Sweetgreen launches new “CORE menu”

From Sweetgreen:

“Sweetgreen launched its biggest menu innovation yet — a new CORE menu, welcoming many exciting changes (Chicken Pesto Parm!).

Over the past several years, the Sweetgreen team has spent thousands of hours combing through customer feedback and ideas, testing new flavor combinations in the test kitchen and working with over 150 farmers across the country to explore new ingredients. From that data and research comes a new CORE menu that truly reflects the best of Sweetgreen and gives people what they want.

The Curry Chickpea winter bowl was the most popular seasonal offering in 2017, and now its here to stay. 10% of Sweetgreen’s customers identify as vegetarian or vegan. The new menu introduces lentils, a new vegetarian protein.

More information on the new menu items:

Chicken Pesto Parm: Introducing an Italian flavor profile, this salad has all the familiar flavors of a Chicken Parm sandwich, but in Sweetgreen form.
Ingredients: Organic spinach, warm quinoa, spicy broccoli, tomatoes, shaved parm, roasted chicken, za’atar breadcrumbs, Sweetgreen hot sauce, pesto vinaigrette

Spicy Thai Salad: This salad is light and greens based for vegetarian customers, and features one of the most popular dressings, Spicy Cashew.
Ingredients: Organic arugula, chopped romaine, basil, cilantro, raw corn, cucumber, shredded cabbage, roasted sesame tofu, spicy sunflower seeds, lime squeeze, spicy cashew dressing

Curry Chickpea Bowl: This winter menu favorite is here to stay!
Ingredients: Organic baby spinach, warm quinoa, hot chickpeas, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage, cilantro, roasted chicken, raisins, roasted almonds, curry yogurt dressing

Lentil + Avocado: Introducing a new vegetarian protein!
Ingredients: Organic arugula, chopped romaine, black lentils, avocado, basil, cucumbers, shredded carrots, spicy broccoli, raw beets, walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette

Fish Taco: A new warm bowl featuring Steelhead.
Ingredients: organic arugula, warm quinoa, shredded cabbage, cilantro, roasted steelhead, tortilla chips, Sweetgreen hot sauce, lime cilantro jalapeno vinaigrette

But don’t worry: Shroomami, Harvest Bowl, Kale Caesar, Guacamole Greens and Hummus Tahina are here to stay. (We’re saying goodbye to OMG Omega, Rad Thai, Pesto Portobello, and the Spicy Sabzi).”

You can see the complete new menu here.