‘Never waste a crisis’: Sweetgreen cofounder on stolen recipes, the cyclospora cyclone and their first-ever chef-in-residence

‘Never waste a crisis’: Sweetgreen cofounder on stolen recipes, the cyclospora cyclone and their first-ever chef-in-residence

Nic Jammet on a lettuce scare, growing up at New York's La Caravelle, Molly Baz's residency and the Hoboken fan whose 25-day challenge went national.

‘Never waste a crisis’: Sweetgreen cofounder on stolen recipes, the cyclospora cyclone, and the company’s first-ever chef in residence - Dining and Cooking

Sweetgreen doesn’t use iceberg lettuce, and it doesn’t buy lettuce from Mexico, according to cofounder Nic Jammet, but the salad chain still paid for this summer’s cyclospora outbreak anyway. Federal investigators tied the outbreak to iceberg lettuce from central Mexico, but fears about produce hit Sweetgreen regardless. The company cut its full-year outlook in August, [...]