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In November 2018, Cava Group bought Zoës Kitchen, a restaurant chain with more than 250 locations, in a deal worth $300 million, taking the company private and helping Cava expand further into the suburbs. [6] [17] [18] As of August 2021, there are 133 Cava locations. All Cava restaurants are company-owned, and none are franchised. [6]
Shaich believed in people's desire for Mediterranean fast-casual cuisine and the potential of the Cava brand. Shaich conceptualized and led Cava's acquisition of public company Zoe's Kitchen, which was five times larger than Cava and allowed Cava to hyper scale into a category-dominant brand company with 250 locations as of October 2023. [7] [47]
Panera Bread founder Ron Shaich has a knack for leading into the future of the restaurant industry. ... Au Bon Pain, or Cava in the past 10 years — all three chains founded (Panera Bread, Au Bon ...
The 52-year-old CEO and co-founder has watched Cava, the cult-classic Mediterranean fast-casual spot, skyrocket. Since its IPO last summer, the chain’s stock has grown over 300%; it hit a new ...
The founders of Cava had a fantastic idea: take the success of Chipotle and apply it to another international cuisine. They chose Mediterranean-style food, and it has become a hit. Cava now has ...
Zoës Kitchen was a Mediterranean Style restaurant chain, and a subsidiary of the Cava Group. [1] Their headquarters were located in Plano, Texas.In 2013, the chain had grown to host over 200 locations across 17 states, [citation needed] however, acquisition by Cava Group resulted in a reduction of Zoe's locations (some replaced by Cava restaurants).
By comparison, investors valued Chipotle at about $4 million per restaurant when the same amount of time had passed since its January 2006 IPO (the same year Cava's original three founders decided ...
Although profitable, Cava shares are still very expensive, priced at more than 300 times this year's expected per-share earnings of $0.42 and just under 300 times next year's expected $0.50. The ...