoping to grow that business to boost its sales.

Financing

For Sweetgreen, margins remain a big hurdle

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 03, 2022

The fast-casual, in its first earnings report as a public company, said it expects its first-quarter restaurant-level margins to be between 10% and 11% despite growing sales.

Marketing

Sweetgreen tests a subscription program

By Heather Lalley on Jan. 03, 2022

The fast casual’s Sweetpass costs $10 a month and awards users with a $3 credit for each purchase for 30 days.

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