Analyzing sweetgreen’s locations, location strategy, and growth opportunities. — One Key Insight Sweetgreen sells made-to-order healthy salads and bowls from ~200 primarily urban locations in high-population, high-employment, very high income areas with a loyal niche in the QSR space but a challenging path to grow at scale. Who They Are Sweetgreen, founded in 2014 in D.C., …

The much loved In-N-Out burger recently announced their plans to expand the brand east. Today, the majority of stores are in California and others are scattered throughout Texas and the West coast. Moving east is a big step outside of the company’s comfort zone. We looked at the data to…

Growing with intention and purpose under uncertain market conditions — Predictions for what will happen in 2023 may appear negative, but that doesn’t apply equally to all businesses and industries. …

We analyzed IRS tax filing data from 2018–2021 to identify where people left, went, and how money migrated between regions — Many changes have arisen over the past few years, and one of note has been the change in migration patterns — how often and where people move. As with many things, this is something we can look for in data. We wondered: Where were people migrating before and where are…

Cava’s explosive growth in the fast casual category has been accelerated by a $300M acquisition that they acquired to intentionally wind down the brand. — One Key Insight: Cava serves made-to-order bowls with Mediterranean themed ingredients from 235 company-owned stores, targeting upper-middle income population in urban-suburban households primarily in the East and Southeast with conversion of acquired Zoës Kitchen locations as a key growth strategy.

A data-driven analysis of the impact of recent housing market changes on the iBuyer business model — Some companies mentioned in this post are publicly traded. This analysis is not investment advice, is not nationally comprehensive, and may contain errors in the source data or analysis. This analysis is our perspective based on localized available data and may not be current or up-to-date. We researched and wrote…

A Blend of Analytics & Strategy to Assess Peloton’s Growth and Exit Options This is a tough time for many businesses that benefited from a pandemic-driven surge in business. …

Using location intelligence to better understand the evolving footprint of the retailer — All thoughts, opinion, and analysis are my own based on publicly available information. After decades of building a vast, distributed location footprint, many brick-and-mortar retailers are finding that they need to adapt strategy. …

Building the location profile for OneMedical and identifying its value to Amazon — All findings, opinions, data collection, and analysis are my own independent thoughts and methods. In late July, Amazon announced its ~$4B acquisition of OneMedical, a provider of primary care services throughout the country. This is a major step forward for Amazon into healthcare. Healthcare is one of the few markets…