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 |
C
CAVA
|
+13.8% |
| 2 |
T
Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe
|
+11.7% |
| 3 |
L
Luna Grill
|
+0.9% |
| 4 |
A
Aladdin's Eatery
|
-9.9% |
| 5 |
T
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill
|
- |
| 6 |
M
mezeh
|
-8.6% |
| 7 |
M
Moby Dick House of Kabob
|
-6.9% |
| 8 |
N
Nick The Greek
|
+19.6% |
| 9 |
P
Pita Way
|
+12.6% |
| 10 |
P
Pita Jungle
|
-11.9% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
309 tracked CAVA locations across 28 US states and DC.
Tracked stores by state
- Texas 38
- Virginia 31
- California 30
- Florida 23
- Maryland 22
- North Carolina 17
- Georgia 16
- New York 16
- Massachusetts 14
- New Jersey 12
- Tennessee 12
- Colorado 11
- Pennsylvania 11
- South Carolina 9
- Alabama 7
- Arizona 6
- Illinois 6
- Oklahoma 6
- Indiana 3
- Louisiana 3
- Arkansas 2
- Connecticut 2
- District of Columbia 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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