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Sweetgreen Launches New Head Coach Incentive Plan, Up to $200,000

Sweetgreen announced its new Head Coach Incentive Plan, a redesigned compensation model that rewards restaurant managers for tenure, restaurant scale, and performance. Through the plan, top-performing Head Coaches with three or more years of tenure who lead the highest-volume restaurants can earn over $200,000 in total compensation through a higher base salary, a new revenue-share bonus based on sales upside and equity in the company. The Head Coach Incentive Plan is part of sweetgreen's broader commitment to investing in restaurant teams' careers, not just jobs. In tandem, the company is rebuilding training, accelerating leadership development, creating paths from restaurants into Support Center roles, and introducing annual merit increases for eligible Team Members. These updates all reflect a simple idea: the longer someone grows with sweetgreen and the stronger their restaurant performs, the more they should earn. The Head Coach Incentive Plan takes effect in the first quarter of fiscal 2027.

Sweetgreen Appoints John Karangis as Executive Chef

Sweetgreen (SG) announced the appointment of John Karangis as Executive Chef and Senior Vice President, SVP, Culinary. In his new role, Karangis will lead sweetgreen's culinary strategy, overseeing menu innovation, strengthening the core menu and bringing new chef-crafted offerings. Most recently, Karangis served as Executive Chef and Vice President of Culinary Innovation at Shake Shack (SHAK)

Sweetgreen Launches New Beverage Lineup with Tropical Black Tea and Fresh Blackberry Basil

Sweetgreen announced it is rolling out a refreshed Housemade Beverage lineup, including two new flavors. Tropical Black Tea and Fresh Blackberry Basil will join updated recipes for two customer favorites, the Signature Lemonade and Ginger Greens, across 120 locations. The refresh will also include a new 24oz cup size in addition to the existing 16oz offering. Drinks are made fresh in-house from real fruit, vegetables, fresh herbs and agave as a sweetener. The new Tropical Black Tea contains no sweetener. The drinks are a natural extension of how sweetgreen has always approached food: start with real, whole ingredients and let them lead.