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Sweetgreen’s Top Restaurant Managers at High Volume Stores Can Earn More Than $200,000 Under a New Incentive Plan

$SGPress releaseOct 27, 2026, 9:00 AM ETRead the release

Sweetgreen announced a new Head Coach Incentive Plan that can push total compensation above $200,000 for top restaurant managers with three-plus years of tenure at its highest-volume locations. The plan combines higher base salaries tied to restaurant scale, a new revenue-share bonus on sales upside, and performance-based equity, effective in Q1 fiscal 2027. A companion Restaurateur Program pays a $10,000 uncapped bonus for each Team Member developed into a Head Coach.

Key figures

Plan effective
first quarter of fiscal 2027
Restaurant count
289
Top head coach total comp
$200,000+
Restaurateur development bonus
$10,000 per Team Member developed into Head Coach

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