CAVA, the Mediterranean fast casual restaurant, shared their financial performance, such as the revenue growth, same-store sales growth, and restaurant openings on Aug 11th, 2026.

These results showed strong top-line momentum, with revenue up 31.3% to $365.4 million, driven by both net-new restaurant expansion and a 9.0% increase in same-restaurant sales fueled by 5.3% guest traffic growth.
While growth remained solid, restaurant-level profit margin edged down 60 basis points to 25.7% due to launch-related input costs from its Pomegranate Glazed Salmon offering, higher third-party delivery mix, and additional wage investments.
Overall, the company highlighted that even with a slightly lower margin rate, margin dollars benefited from higher sales volume and continued strength in the performance of recently opened restaurants.
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