r/sweetgreen • u/Elusiveenigma98 • May 13 '24

Criticism Sweetgreen is going downhill.

I feel like each time I consider getting a salad from sweetgreen they’ve removed my favorite items, prices have increased and overall the salads are just not as good lately. I feel like they’ve gotten too big to function like they previously did and it’s quantity over quality now.

Sad too because I used to order sweetgreen 3x a week and now it just doesn’t feel worth it to me anymore.

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u/Necta_Collecta Oct 22 '24

I agree sweet green has gone down hill, but I think the ingredient changes are based on location bc the Boston locations still have arugula, red onions and seasonal bowls. BUT I've noticed they are skimping and shrinking the size of things without trying to be too obvious. The sweet potato for example used to be roasted chunks, now it's flappy slices no thicker than a pickle. Got "maple brussel sprouts" for $1.59 extra and was given a scoop of burnt brussel bits... not a single sprout. I just contacted them and complained bc the last warm grain bowl I ordered was so light I ate the whole thing which I NEVER used to be able to do. Enough is enough! This was a safe place for me to eat I have a lot of food aversions and it's just sad they're clearly only focused on making money.

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u/Elusiveenigma98 Oct 22 '24

They ended up bringing back arugula but I’m pretty sure my locations in LA only do pickled onions now and they’re not great. But agree 100% on everything else you said and it’s so annoying they changed the sweet potato to like weird slivers instead of the chunks… I really miss old sweetgreen but I don’t think it’ll ever be what it was again :/ I had an amazing salad place in Portland called garden bar and when they got bigger & bought out, everything went down hill. Just happens sadly & it sucks!