CAVA sustained same-store sales growth in Q4

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On the heels of CAVA’s 15^th anniversary, main enforcement serviceman and co-founder Brett Schulman made it a constituent to item the fast-casual chain’s caller milestones during its 4th fourth and full-year net telephone Tuesday aft market. Those milestones included surpassing $1 cardinal successful gross and signaling the strongest caller edifice opening people to date. 

He added that the company’s caller growth, including 24 caller edifice openings during the 4th and 72 during the year, person translated into “meaningful marketplace stock gains.” 

“We judge our momentum reflects much than conscionable expansion. It signals that our worth proposition is resonating with today's progressively discerning consumer,” Schulman said. 

CAVA’s 4th fourth highlights included a 21.2% summation successful revenue, to $272.8 million. Same-store income accrued by 0.5% (lapping 21.2% from Q4 2024), driven mostly by price. Traffic declined 1.4%. For the full-year, same-store income were up 4%.

Additionally, restaurant-level nett borderline was 21.4%, portion adjusted EBITDA (earnings earlier interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) was $25.8 million, and nett income was $4.9 million.

Notably, CAVA implemented a 1.4% paper terms summation successful January, and main fiscal serviceman Tricia Tolivar said nary further terms increases are expected this year. 

“Today's manufacture situation is dominated by terms discounting, a reflection of galore brands who aggressively raised prices successful caller years,” Schulman added. “In caller years, we've taken little than fractional the terms increases of manufacture peers, portion underpricing (the Consumer Price Index) by implicit 10%. It’s these intentional decisions that reenforce spot with our guests and fortify the semipermanent instauration of our brand.” 

Additional tailwinds 

In summation to blimpish pricing actions, Schulman besides outlined respective further tailwinds creating optimism for the twelvemonth ahead. CAVA volition participate caller markets this twelvemonth crossed the Midwest, including Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, St. Louis, and Minneapolis, with a people of reaching “at least” 1,000 nationwide by 2032. The institution finished 2025 with 439 restaurants.

Also, CAVA’s caller tiered loyalty programme launched successful October, has “strengthened engagement” with customers, Schulman said. The concatenation is gathering connected that programme with a caller invite-only tier, called Oasis, designed to admit the astir loyal guests and “strengthen semipermanent relationships.”