Summary

Fear of explosive diarrhea seems to be scaring customers away from the purveyors of salad in business districts and strip malls across the US. On Saturday, July 11, as news of a massive cyclospora outbreak —possibly linked to contaminated lettuce—made headlines, traffic at Chopt fell by 7.1 percent, compared to the chain’s average Saturday traffic in 2026, according to Placer.ai data. The same day, foot traffic at Panera Bread was down 7.4 percent, and Sweetgreen was down 3.1 percent, compared to those chains’ Saturday averages.

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