Schulman: CAVA's Mosaic location opened at twice previous locations' run rate
Brett Schulman · CAVA: Ted Xenohristos and Brett Schulman · Nov 27, 2023 · at 52:46
CAVA CEO Brett Schulman describes the February 2013 opening of CAVA's fifth location in Fairfax, Virginia as the company's growth tipping point.
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“And we had two hour long lines and the restaurant opened, you know, for its regular service the next day at twice the revenue run rate of the other restaurants that had opened and the other restaurants all started to grow in concert with it.”
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