sweetgreen acquires Galley Foods
sweetgreen, the restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, has acquired Galley Foods, the Washington, D.C.-based meal service delivering ready-to-eat fresh meals, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock.
sweetgreen, the restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, has acquired Galley Foods, the Washington, D.C.-based meal service delivering ready-to-eat fresh meals, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock. The purchase marks the first-ever acquisition for sweetgreen.
The acquisition enables sweetgreen to leverage Galley Foods’ knowledge of logistics technology, live courier operations, and high-volume production. CEO of Galley Foods, Alan Clifford, will join the sweetgreen team as vice president of logistics.
“As a health-focused brand that was also homegrown in Washington, D.C., we’ve admired sweetgreen since its start,” said Clifford. “It’s a company that, since its inception, has paved the way for change in the restaurant industry and inspired other brands to challenge the way they think about connecting people to food.”
As part of the terms of the acquisition, Galley Foods will continue to operate in and serve Washington D.C. while leveraging sweetgreen’s supply chain made up of regional growers, producers, and distributors.