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Sweetgreen Sales Rebound After Summer Traffic Drop
Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman said sales momentum has improved after a summer Cyclospora outbreak.
The outbreak reduced traffic across the restaurant sector, but it was not linked to Sweetgreen's stores.
Sweetgreen's comparable sales were flat in September.
The company then recorded about 5% comparable-sales growth in October.
Neman said sales improved further in early November.
The figures point to a recovery in customer traffic for Sweetgreen after the sector-wide slowdown.
Sweetgreen reported about 5% comparable sales growth in October after a summer traffic drop linked to a Cyclospora outbreak.
CEO and Co-Founder Jonathan Neman said sales momentum had improved.
Comparable sales returned to flat in September.
Sweetgreen saw further improvement in early November.
The outbreak was unrelated to Sweetgreen’s stores but hurt traffic across the sector.
- Who
- Sweetgreen and its CEO and Co-Founder, Jonathan Neman.
- What
- Sales momentum improved after a summer traffic drop, with October comparable sales growth of about 5%.
- When
- October 2026, with flat comparable sales in September and further improvement in early November.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- A summer Cyclospora outbreak, unrelated to Sweetgreen’s stores, damaged traffic across the sector.
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A Cyclospora outbreak unrelated to Sweetgreen’s stores damaged traffic across the sector.
Sweetgreen’s comparable sales returned to flat.
Sweetgreen reported comparable sales growth of about 5%.
Sweetgreen saw further improvement.
- October comparable sales growth
- About 5%
- September comparable sales
- Flat
- CEO and Co-Founder
- Jonathan Neman
- Outbreak
- Cyclospora; unrelated to Sweetgreen’s stores