---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001275158-25-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDLS"
cik: "0001275158"
company_name: "NOODLES & Co"
filed_at: "2025-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:43:24.624116+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Noodles & Company dismisses Ernst & Young, appoints Grant Thornton as auditor

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved dismissal of Ernst & Young as independent auditor on September 8, 2025.
- No disagreements or reportable events with Ernst & Young during fiscal 2024 or through September 8, 2025.
- Grant Thornton LLP appointed as new independent auditor, effective immediately for fiscal year ending December 30, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001275158-25-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDLS
- cik: 0001275158
- company_name: NOODLES & Co
- filed_at: 2025-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000097/0001275158-25-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000097/ndls-20250908.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-25-000097.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3a26e63627c59c22b714cf09af8b4a9149b8f4ce
  claim: NOODLES & Co engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On September 8, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, to perform independent audit services for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000097/0001275158-25-000097-index.htm
- claim_id: d2273160259e7a4856153e2b9d5d43e438aa9a96
  claim: NOODLES & Co dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On September 8, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Noodles & Company (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000097/0001275158-25-000097-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.