page_title: Sweetgreen
hierarchical_section_title: Sweetgreen
caption_attribution_description: 16th June 2014 - Washington, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Rep. George Miller meet with employees, and eat lunch with Sweetgreen co-founders Nic Jammet and Jonathan Neman at their Dupont Circle Sweetgreen restaurant. Nic Jammet and Jonathan Neman, co-founders, Sweetgreen Official Department of Labor Photograph*** This official Department of Labor photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, and/or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the Secretary, or the Department of Labor. Photo Credit: Department of Labor Shawn T Moore
context_page_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 Georgetown University's undergraduate business school. Sweetgreen's corporate headquarters moved to the Los Angeles area from Washington, D.C., in 2016. As of March 2019, it had 91 stores in operation in eight states across the United States, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, and the District of Columbia. The company has over 3,500 employees.
  In November 2018, it was announced that Sweetgreen had raised US$200 million in funding. Sweetgreen won the 2020 Webby Award for Food & Drink in the category Apps, Mobile & Voice.
context_section_description: Sweetgreen (stylized as sweetgreen, previously swɘetgreen) 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 Georgetown University's undergraduate business school. Sweetgreen's corporate headquarters moved to the Los Angeles area from Washington, D.C., in 2016. As of March 2019, it had 91 stores in operation in eight states across the United States, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, and the District of Columbia. The company has over 3,500 employees.
  In November 2018, it was announced that Sweetgreen had raised US$200 million in funding. Sweetgreen won the 2020 Webby Award for Food & Drink in the category Apps, Mobile & Voice.
caption: Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman in front of their Dupont Circle Sweetgreen restaurant, 2014
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