Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO, Jonathan Neman gets candid about nearly two decades of building one of America's most recognizable food brands and what it really takes to run a turnaround as a founder-led public company. Jonathan breaks down the transformation plan: new menu items, the Infinite Kitchen automation rollout, and why execution on the fundamentals is the only focus right now. He also opens up on what investors misunderstand about Sweetgreen's TAM, why optimization kills innovation, and the message he'd send to shareholders today.

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📚Chapters

0:00 – Intro

1:16 – Georgetown origin story

3:06 – Building a supply chain from scratch

4:26 – People, culture, and the head coach

5:24 – Tech evolution: digital ordering to the Infinite Kitchen

7:20 – Growth mode to turnaround

8:45 – Wraps: Biggest category expansion & custom tortilla

12:43 – Why Jonathan is still running the company

15:89 – Hard truth about being a public company CEO

25:47 – What investors misunderstand about Sweetgreen

31:41 – All the answers are in the restaurant

36:17 – Companies inspiring the playbook

42:12 – What he'd tell shareholders right now

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🎧 This episode was recorded on May 11, 2026

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