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Sweetgreen is slashing its full-year forecast as cyclospora fears hammer salad sales

The salad chain now expects same-store sales to fall 7% to 8% this year, compared with a prior forecast of a 2% to 4% decline

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Sweetgreen cut its full-year outlook on Thursday after a cyclospora outbreak scared consumers away from fresh produce, forcing the salad chain to project a steeper decline in sales at established locations.

Sweetgreen's revised outlook calls for same-store sales to shrink 7% to 8% in 2026, a significant deterioration from the 2% to 4% decline it had previously projected. The company attributed the guidance change to a drop in consumer appetite for fresh prepared foods following the spread of the multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak,........

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