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title: "Zoes Kitchen Sold for $300 Million"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/e2c05bc5-f6fa-43e4-ba19-730eef3f5afa
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/zoes-kitchen-sold-for-300-million-2707544
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-08-17T14:09:46.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:06.836Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/24838a7e00b7b0acd7df17410d5977aa7289.jpg
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# Zoes Kitchen Sold for $300 Million

**TL;DR:** Zoes Kitchen has been sold to Cava Group, Inc. for $300 million. The combined company will have 327 locations across the nation, with Ron Shaich serving as chairman.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/zoes-kitchen-sold-for-300-million-2707544).*

## Story

Zoes Kitchen has announced a change in ownership. According to a recent article in QSR Magazine, the brand been purchased by Cava Group, Inc. for $300 million. Former Panera CEO, Ron Shaich, will serve as the chairman for the company which now has a combined total of 327 locations across the nation.

“As a close observer of the fast-casual restaurant industry, I am thrilled at the prospect of what Cava and Zoes Kitchen can accomplish together. Together these businesses will create the leading company in one of the most important categories in fast casual today—Mediterranean—with the capabilities to drive extraordinary customer satisfaction and powerful growth,” said Shaich.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- fast casual (topic)
- brand acquisition (topic)
- CAVA (company)
- ownership change (topic)
- Ron Shaich (person)
- Zoes Kitchen (company)
- CAVA acquisition of Zoes Kitchen (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/zoes-kitchen-sold-for-300-million-2707544). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e2c05bc5-f6fa-43e4-ba19-730eef3f5afa).