Pedestrians pass by a Sweetgreen restaurant on Aug. 4, 2026 in San Francisco, California.
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Sweetgreen on Thursday cut its full-year outlook and is now projecting steeper same-store sales declines due to diner fears of eating fresh produce during the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.
Shares of the salad chain fell more than 15% in extended trading.
Sweetgreen has not been implicated in the ongoing outbreak that has sickened at least 10,000 people and led to two deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Food and Drug Administration has pointed to iceberg lettuce supplied by a Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico as the likely culprit, and the contaminated products have been recalled. The only nationwide restaurant chain linked to the outbreak is Yum Brands’ Taco Bell, which is already seeing sales bounce back.
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