WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 7, 2025--
CAVA, the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, today announced a partnership with Olympic gold medalist sprinter and public health advocate Gabby Thomas. In contrast to typical “new year, new me” restrictions, the partnership kicks off 2025 by encouraging consumers to embrace the Mediterranean spirit of abundance with food that is flavorful and supports their well-being, with no compromises. Inspired by Gabby’s accessible, well-rounded approach to fueling her busy life, the collaboration introduces three new limited-time menu items available now: the Spicy Lamb + Avocado Bowl, the Falafel Crunch Bowl, and the Garlic Chicken + Veggie Pita.
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As she prepares for an action-packed 2025—training for the U.S. Nationals and World Championships while continuing her public health work—Gabby is intentional about eating food that powers her training, sustains her energy, and brings her genuine enjoyment.
“I’ve been a CAVA fan for years—it’s my go-to for delicious meals that keep me going no matter how busy my schedule or how intense my training gets,” said Thomas. “Partnering at the start of a busy 2025 feels like a great fit, and I hope I can inspire people to eat well and take on the new year with more intention and energy, so they can do more of what makes them feel good.”
“Gabby’s authenticity, passion, and achievements make her the perfect partner for CAVA. She loves our food, she’s inspiring and empowering, and she embodies living life to the fullest," said Andy Rebhun, Chief Experience Officer at CAVA. “We share that philosophy, which we call the Mediterranean Way, and you can taste it in our food and feel it in the way we welcome everyone to our table.”
CAVA’s new chef-curated menu items are filled with high-quality ingredients that help support a healthy and active lifestyle.
The Spicy Lamb + Avocado Bowl, the Falafel Crunch Bowl, and the Garlic Chicken + Veggie Pita are available for a limited time at CAVA restaurants across the country and via CAVA’s app and website. To learn more, follow @CAVA on our social channels, including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and others.
About CAVA
CAVA is the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, bringing together healthful food and bold, satisfying flavors at scale. Our brand and our opportunity transcend the Mediterranean category to compete in the large and growing limited-service restaurant sector as well as the health and wellness food category. CAVA serves guests across gender lines, age groups, and income levels and benefits from generational tailwinds created by consumer demand for healthy living and a demographic shift towards greater ethnic diversity. We meet consumers’ desires to engage with convenient, authentic, purpose-driven brands that view food as a source of self-expression. The broad appeal of our food combined with these favorable industry trends drive our vast opportunity for continued growth.
About Gabby Thomas
Gabby Thomas is a five-time Olympic medalist and one of the fastest women in the history of the 200m, including three golds from the 2024 Paris Games. A Harvard graduate with a degree in neurobiology and a Master of Public Health from the University of Texas, Gabby combines her athletic achievements with a passion for community impact, working with the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic to support underserved populations. In her free time, she enjoys exploring her hometown of Austin and spending time with her pug, Rico.
CAVA superfan Gabby Thomas takes a bite of her original pita chip “medal,” putting a playful twist on the iconic champion pose. (Photo: Business Wire)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A developing winter storm threatens to drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as frigid air that escaped the Arctic plunges temperatures to subfreezing levels in some of the southernmost points of the U.S.
National Weather Service meteorologists predicted wintry precipitation across the southern Plains region starting Wednesday night, with snow likely in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Farther south, snow could transition to sleet and freezing rain, which meteorologists warn could result in hazardous driving conditions.
An arctic blast descended on much of the U.S. east of the Rockies over the weekend, causing hundreds of car accidents and thousands of flight cancellations and delays. Several communities set up warming shelters this week, including one at a roller rink in Cincinnati and another in the Providence, Rhode Island, City Council chambers.
As the cold front moved south, a cold weather advisory was issued for the Gulf Coast and pushed the low temperature in El Paso, along the Texas border with Mexico, to 31 degrees (minus 0.5 Celsius). The National Weather Service predicted a wind chill factor ranging from 0 to 15 degrees (minus 18 to minus 9 Celsius) early Wednesday.
