Sweetgreen SG Pre-opening costs
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Sweetgreen in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PreOpeningCosts.
The official record: Sweetgreen’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Sweetgreen's pre-opening costs?
- Sweetgreen (SG) reported pre-opening costs of $1.11M in Q1 2026.
- How has Sweetgreen's pre-opening costs changed year-over-year?
- Sweetgreen's pre-opening costs decreased by 34.5% year-over-year, from $1.7M to $1.11M.
- What is the long-term trend for Sweetgreen's pre-opening costs?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Sweetgreen's pre-opening costs has grown at a 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.19M to $10.79M.
- What does pre-opening costs mean?
- Pre-opening costs represent the expenses incurred by a restaurant or retail operator in the period leading up to the launch of a new location. These typically include lease payments, staff recruitment and training, and marketing expenditures required to prepare a site for commercial operations. Monitoring these costs provides insight into the company's expansion pace and the efficiency of its capital deployment strategy for new store growth.