The Company leases all of its CAVA Restaurants, its Digital Kitchens, its production facility in Laurel, Maryland, its food distribution center in Edison, New Jersey, its restaurant collaboration center in Washington, D.C., and its support centers in Brooklyn, New York, Manhattan, New York, and Plano, Texas. The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at inception and determines the classification of a lease, if necessary. Typically, restaurant leases have initial terms of 10 years and include five-year renewal options.


	Sixteen Weeks Ended
(in thousands)		April 19, 2026		April 20, 2025
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities		$	23,510	$	15,910
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities		42,441		38,146
Derecognition of operating lease assets due to termination or impairment		833		302