Cava has "no plans" to raise restaurant menu prices in 2025

The big picture: The Washington, D.C.-based Mediterranean restaurant chain saw comparable restaurant sales grow 10.8%, which included traffic growth of 7.5%.

• Schulman touted the results in an interview with Axios as being "pretty amazing when many brands are seeing slumps in traffic."
• "On a trailing 12-month basis, we crossed a billion dollars in revenue, which solidifies Mediterranean as the next large scale cultural cuisine category, a category we continue to define and establish our leadership in," he said.

State of play: Schulman told Axios that Cava has "no plans to take any price increases for the remainder of 2025."

• "Our supply chain team has worked with our suppliers to mitigate any of those tariffs impacts, as well as just overall, mitigating it some needing it to be passed along to our guests," he said.

What's next: More expansion in new markets and building out in existing markets, Schulman said, noting the chain will continue to open restaurants in South Florida, including the greater Miami area, and Indianapolis.

• "Then coming this summer, we're opening in Detroit and Pittsburgh," he said.

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