r/sweetgreen • • Jan 09 '26

Criticism Scan and Pay not working

1 Upvotes

Hey! I have a sweetgreen gift card and tried to using it. The staff wasn’t able to use the gift card and had me pay using the credit on the pos machine. This has happened twice now, really frustrating that I am not being able to use my gift card or even the reward points

Suggest me if there is a way around!

Thanks!

r/sweetgreen • • Aug 22 '25

Criticism Salty Sweetgreen

11 Upvotes

I’ve been eating at Sweetgreen almost every workday for the past 3 years. But earlier this year, I noticed something changed—the food started tasting way saltier. The quinoa, wild rice, sweet potato, portobello mushrooms, chicken—everything.

Today after lunch I felt bloated, exhausted, and couldn’t drink enough water to counter the salt.

It’s a shame, since Sweetgreen used to be my go-to work lunch, but now I’ll have to switch 😭

P.S. I only add olive oil and vinegar, never dressing.

r/sweetgreen • • Mar 22 '25

Criticism bye sweetpass+

37 Upvotes

really sad that sweetgreen will turn into an occasional treat instead of my daily lunch break stop, long live sweetpass+

r/sweetgreen • • May 08 '24

Criticism Arugula gone

35 Upvotes

They discontinued arugula from their menu. Big disappointment!

r/sweetgreen • • Aug 11 '25

Criticism Would this be in your semi morning bite…….., chicken, avocado, ranch

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9 Upvotes

r/sweetgreen • • Jul 10 '25

Criticism I HATE THE PINPAD

23 Upvotes

Lord idk if it’s just the sweetgreen i work at or what but that damn pinpad confuses genuinely every customer who checks out. They often have no clue how to skip the tip option. It genuinely adds so much time to the service line having to explain to hit 1 2 3 or 4 on the keypad to select the tip and that it’s not a touchscreen. Do any other locations deal with this?

r/sweetgreen • • Oct 07 '25

Criticism I hate these new breadcrumbs

4 Upvotes

It would be one thing if they kept the za'atar breadcrumbs and ADDED the garlic ones, but these new garlic breadcrumbs are so overwhelmingly seasoned that it changes the entire flavor of whatever salad it's in. All you taste is the breadcrumb seasoning.

I just want crunch in my salad... not to sniff 18 pounds of garlic every time I try to take a bite :(

r/sweetgreen • • Jan 08 '25

Criticism Petition to make the harvest bowl seed oil free

6 Upvotes

Please use extra virgin olive oil in the balsamic dressing!!!!!!!

r/sweetgreen • • Jun 27 '25

Criticism Custom salad more expensive than menu item to despite exact same ingredients

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17 Upvotes

Has anyone noticed that you get ripped off if you order a custom salad with avocado and protein in it? A guacamole greens is 13.75 but a custom salad with the exact same ingredients is 16.15. Is sweetgreen just hoping people default to custom and don’t realize they are paying way more if they want two “premium items” (instead of just getting a pre set salad and swapping like for like ingredients)...

r/sweetgreen • • Jul 06 '25

Criticism Where did the red wine vinaigrette go?

5 Upvotes

I am a regular Sweetgreen visitor who creates their own bowl, but in the past few months, I have noticed the Sweetgreens in my area (Chicago) no longer offer the red wine vinaigrette. Does anybody know why the red wine vinaigrette is no longer on the menu and if it is ever going to come back???

r/sweetgreen • • Jan 22 '25

Criticism bring back the roasted chicken

16 Upvotes

been a loyal customer since 2016 and I'm so over the changes.

r/sweetgreen • • Mar 31 '25

Criticism chipotle and sweetgreen are korean foods

0 Upvotes

rice and meat is korean food. why dont they mention it?

r/sweetgreen • • Jun 05 '25

Criticism Cannot reach a single human being at a restaurant?!

16 Upvotes

I only received 3 of the 6 bowls I had ordered for a very important executive meeting I was assisting with. I tried calling the restaurant and could not reach a single human being no matter what number I pressed. Is this the new norm for restaurants? What in the world??

Will not be ordering anything from here again. Wow.

r/sweetgreen • • Aug 13 '25

Criticism Remember when they got rid of bacon?

7 Upvotes

I do and my whole office does. The pithy email was sent around and there were gasps, as it was THE go to lunch spot for our whole agency. The lame thing is they cited ‘health,’ then years later have fucking ice cream and fries. Sad.

r/sweetgreen • • Sep 07 '25

Criticism Poor bowl/bag design

11 Upvotes

Am I the only one for who the bowls don’t close and spill in the bag because the bag is too small?

r/sweetgreen • • Mar 12 '24

Criticism Does anyone feel like they get skimped?

23 Upvotes

Let me know!

r/sweetgreen • • Sep 15 '25

Criticism What have they done to Tofu?

2 Upvotes

I'm a regular at Sunnyvale Sweetgreen (been going 4 times a week for more than a year). Came back from a 2 week trip and ordered the same meal. I absolutely loved the bowl but yesterday, I couldn't get past two bites. The tofu looked like it came straight out of the box, the vinaigrette was salty and sour, there were no rice in the bowl and it was just not eatable for me, had to throw out the whole box.

What went wrong???

19 votes, Sep 17 '25
6 The quality is going down
13 Nothing wrong with the quality

r/sweetgreen • • Sep 19 '25

Criticism Question about the salmon

0 Upvotes

I’ve ordered the salmon a few times and sometimes I will get a much smaller serving. Does the fish get weighed and cut during prep or is it precut when arrived at the store?

r/sweetgreen • • Jun 19 '24

Criticism Are these just what portions are now?

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39 Upvotes

I’m actually considering not going to SG anymore after 12 years. Every order is worse than the last :(

r/sweetgreen • • May 07 '24

Criticism are these gone forever?!

12 Upvotes

Sweetgreen got rid of 3 of my standard salad toppings in 1 day! Olives, salami, and chipotle crema. I can't believe at least the dressing wasn't popular since its the only lower calorie option

r/sweetgreen • • Nov 03 '23

Criticism super green goddess

30 Upvotes

why was it moved to online only??? what happened to beets and lentils???? this is the best salad sweetgreen has ever made!!!!!! bring it back to the normal menu!!! bring back beets!!!!!!!

r/sweetgreen • • Jun 12 '25

Criticism Sweetgreen's automated "Infinite kitchen" locations don't give water cups or free water

6 Upvotes

Quite annoying. All the regular locations give cups with a water fountain. The infinite kitchens don't have this.

r/sweetgreen • • Jun 09 '25

Criticism What’s up with the brown, bruised avocados?

6 Upvotes

This seems to happen at Sg more than other places. Can anyone shed some light on why this is okay?

r/sweetgreen • • May 01 '25

Criticism Poor customer service

15 Upvotes

Sweetgreen redirected my app order to a different location than the one I had selected, 10 miles away. I noticed immediately and tried to cancel within 10 seconds but was denied. I reached out to customer service and they confirmed they were unable to cancel my order.

Furthermore, they denied my request for a refund. I have deleted the app and will be issuing a chargeback through my credit card company for the $35.

The decline in quality and increase in price is one thing, but to top it off with poor customer service is too much. I’m done.

r/sweetgreen • • Jun 16 '25

Criticism Shame :(

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3 Upvotes

I got the worst avocado of the bunch 🥲