Company: CAVA
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007882
Chunk: 80

Company: CAVA GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 80
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 and psychographic data, urban/suburban balance, foot- and vehicle-traffic, retail and daily needs, employment and daytime activity, adjacent retailers, and volume potential.  

Our restaurant designs are flexible and adaptable to fit any site, which allows us to enhance and tailor our format to our guests’ preferences, including their preferred channels. Each CAVA Restaurant includes walk-the-line ordering and digital pick-up capabilities, as well as a separate digital make line to maximize throughput. Many of our 2025 restaurant openings in new markets will incorporate elements of our new Project Soul design, which, in addition to convenience, expresses our Mediterranean hospitality and taps into guests’ desire for human connection, including softer seating, more greenery and a warmer brand pallet. Our restaurants generally range from 2,000 to 3,000 square feet in size and seat approximately 30 to 60 guests indoors. As of December 29, 2024, we offered drive-thru pick-up at 53 locations.  In select markets, we operate CAVA digital kitchens to serve as centralized production hubs and are currently piloting CAVA hybrid kitchens where we believe there is strong demand for our catering services.  

Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Distribution

Our Sourcing and Supply Chain

We have invested in vertically-integrated manufacturing capabilities and built a differentiated directly-sourced supply chain with more than 50 trusted grower, rancher, and producer partners. We conduct certain site visits to maintain our strong relationships and seek to ensure that our partners adhere to our high-quality standards. To secure any potential sourcing needs well in advance of our growth, we continually evaluate the strength and diversity of our supply chain.

Manufacturing and Distribution

We operate a 30,000-square-foot production facility in Laurel, Maryland, a state-of-the-art 55,000-square-foot production facility in Verona, Virginia, and a 4,000-square-foot distribution facility in Edison, New Jersey, which we 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