# CAVA

> CAVA is an American Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain built around customizable bowls and pitas, house-made dips like Crazy Feta, and a build-your-own model in the mold of Chipotle and Sweetgreen. Founded by three sons of Greek immigrants who opened a full-service restaurant in 2006, it scaled into a nearly 400-location public company (NYSE: CAVA) after a 2023 IPO, converting its acquired Zoes Kitchen chain into CAVA outlets and pushing into grocery aisles with retail dips and spreads.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Washington, D.C., United States
- **Founders:** Ted Xenohristos (Co-Founder & Chief Concept Officer), Ike Grigoropoulos (Co-Founder), Dimitri Moshovitis (Co-Founder & Culinary Lead), Brett Schulman (Co-Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~14,000 employees
- **Products:** Build-your-own Bowls & Pitas, Dips & Spreads (in-restaurant), CAVA grocery dips & spreads, Grilled Steak, CAVA Rewards & App
- **Notable:** Completed a 2023 IPO on the NYSE at a roughly $4.7B implied valuation, one of the rare VC-backed restaurant debuts in years., Acquired Zoes Kitchen for $300M in 2018 and converted the fleet into CAVA restaurants by October 2023., Grew to nearly 400 restaurants with fiscal 2024 revenue of ~$954M and net income of $130.3M.

## Products & services

- **Build-your-own Bowls & Pitas** — Customizable meals starting from greens, grains, or RightRice bases with proteins, dips, toppings, and dressings.
- **Dips & Spreads (in-restaurant)** — House-made dips including Crazy Feta, hummus, tzatziki, harissa, eggplant, and roasted red pepper hummus - three included free with every bowl or pita.
- **CAVA grocery dips & spreads** — Retail line of dips and spreads sold in grocery stores nationwide, extending the brand beyond restaurants.
- **Grilled Steak** — Grass-fed, pasture-raised steak seasoned with Mediterranean spices, rolled out to the core menu nationwide.
- **CAVA Rewards & App** — Free loyalty program and mobile app for digital ordering, points, and redemptions.
- **Catering** — Group catering with build-your-own spreads for events and offices.
- **Connected Kitchen** — Operations platform combining kitchen display systems, TurboChef ovens, and AI-enabled vision to improve throughput and consistency.

## Achievements

- Completed a 2023 IPO on the NYSE at a roughly $4.7B implied valuation, one of the rare VC-backed restaurant debuts in years.
- Acquired Zoes Kitchen for $300M in 2018 and converted the fleet into CAVA restaurants by October 2023.
- Grew to nearly 400 restaurants with fiscal 2024 revenue of ~$954M and net income of $130.3M.
- Posted 13.4% same-restaurant sales growth in fiscal 2024, outpacing most of the fast-casual segment.
- Built a nationally recognized Mediterranean fast-casual category effectively from scratch.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Reported second-quarter 2025 results: revenue up ~20%, same-restaurant sales up 2.1%, 16 net new restaurants opened; company trimmed its full-year outlook as traffic growth slowed.
- **2025-02** — Reported fiscal 2024 results - ~$954M revenue, $130.3M net income, 13.4% same-restaurant sales growth.
- **2024-06** — Launched grilled steak nationwide as a new core protein, boosting sales.

## Links

- Website: https://cava.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cava-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cava
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CAVA
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/cava
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/cava/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cava

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Last updated: 2026-08-12