Sweetgreen falls 10% as latest victim of cyclospora fears, removes jalapeños over second outbreak

For the second quarter ending June 28, Sweetgreen’s same-store sales fell 6.2% – its sixth straight decline.

The salad chain now expects same-store sales to fall 7% to 8% this year, compared with a prior forecast of a 2% to 4% decline

The salad chain’s shares tumbled after hours, but it said it doesn’t use iceberg lettuce and only uses jalapenos in two dressings.

The salad chain has not been implicated in the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.

Most of the salmonella cases linked to jalapeños are in Colorado and Minnesota

The restaurant chain said it pulled the peppers and replaced them with product from another grower amid a food-poisoning probe.

The CDC is reporting that there are more than 300 cases of salmonella across the country. At least 36 people have been hospitalized. Both Chipotle and Qdoba say they have removed jalapenos from all restaurants. NBC News’ Anne Thompson has more on what you need to know.

The Minnesota Department of Health said it had identified 110 salmonella cases in this outbreak, and the F.D.A. is also investigating.

Restaurant chain pulls peppers ‘out of an abundance of caution’ as salmonella outbreak sickens 100 people Chipotle said on Tuesday ⁠it had removed jalapeños from some of the chain’s restaurants after identifying ⁠the peppers as ⁠a ​potential ingredient tied to a salmonella outbreak, replacing them ⁠with supplies from d