Wraps take over chain menus: Sweetgreen debuts 4, Popeyes makes Chicken Wrap permanent
A coordinated wave of handheld launches hit US chains this week. Sweetgreen rolled out four chicken wraps, Popeyes brought back its Chicken Wrap as a permanent SKU, and Tropical Smoothie, Jimmy John's and Saladworks added wrap variants alongside pizza and protein refreshes from Blaze, Via 313, Marco's and Mellow Mushroom.
US QSR and fast-casual chains rolled out wraps and handheld items this week, with Sweetgreen launching four chicken wraps, Popeyes returning its Chicken Wrap permanently, and Tropical Smoothie, Jimmy John's, Saladworks adding new wrap SKUs alongside pizza and protein menu refreshes.
Why this matters
Sweetgreen's four-wrap drop lands inside a broader chain shift toward handheld formats, with Popeyes converting its Chicken Wrap to permanent and three other chains adding wrap SKUs in the same week.
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