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title: "Sweetgreen Reverses No-Cash Policy"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/722a028b-1784-419b-a1a9-de42eb8f2869
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/sweetgreen-reverses-no-cash-policy-2709791
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2019-04-26T18:13:31.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:30:22.576Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2bfe84f89d6554b48c2c96d8ef14c02b6159.jpg
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# Sweetgreen Reverses No-Cash Policy

**TL;DR:** Sweetgreen will begin accepting cash again at all 94 locations after two years of refusal. The brand is dropping its no-cash payments policy due to growing criticism and legislation prohibiting businesses from refusing to accept cash.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-04-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/sweetgreen-reverses-no-cash-policy-2709791).*

## Story

After two years of refusal, popular quick-service salad chain Sweetgreen will begin accepting cash again. The brand that pioneered the cashless movement among restaurant operators and other businesses announced in a blog post on Thursday that it would be dropping its no-cash payments policy at all 94 of its locations before year’s end.

In response to the growing number of franchisors and other restaurant operators going cashless, states and cities are starting to implement legislation prohibiting businesses from refusing to accept cash as payment, including New Jersey, Philadelphia and more.

Restaurant Business noted that Sweetgreen made the change amid growing criticism of the cashless movement. According to the article, the brand noted that the operational benefits of going cashless are outweighed by the “unintended consequence” of excluding some customers.

Sweetgreen’s reversal of policy reveals that despite the operational efficiency no-cash policies bring about, it may ultimately be of greater benefit for franchisors and other businesses to accept multiple forms of payment in order to make themselves accessible to any and all consumers.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- new jersey (location)
- restaurant operations (topic)
- Philadelphia (location)
- Sweetgreen (company)
- legislation (topic)
- payment methods (topic)
- cashless policy (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/sweetgreen-reverses-no-cash-policy-2709791). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/722a028b-1784-419b-a1a9-de42eb8f2869).