Cava faces strong competition

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CAVA GROUP INC., founded in 2010, operates 263 fast-casual restaurants in 22 states and Washington DC. It specializes in Greek and Mediterranean-style dishes. Cava has completed an initial public offering (IPO) of 14.44 million common shares at $22 a share. That values the company at about $2.45 billion. The shares trade on the New York exchange under the symbol CAVA. The company will use the proceeds of about $318 million to fund the opening of 34 to 44 new restaurants (net of closures) in 2023. Despite those new outlets, Cava faces strong competition from bigger chains like Chipotle. As well, in 2022, it lost $59 million on revenue of $564 million. That’s worse than its 2021 net loss of $37.1 million. We’ll keep an eye on the progress of Cava’s share offering and continue to update our advice. advice. …