11 Facts About Sweetgreen

Sweetgreen is an American fast casual restaurant chain that serves salads.

Sweetgreen was founded in 2006 by Nicolas Jammet, Nathaniel Ru, and Jonathan Neman, all Georgetown University students at the time.

In January 2020, Sweetgreen launched its own delivery service within their app.

Sweetgreen has partnered with local chefs and restaurants on time-limited menu items, often when opening locations in a new city.

Sweetgreen has collaborated multiple times with David Chang of Momofuku, including a new salad dressing that was featured in the New York locations during the summer of 2014.

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In February 2020, Sweetgreen again partnered with David Chang to launch the Tingly Sweet Potato and Kelp Bowl.

In 2015, in the lead up to the Sweetlife music festival, Sweetgreen collaborated with musician Kendrick Lamar leading up to his second appearance at the Sweetlife music festival.

In 2019, Sweetgreen partnered with FoodCorps again, committing $1 million over the next two years to support FoodCorps's endevours.

Sweetgreen made it easier for employees to vote in the 2020 election by providing up to 3 hours of paid time off for all hourly employees to either vote early or vote on election day.

In May 2021, Sweetgreen announced their first-ever national athlete ambassador, tennis player Naomi Osaka.

Between 2011 and 2016, Sweetgreen hosted an annual music and food festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.