Description
Sweetgreen is an American fast casual restaurant chain that serves salads. It was founded in August 2007 by Nicolas Jammet, Nathaniel Ru, and Jonathan Neman, three months after they graduated from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Sweetgreen's corporate headquarters moved to the Los Angeles area from Washington, D.C., in 2016. As of May 2021, it had 122 stores in operation in twelve states across the United States, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, Florida and the District of Columbia, with a location opening soon in Indiana. The company has over 4,000 employees.
Customers can order in-store or through their app for pickup, delivery and outpost as well as use their app to pay for in-store ordering (scan to pay). They are also on various marketplaces.
In November 2018, it was announced that Sweetgreen had raised US$200 million in funding. Sweetgreen was named one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2019 and 2020, and won the 2020 Webby Award for Food & Drink in the category Apps, Mobile & Voice.
