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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001789940-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRG"
cik: "0001789940"
company_name: "First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:55:11.432785+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Watch reports Q4 same-restaurant sales +3.1%, traffic -1.9%; FY +3.6% sales

## Summary
- Same-restaurant sales growth +3.1% in Q4, +3.6% for FY 2025.
- Same-restaurant traffic growth -1.9% in Q4, +0.5% for FY 2025.
- Opened 64 new system-wide restaurants in 2025 (55 company-owned, 9 franchise); total 633.
- CEO Chris Tomasso highlighted record openings and strong 2026 pipeline.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001789940-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRG
- cik: 0001789940
- company_name: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000003/0001789940-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000003/fwrg-20260112.htm

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