Growth
CAVA against its category
The biggest tracked US Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks CAVA's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAVA | +13.1% |
| 2 | Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe | +11.8% |
| 3 | Luna Grill | -0.4% |
| 4 | The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill | - |
| 5 | Aladdin's Eatery | -10.0% |
| 6 | mezeh | -9.7% |
| 7 | Moby Dick House of Kabob | -7.4% |
| 8 | Nick The Greek | +17.9% |
| 9 | Pita Way | +12.1% |
| 10 | Pita Jungle | -12.8% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
342 tracked CAVA locations across 28 US states and DC. Texas, California, and Virginia hold 32% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- Texas 44
- California 34
- Virginia 31
- Florida 27
- Maryland 23
- North Carolina 21
- Georgia 18
- Massachusetts 17
- New York 16
- Colorado 12
- New Jersey 12
- Pennsylvania 12
- Tennessee 12
- South Carolina 10
- Alabama 7
- Oklahoma 7
- Arizona 6
- Illinois 6
- District of Columbia 5
- Connecticut 4
- Indiana 3
- Louisiana 3
- Arkansas 2
- Kansas 2
- Michigan 2
- New Hampshire 2
- Rhode Island 2
- Delaware 1
- Missouri 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at CAVA
Tracked chains CAVA customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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