Sweetgreen closes 9 restaurants, plans more shutdowns in 2027

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While some chains, like the Mediterranean restaurant brand Cava, continue to expand aggressively, Sweetgreen is taking a different approach. The salad chain has permanently closed…

Restaurant chains face a difficult balancing act as customers become more selective about where they eat, how much they spend, and whether premium-priced meals are worth the cost.

According to the National Restaurant Association's October 30 report, 44% of restaurant operators reported declining customer traffic in September compared with a year earlier. It marked the 19th of the previous 20 months in which more operators reported declining rather than increasing traffic.

For fast-casual chains which are built around fresh ingredients and customizable meals, attracting customers while managing rising operating costs has become particularly difficult.

While some chains, like the Mediterranean restaurant brand Cava, continue to expand aggressively, Sweetgreen is taking a different approach.

The salad chain has permanently closed 9 restaurants and expects more closures in 2027 as it shifts its focus to improving existing locations rather than rapidly expanding its footprint.

According to Sweetgreen's third-quarter SEC filing, 9 permanently closed restaurants were excluded from its comparable-sales calculations for the first nine months of 2026.

This compares with 6 permanent closures disclosed in its second-quarter filing, indicating that 3 additional restaurants were included in the closure count during the third quarter.

The company also excluded 10 temporary closures from its year-to-date calculations, separate from the 9 permanent shutdowns.

The closures follow an earlier warning from Sweetgreen that additional restaurants could shut down as leases expired. As TheStreet's Fernanda Tronco reported in March, Sweetgreen closed three restaurants in 2025 and was reviewing additional underperforming locations.

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