Key Points Sweetgreen's focus on automation makes it an innovative competitor in the restaurant sector. Consumers are pulling back, impacting the company’s foot traffic and same-store sales. Sweetgreen must show meaningful fundamental improvements before it can drive investor optimism. 10 stocks we like better than Sweetgreen › Since its initial public offering in November 2021, Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG) has taken its investors on a wild ride. In the first year of trading, shares tanked 74%. They the ...