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

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

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

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

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 ...

TheStreet. The 'bowl market' is over. Long live the bowl. After disappointing back-to-back earnings seasons, Chipotle (CMG) , ...

Hyphen, the company behind Chipotle’s automated make line prototype, has landed a $10 million investment from CAVA. The ...

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%).

Cava shares the same favorable business traits with Chipotle. Cava stock has something working against it, a factor Chipotle's investors didn't have to worry as much about when it went public in 2006.