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Be Well by Kelly Leveque

279. Redefining Fast Food & Going Seed Oil Free at Sweetgreen with Nicolas Jammet #FabulousFriends

Be Well by Kelly Leveque

Kelly Leveque

Education, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Nicolas Jammet is the co-founder and chief concept officer of Sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand that serves healthy food at scale. Nick and his co-founder started Sweetgreen in 2007, just three months after graduating from Georgetown. Their vision is to be as ubiquitous as traditional fast food – but far, far more transparent and honest. 

I'm really excited to welcome my friend Nick to the podcast today for one of our “founder” episodes. We talk about the founding story of Sweetgreen, the importance of food quality, sourcing, and transparency, how they’ve grown and evolved the brand since it began, why they decided to go seed oil free, how they’re influencing the way the next generation thinks about food, and how they hope to transform the world of fast food.

We also cover:

(00:01:18) The Story of Sweetgreen’s Mission To Redefine Fast Food

(00:06:57) The Future of Sweetgreen: How They’re Evolving & Growing

(00:12:11) All About Sourcing & Transparency: Setting a Quality Standard for Cooking Oils

(00:20:17) Good for You Cravings: Shifting the Fast Food Paradigm

(00:23:11) Transforming Next Generation’s Relationship to Food

(00:32:54) Celebrating Protein Plates & Broadening the Sweetgreen Menu

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    0:00.0

    so much of our journey as college kids to young professionals to now we all have families and kids

    0:05.1

    around the same age which is really exciting but you know it's made our purpose even more important because it's not even

    0:10.0

    just about you know it started with us and our friends in college and now it's like,

    0:13.3

    oh my God, this whole next generation, if like their relationship to food can be different,

    0:17.4

    there's nothing more exciting or important than that.

    0:19.8

    And it's really changed even how some of the decisions we make at Sweet Green.

    0:23.0

    Nicholas Jame is the co-founder and Chief Concept Officer of Sweet Green, the mission-driven

    0:31.8

    restaurant brand that serves healthy food at scale.

    0:34.4

    Nick and his co-founder started Sweet Green in 2007, just three months after graduating Georgetown.

    0:39.4

    Their vision is to be as ubiquitous as traditional fast food but far more transparent and honest.

    0:44.8

    Nick has been recognized as a key innovator in food and business.

    0:48.0

    Name to Fast Company's most creative people in business, Inks 30 under 30, Forbes 30 under 30, Food and Wines, 40

    0:55.3

    Big Food Thinkers, 40 and Under, and Sweet Green has been named one of Fast

    0:59.2

    Companies, most innovative companies in 2019 and 2020,

    1:02.6

    and they won the 2020 and 2021 Webby Award

    1:05.6

    for Food and Drink in the category of apps,

    1:07.6

    mobile, and voice.

    1:08.9

    Plus, they've been recognized as the top 100

    1:10.9

    most loved workplace by Newsweek

    1:12.9

    in collaboration with Best Practices Institute.

    1:15.4

    I'm really excited to welcome my friend Nick

    1:17.4

    to the podcast today.

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