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Sweetgreen is gearing up to introduce two restaurants powered by the automated production line it calls Infinite Kitchen. The company has been working to determine where and when it will deploy the tool—which utilizes a conveyor belt to precisely dispense portions of ingredients—since 2021 when it acquired Spyce, a two-unit fast-casual concept powered by the robotic system. 

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A few weeks back, we talked about a lawsuit Chipotle filed against Sweetgreen, a restaurant chain dedicated mostly to serving salads and grain bowls. The suit centered on Sweetgreen announcing a new menu item: a "Chipotle Burrito Bowl." We found the entire suit quite odd, given that Sweetgreen's menu item is named in a way…

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Sweetgreen launched a menu item dubbed the Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl. Chipotle Mexican Grill objected to the name alleging the name and the way Sweetgreen advertised the item featured similar ingredients to Chipotle’s burrito bowls, violated its trademark rights.

Sweetgreen announced it will rename its new menu item, the Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl, to Chicken + Chipotle Pepper Bowl after Chipotle Mexican Grill sued the restaurant chain in a California Federal Court for violating their trademark rights.

The name change is part of a tentative agreement to resolve Chipotle’s lawsuit against Sweetgreen.

The name change is part of a tentative agreement to resolve Chipotle's lawsuit against Sweetgreen.