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4 sourced facts about salads and the salad industry, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerabout $300 million
Fast-casual salad chains were still a fairly small restaurant category in the mid-2010s compared to burgers or pizza.
Source: Wikipedia: Salad (2014) en.wikipedia.org
Answer2021
Sweetgreen became a public company on November 18, 2021, a milestone for a chain built entirely around salads and grain bowls.
Source: Wikipedia: Sweetgreen (2021) en.wikipedia.org
Answer6,186
Running hundreds of made-to-order salad restaurants takes a sizeable workforce, though far fewer than giant fast-food chains.
Source: Wikipedia: Sweetgreen (2024) en.wikipedia.org
AnswerTennessee
Hot slaw, flavored with jalapeño and mustard, was formally named Tennessee's first official state food.
Source: Wikipedia: Coleslaw (2024) en.wikipedia.org