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Sweetgreen launches more chicken items as turnaround effort continues.

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Sweetgreen launched "functional health" menu on Jan 1st '26.

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Sweetgreen launches more chicken items as turnaround effort continues. Chicken Sesame Crunch Salad launched nationwide while Korean-inspired chicken is in test Bret Thorn, Senior Food Editor, Nation's Restaurant News March 26, 2026 Sweetgreen's Chicken Sesame Crunch salad Sweetgreen Sweetgreen has launched three new chicken options this week as the chain struggles to turn around sales. The Chicken Sesame Crunch Salad, launched systemwide, is inspired by the Chinese chicken salads of Southern California and features roasted chicken, Napa cabbage slaw, shredded kale, chopped romaine lettuce, shredded cabbage, raw carrots, crispy chow mein-style noodles and house-made "sesame crunch" made by tossing sesame seeds with maple and salt and baking it into a kind of brittle. It comes with a new orange juice-based citrus-sesame vinaigrette and is priced starting at $14.65. At select locations, excluding New York and Midwest markets and with limited availability in Los Angeles, are two new Korean barbecue items. The KBBQ Chicken Bowl features chicken in a Korean barbecue-style glaze with white rice, romaine lettuce, spicy broccoli, Napa cabbage slaw, cucumber kimchi and an apple kimchi sauce that was developed last year in a collaboration that Sweetgreen did with New York City fine-dining restaurant Cote Korean Steakhouse. It's priced at $15.95. The KBBQ Chicken Plate has the...

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In January, Sweetgreen launched a "functional health" menu in collaboration with Mark Hyman, founder of the science-based health platform Function.

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"functional health" menu
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Jan 1, 2026

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Detected
Mar 26, 2026
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