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LEASES
9 Months Ended
Oct. 05, 2025
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES LEASES
The Company leases all of its CAVA Restaurants, its digital kitchens, its production facility in Laurel, Maryland, its collaboration center in Washington, D.C., its support centers in Brooklyn, New York and Plano, Texas, and its food distribution center in Edison, New Jersey. The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at inception and
determines the classification of a lease, if necessary. Typically, restaurant leases have initial terms of 10 years and include five-year renewal options.
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information related to leases were as follows:
Twelve Weeks EndedForty Weeks Ended
(in thousands)October 5,
2025
October 6,
2024
October 5,
2025
October 6,
2024
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities$17,465 $14,580 $50,203 $42,990 
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities17,272 17,297 84,392 50,694 
Derecognition of operating lease assets due to termination or impairment89 — 391 109