Cava is expanding the AI tech used in its restaurants to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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Cava is embracing AI to predict orders, optimize labor, and personalize customer interactions.

CEO Brett Schulman said the Mediterranean chain has entered its "decade of data transformation."

Cava isn't the only slop bowl chain to enter its AI era: Chipotle and Sweetgreen are pivoting, too.