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The Bowl Economy

Which bowl chain grows customers fastest this week?

CAVA posted 9% comps with traffic up 5.3%, Sweetgreen cut its outlook on cyclospora fears, and Chipotle spent August fighting a salmonella headline. The $15 bowl economy, ranked weekly.

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Select Outcome

Early Pool
CAVA—
Chipotle Mexican Grill—
Panda Express—
sweetgreen—
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Graduation Progress16%
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$8of $50 to graduate

Activity

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Select Outcome

Early Pool
CAVA—
Chipotle Mexican Grill—
Panda Express—
sweetgreen—
$
Graduation Progress16%
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$8of $50 to graduate

Activity

MARKET WINDOW

September 7 to 13, compared against the August 31 to September 6 prior week.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Unique purchasers are distinct cardholders with at least one verified purchase transaction under each merchant's descriptor during the window, all channels. Growth is the percentage change in each merchant's unique purchaser count versus the prior week.

RESOLUTION METHOD

The merchant with the highest week-over-week unique purchaser growth rate wins. Resolution requires a minimum of 10,000 qualifying transactions per merchant. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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