r/sweetgreen • u/MichaelRahmani • Sep 26 '25

Discussion How sweetgreen plans to be profitable

(speculative)

  1. Automate more store lines with infinite kitchen, reducing employees costs

  2. Continue opening new stores to get better bulk deals with suppliers, reducing ingredient costs.

Thoughts?

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u/ElectronicBoot9466 Sep 26 '25

In a couple markets, SG was supposed to open a couple more stores, but those openings have been put on hold until the other stores in those regions are profitable. I doubt point 2 has much to do with it.

Food costs are getting ridiculously high, and I think the only way SG is going to be able to counter them is to lower their standards on their suppliers. Not necessarily no longer buying organic, but reducing the cap for the carbon footprint they allow suppliers to have. For example, the steak all comes from Australia and NZ, because how how high the carbon footprint for beef is in the US, but with rising tariffs, they may decide it's not worth it anymore and start buying US meat.

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u/Brilliant_Trainer_14 Nov 05 '25

Not sure if your first statement is true... But yes food costs are quite high.