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Last week, we celebrated a major milestone: 500 restaurants! We marked the occasion in Minneapolis with the opening of our first Minnesota restaurant. The day brought together our co-founders, team members and guests for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, opening-day festivities and a check presentation to The Food Group, our Community Day partner for the opening. Since 2011, CAVA has been guided by a simple belief: 💪 Food should taste as good as it makes you feel. 💛 Great food and warm Mediterranean hospitality go hand in hand. We’re grateful to every team member who brings that belief to life each day and to every guest who chooses to share a meal with us. Here’s to 500, our more than 15,000 team members and the next chapter of bringing heart, health and humanity to food. We’re just getting started!

Summer is best spent around the table. 🍽️ Our Mediterranean Summer Supper Series was designed to bring our love for connecting over a delicious meal to life through a series of one-of-a-kind dinners. ☀️ We kicked things off in Los Angeles with the Longest Table, gathering under the summer solstice sun. ⚽️ Next came New York City, where the Winner’s Table at Rockefeller Center brought together food, sports, and culture in the heart of the city. 🌉 And earlier this month, we turned our final destination over to our fans, and after more than 23,000 votes, San Francisco won the Community Table. We gathered at the Presidio for a night overlooking the Bay, made even more special by a first look at what’s ahead: CAVA is coming to the Bay Area in 2027. Three very different evenings all rooted in the magic of Mediterranean food and hospitality. Thanks to everyone who joined us along the way. 💛

Some flavors are synonymous with summer. BBQ is one of them. Introducing our new Harissa BBQ Pita Chips. 🔥 Inspired by the smoky, savory flavors of a classic BBQ chip, our culinary team set out to create a flavor that feels both new and familiar—layering classic BBQ spices with the bold kick of harissa, a staple of Mediterranean cooking, for something that's craveable from the very first bite. A little spicy, a little smoky, and just a touch sweet. Harissa BBQ Pita Chips are just one of the new additions to our summer menu, out today. See you at the table. 🍽️

We're setting our table in SAN FRANCISCO. 🍽️ After nearly 23,000 votes from our Instagram community, San Francisco won big as the next stop for CAVA's Summer Supper Series. While you can't visit a CAVA in the Bay (yet), we're bringing our Mediterranean-inspired culinary experience to the city for one special evening at The Community Table. If you're in the Bay Area, follow us on Instagram for more details in the coming weeks. See you soon, San Francisco.

What does growth look like at CAVA? ✔️ More than 2,500 planned hires in 2026  ️✔️ More than 3,500 team member promotions and advancements in 2025   ✔️ New leadership pathways, including our Assistant General Manager role  ✔️ Continued investment in leadership development and internal mobility As we grow, we're committed to creating opportunities for team members to grow with us. Stories like our Lower Manhattan Area Leader, Yasmairi’s, are what it is all about.  Learn more about #FlavorYourFuture and our continued investment in careers at Cava.com/careers 

We’re proud of the impact we made in 2025. More than 3,500 team members were elevated to new roles across CAVA, supported by the launch of Flavor Your Future, our platform designed to help people build meaningful, long-term careers. We also contributed more than $1 million in cash and food retail value to support local communities. These outcomes reflect what growth means to us: creating opportunities for our team members, investing in the communities we serve, and building a business that leads with heart, health, and humanity. Read more in our 2025 Impact Update: https://lnkd.in/eiFwD3E4

We continue to meet today’s consumers where they are, and our Q1 ’26 results reflect just that. This morning, to celebrate both our Q1 earnings and our 15th anniversary year, Co-Founder and CEO, Brett Schulman, CFO Tricia Tolivar, and NYC-based field operators and team members opened the public markets at the NYSE. 🔔 It was our first time ringing the bell since becoming a public company almost three years ago, a meaningful milestone and a celebration of how far we’ve come together, and what's to come. Thanks for having us and for the 📷 , NYSE.

This Earth Day, we’re reflecting on the responsibility and opportunity that comes with serving millions of meals. At CAVA, how we source matters. We’re intentional about partnering with suppliers doing their part to create a more thoughtful, sustainable food system. Because small choices, at scale, can make a big difference. That’s one of the reasons we’re especially proud of our new Glazed Salmon. It’s paired with a house-made pomegranate glaze inspired by the flavors of the Levant region. Bold, tangy, and just sweet enough to let the salmon shine. To bring that glaze to life, we partnered with Just Date, founded by Sylvia Charles Royston, M.D. Their approach to sweetness is rooted in simplicity: using organic dates to create naturally derived sweeteners. Even better, they help reduce food waste by upcycling dates that might otherwise go unused, transforming them into something delicious and purposeful. It’s one example of a larger commitment: working with partners who share our belief that better food starts with better choices. Today especially, we are proud of this partnership.  🌎

Last week, we brought together NYC-based tastemakers, some of our most loyal guests, and a few local Team Members to celebrate and have a first taste before the launch of our Glazed Salmon. While the room was full of energy, the real magic was happening behind the scenes. Our culinary team members are the true unsung heroes powering everything from one‑off experiences like Flavor Oasis to the nationwide launch of Glazed Salmon today. They’re the ones that bring our ambitions to life in the most flavorful way!