Company: CAVA
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-019936
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Company: CAVA GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 provided the Committee with the following services:

• Provided peer and market data on total compensation and the elements of our compensation program (including base salary, annual bonus, long-term incentives, and perquisites);

• Conducted peer group analysis and competitive positioning of executive compensation;

• Provided updates on regulatory developments relating to executive compensation; and

• Assisted in the company’s overall assessment of compensation-related risks relating to our employee compensation program.

During 2024, the Committee reviewed its existing relationship with Pearl Meyer, in light of applicable SEC and NYSE requirements, and determined that Pearl Meyer’s work for the Committee did not raise any conflicts of interest and that Pearl Meyer was an independent advisor to the Committee.

#### Compensation Peer Group
We established a peer group of 13 publicly traded companies in 2023 to inform executive compensation determinations as of the date of our IPO and for 2024.

| 2024 Peer Group                    |     |                          |
| Beyond Meat, Inc.                  |     | Sweetgreen, Inc.         |
| Dutch Bros Inc.                    |     | Traeger, Inc.            |
| e.l.f Beauty, Inc.                 |     | Warby Parker, Inc.       |
| First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. |     | Wingstop, Inc.           |
| Portillo’s Inc.                    |     | Xponential Fitness, Inc. |
| Shake Shack Inc.                   |     | YETI Holdings, Inc.      |
| Sovos Brands, Inc.                 |     |                          |

In consultation with Pearl Meyer, during 2024 the Committee reviewed and updated the peer group that had been in effect at the time of our IPO and adopted the following peer group of 12 publicly-traded companies, which reflect a mix of restaurant and other high growth consumer-focused and retail companies, in order to help inform its compensation decisions for 2025:

#### CAVA Group, Inc.252025 Proxy Statement
| 2025 Peer Group                    |     |                       |
| Dutch Bros Inc.                    |     | Planet Fitness, Inc.  |
| e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.                |     | Shake Shack Inc.      |
| First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. |     | Sweetgreen, Inc.      |
| Five Below, Inc.                   |     | Texas Roadhouse, Inc. |
| Freshpet, Inc.                     |     | Wingstop Inc.         |
| Maplebear Inc.                     |     | YETI Holdings, Inc.   |

In evaluating