CAVA's KDS Doctrine: From 25 to 250 Screens, One Order at a Time

A kitchen display screen mounted above a CAVA assembly line, order tickets queued in color-coded lanes

Inside CAVA's kitchen display rollout — 25 stores to 42 in Q1, 250 by year-end — and the loyalty rebuild that added 340 basis points. The operator's read on what order throttling actually does to throughput.

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