---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-025421"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAVA"
cik: "0001639438"
company_name: "CAVA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T08:05:34.777862+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CAVA Group Q1 2024 revenue up 30.3% to $256.3M; first-ever positive free cash flow

## Summary
- Net income of $14.0M vs. net loss of $2.1M in prior-year quarter; adjusted EBITDA of $33.3M, up 99%.
- CAVA same-restaurant sales grew 2.3% (4.3% adjusted for calendar shift); digital mix 37%.
- Restaurant-level profit margin 25.2% vs. 25.4% last year; 14 net new restaurants opened, total 323.
- First quarter of positive free cash flow at $4.7M; operating cash flow of $38.4M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-025421
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAVA
- cik: 0001639438
- company_name: CAVA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828024025421/0001628280-24-025421-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828024025421/cava-20240528.htm

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