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{{CompanyCargo
| Founded = 2006
| Industry = Food
| Logo = Cava Group logo.png
| Type = Public
| Website = https://cava.com/
| CompanyAlias = Cava Grills
}}

Founded in 2006, [[wikipedia:Cava_Group|Cava Group, Inc.]], also referred as Cava Grill, is a American Mediterranean fast casual restaurant.

== Consumer-impact summary ==

* '''User Freedom:''' Users can request to opt-out of sale of personal information.
* '''User Privacy:''' Partakes part in selling users data to advertisers, including call recordings, identifiers, network specific details, and medical information.
* '''Business Model:''' Food and drink sales through delivery or in place transactions.
* '''Market Control:''' $954 million in revenue in 2024.

== Incidents ==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:Cava Grill|Cava Grill category]].

=== Website not accommodating blind users  ===
On 18 January 2018, Thomas J. Olsen filed a lawsuit against Cava over allegedly failure to accommodate blind users with proper tools on their website. It claims the company lack certain technologies that would allow visually impaired users to easily access the website, including alternative text on its images and links.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2026 |title=UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK |url=https://www.classaction.org/media/olsen-v-cava-group-inc-et-al.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=ClassAction}}</ref>

=== Spicy Lamb Meatballs ===
Dating back to 2021, numerous customers on customer review sites, [[X Corp|X]] (formerly Twitter) and [[Reddit]] reported getting raw meatballs in their products, with many reporting getting sick after consumption that lasted for several days, with several reports being up to a week. Several customers gave concern to the company cooking practices, with many pointing out that the meatballs are uncooked in the middle due to bad cooking practices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balik |first=Lauren |date=5 February 2024 |title=A Cava (NYSE: CAVA) Food Illness Outbreak is Not a Black Swan, But a Pink Meatball: A Near… |url=https://www.thecaptainslog.io/a-cava-nyse-cava-food-illness-outbreak-is-not-a-black-swan-but-a-pink-meatball-a-near/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=The Captain's Logs}}</ref>

=== Selling products not made for consumption ===
On 27 April 2022, Neil Hamman and Michael Stewart would file a lawsuit against Cava Grills for allegedly selling grains and salad bowl related products that were unfit for human consumption. It claims the company “falsely portrayed” [[wikipedia:PFAS|polyfluoroalkyl substances]] (PFAS) contents inside its prodcut by “concealed and misrepresented the product.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Corrado |date=28 April 2022 |title=Cava Food Packaging Contains Unsafe PFAS, Class Action Claims |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/cava-food-packaging-contains-unsafe-pfas-class-action-claims |url-status=live |access-date=2 April 2026 |website=ClassAction}}</ref> On 15 April 2024, plaintiffs voluntary dismissed the case with prejudice for unknown reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2026 |title=Grain and Salad Bowls from CAVA |url=https://truthinadvertising.org/class-action/grain-and-salad-bowls-from-cava/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=Truth in Advertising}}</ref>

On 13 October 2023. non profit organization Toxin Free USA filed a complaint against Cava for false advertising and fraud after conducting a series of lab test that resulted in some of their product containing high levels organic fluorine,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2026 |title=Toxin Free USA v. CAVA Groupe inc. |url=https://justicepesticides.org/en/juridic_case/toxin-free-usa-c-cava-groupe-inc/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=Justice Pesticides}}</ref> Toxin Free USA would later release a statement announcing plans to peruse a lawsuit against Cava Group, however the company didn't respond.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=23 October 2023 |title=Toxin Free USA Sues CAVA for Food Containing Pesticides and Food Packaging Containing PFAS |url=https://toxinfreeusa.org/toxin-free-usa-sues-cava-for-food-containing-pesticides-and-food-packaging-containing-pfas/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=Toxic Free USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2023 |title=Toxic Free USA Sues CAVA Restaurant for Food containing pesticides $ Food packaging Containing PFAS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ONUjjTNm-8 |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=Youtube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2023 |title=READ the full press release: https://toxinfreeusa.org/toxin-free-usa-sues-cava-for-food-containing-pesticides-and-food-packaging-containing-pfas |url=https://www.facebook.com/GMOFreeUSA/videos/read-the-full-press-release-httpstoxinfreeusaorgtoxin-free-usa-sues-cava-for-foo/858296426002871/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=Facebook}}</ref> In the lawsuit, it alleges the company pita chips, bread, cabbage slaw, lentils, and rice were advertised as a healthy and environmental friendly, however it causes several health implications to consumers such as cancer and liver damage.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2023 |title=Toxin Free USA files lawsuit against CAVA Group |url=https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/toxin-free-lawsuit-cava/?cf-view |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2026 |website=Packaging Gateway}}</ref> containing several synthetic biocide/pesticide chemicals such as glyphosate and isoprothiolane. As of April 2026, the case is still pending a legal outcome.<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

* [[Chipotle]]
* [[Panera Bread]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Cava Grill]]

Cava Grill - Revision history

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