Sweetgreen (styled as sweetgreen) is an American fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in healthy salads, hearty wraps, grain bowls, and warm plates made in-house from scratch using whole produce delivered that morning. Founded in November 2006 by Nicolas Jammet, Nathaniel Ru, and Jonathan Neman, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with its primary location at 3000 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034. As a privately held company, sweetgreen has grown to over 220 locations across Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, DMV (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia), New York, California, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, and Florida, with over 6,000 employees as of 2025.
The company’s mission is to “inspire healthier communities by connecting people to real food,” believing that the choices made daily about what we eat, where it comes from, and how it’s made have a lasting impact on communities. Sweetgreen is a destination for real food, making food from scratch each day in every location using whole produce delivered that morning, and working with farmers and partners they know and trust throughout the supply chain from seed to store. The menu features signature items including Kale Caesar Chicken salad, Chicken Pesto Parm with golden quinoa, Harvest bowl with roasted sweet potatoes and grilled chicken, and Shroomami bowl with quinoa and tofu, all served in colorful, fresh bowls.
Sweetgreen offers the SG Rewards program through their mobile app, where customers can earn points on every order, redeem rewards, order ahead to skip the line, and join for free. The company became a public company on November 18, 2021, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SG. sweetgreen maintains a strong social media presence with over 461,000 Instagram followers and more than 106,000 Facebook followers, engaging customers through their Instagram (@sweetgreen), Facebook (facebook.com/sweetgreen), and Twitter (@sweetgreen) accounts. The company operates locations in major cities including San Francisco, Dallas, Hoboken, and Bethesda, with modern white restaurant buildings featuring green signage and outdoor patio seating.
