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Business Combination, Contingent Equity Issuable, Decrease

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Number Of Performance Based Milestone Targets

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Covenant, Acquisition Company Share Holders, Shares

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of tangible assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

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FAIR VALUE - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2021 milestone $ / shares shares	Sep. 24, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 25, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 24, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 25, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2023 USD ($)
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability				$ 1,591	$ (2,155)
Performance based milestone targets \| milestone	3
Operating lease assets, impairment losses		$ 0	$ 5,840	4,291	5,840
Impairment charges			14,300		14,300
Non-cash impairment charges			8,527		8,527
Impairment and closure costs		132	$ 1,722	479	1,921
Vacated Sweetgreen Support Center
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment and closure costs					6,800
Certain Store Locations
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment and closure costs					$ 1,700
IPO
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Shares issued (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 28.00
Spyce
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Additional shares issued (in shares) \| shares	714,285
Covenant, acquisition company share holders (in shares) \| shares	1,316,763
Contingent consideration liability		$ 16,400		$ 16,400
Spyce \| Former Equity Holders, Additional Equity
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Upfront portion (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 13.62		$ 13.62
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability				$ 10,200
Acquisition company share holders, not continuously held (in shares) \| shares		570,249		570,249
Contingent consideration liability						$ 8,900