Company: CAVA
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007882
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Company: CAVA GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 use primarily for CPG distribution in the Northeast. We expect that our production facilities will support at least 750 restaurants, as well as our CPG business, with the potential to add capacity over time. We believe these strategic investments give us several key advantages, including the ability to create our signature dips and spreads with quality, consistency, and efficiency with the adoption of facilities and capabilities that are difficult to replicate.

Sustainability

Since our beginning, we have been committed to the well-being of people and the planet.

We believe in serving the full scope of human needs. CAVA offers benefits such as paid time off to vote and work in the community, adoption assistance, and mental health services for all Team Members and their immediate families. Starting in our restaurants, we work to create clear development paths for all of our Team Members, so they can have not just a good job, but the opportunity to build a great career.  We have also created our non-profit Goodness Fund that allows all Team Members to help one another, in partnership with company contributions. Any Team Member can apply for financial assistance in the event of an unexpected financial hardship.

Utilizing food as a force for good, we cultivate relationships with our neighbors through local food-based non-profit groups. When we open a new restaurant, we host “Community Days,” where we provide free meals, and suggest and match donations to benefit local nonprofit partners that focus on underserved neighborhoods. We launched a national food donation program in the fall of 2023 to donate fresh, healthy, and delicious unused food prepared during each new 

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restaurant’s training period to local community members. This work is part of our commitment to fighting hunger and reducing food waste.

We care deeply about the quality of our food, where it comes from, and how it’s created. We are dedicated to working with and sourcing our products from farmers and suppliers who share our values. We strive to use clean label-friendly ingredients, source dairy products from farmers who don’t treat their cows with rbST, and serve only antibiotic-free proteins. As certain suppliers come on board, we ask them to verify their sustainability and sourcing credentials, including animal welfare. We remain dedicated to broiler chicken welfare and work diligently with our suppliers to deliver on that commitment.

Marketing

Our marketing strategy is anchored in our growth mindset and centered on the needs of our guests. We are focused on creating, capturing, and retaining demand by increasing our brand awareness while also building upon our existing value proposition to our guests.

Brand Marketing

Our diverse guest engagement touch