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NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Sweetgreen, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), is a mission-driven, next generation restaurant and lifestyle brand that serves healthy food at scale. As of March 29, 2026, the Company owned and operated 285 restaurants in 24 states and Washington, D.C. During the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2026, the Company had 4 Net New Restaurant Openings. The Company’s operations are conducted as one operating segment and one reportable segment. Additional details on the nature of the Company’s business and its reportable operating segment is included in Note 16, “Reportable Segment”. The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and results of operations. Interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full year. The Company’s fiscal year is a 52- or 53-week period that ends on the Sunday closest to the last day of December. A description of the Company’s accounting policies and other financial information is included in the audited consolidated financial statements filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025. The financial statements and related disclosures in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for annual reports and should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company had no components of other comprehensive income (loss) during the periods presented, and accordingly, comprehensive income (loss) equaled net income (loss). Restricted Cash—As of March 29, 2026 and December 28, 2025 the Company’s restricted cash balance was related to cash collateral for letters of credit associated with the Company’s workers’ compensation insurance policy and letters of credit to lease agreements. The reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total amount shown in its condensed consolidated statements of cash flows is as follows:
(dollar amounts in thousands) | As of March 29, 2026 |  | As of December 28, 2025 |  |
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash: |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 156,799 |  |  | $ | 89,177 |  |  |
Restricted cash, noncurrent | 4,184 |  | 4,166 |  |  |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown on statements of cash flows | $ | 160,983 |  | $ | 93,343 |  |
Update to Accounting Policies Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, the Company started using its historical stock price to calculate expected volatility for stock option grants, as sufficient company-specific trading history was deemed available. Prior to 2026, the Company elected to use an approximation based on the volatility of other comparable public companies which compete directly with the Company as there was not sufficient share price history that extended through the expected term of the options given the timing of the IPO in 2021. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, "Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (Subtopic 220-40)." The ASU requires public entities to disaggregate, in a tabular presentation, certain income statement expenses into different categories, such as purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, with early adoption permitted, and may be applied retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software”, which modernizes the accounting for internal-use software costs by removing all references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages. The new standard uses a probable-to-complete threshold, which requires entities to consider whether significant development uncertainty has been resolved before starting to capitalize software costs and aligns disclosure requirements with ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment. With this new guidance, public companies shall begin capitalizing when both a.) management has authorized and committed funding to the project and b.) it is probable that the project will be completed and software will be used as intended. The guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and may be applied prospectively, retrospectively, or using a modified transition approach, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of adopting this ASU on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company reviewed all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they were either not applicable or not expected to have a significant impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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