The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes ventures south into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Some experts say such cold air outbreaks are happening more frequently, paradoxically, because of a warming world.
As points north and east dug out of snow and ice Tuesday, communities in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas were preparing. In Texas, crews treated the roads in the Dallas area amid forecasts of 1 to 3 inches (about 3 to 8 centimeters) of snow on Thursday, along with sleet and rain. National Weather Service meteorologist Sam Shamburger said up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of snow was expected farther north near the Oklahoma line.
Kevin Oden, Dallas’ director of emergency management and crisis response, said Tuesday, “Our city is in a preparedness phase.”
The storm could make roads slick Friday as 75,000 fans head to AT&T Stadium in Arlington to see Texas play Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. Arlington spokesperson Susan Shrock said crews are ready to address any hazardous road conditions around the stadium.
“They’re going to have the salt brine, they’ll have sand and they’ll have equipment on standby,” she said.
A Tuesday night statement from AT&T Stadium and the Cotton Bowl said officials have been meeting with city and transportation officials and that “plans are in place to assure a safe environment for everyone in and around AT&T Stadium on game day.”
Parts of southeastern Georgia and northern Florida endured unusually frigid temperatures overnight into Tuesday and were under freeze warnings into Wednesday.
In northern Florida, with Valentine's Day just a month away, the main concern for growers fearful of cold weather is the fern crop used for floral arrangements.
Major damage to citrus trees, which typically occurs when temperatures drop to 28 degrees (minus 2 degrees Celsius) or below for several hours, was less likely. Florida’s commercial citrus groves are primarily south of the central part of the peninsula.
An area stretching from the central Plains through the Ohio Valley into the mid-Atlantic region is likely to receive more snow and ice for a few days, which could cause the ground covering to melt and refreeze to form treacherous black ice on roadways, forecasters said.
Hundreds of car accidents were reported in Virginia, Indiana, Kansas and Kentucky earlier this week, and a state trooper was treated for injuries after his patrol car was hit.
Three people died in vehicle crashes in Virginia, according to state police. Other weather-related fatal accidents occurred Sunday near Charleston, West Virginia, and Monday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Kansas, where over a foot (30 centimeters) of snow fell in places, had two deadly weekend crashes.
Nearly 100,000 customers remained without power Tuesday night in states to the east of Kansas including Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us. That was down from more than 200,000 earlier in the day.
More than 5,000 flights into or out of the U.S. were delayed Tuesday, according to tracking platform FlightAware. On Monday, more than 2,300 flights were canceled and at least 9,100 more were delayed.
Virginia’s state Capitol and General Assembly buildings will stay closed Wednesday after a weather-related power outage caused a malfunction in the water system, officials said Monday. The closure postponed lawmakers’ first working day of the legislative session. A boil-water notice that was issued for Richmond's 200,000 residents could be lifted Wednesday, Mayor Danny Avula said.
Fingerhut reported from Des Moines, Iowa. Associated Press reporters Bruce Schreiner in Shelbyville, Kentucky; Dylan Lovan in Louisville, Kentucky; Brian Witte in Annapolis, Maryland; Julie Walker in New York; Joshua A. Bickel in Cincinnati; Jamie Stengle in Dallas; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Michael Schneider in Orlando; Michael Casey in Boston; Hallie Golden in Seattle; and Lisa Baumann in Bellingham, Washington, contributed.
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A brine truck leaves the Texas Department of Transportation Dallas Southwest lot as crews prepare the roads ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the North Texas region, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Cedar Hill, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Cary Fallath, the BMW Store lot technician, clears snow from new cars in Silverton, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The BMW Store lot technician Cary Fallath clears snow from new BMWs in Silverton, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A man uses a blower to clear snow from a sidewalk as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West and across the country Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in southeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A sign warns drivers of ice prevention operations ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the North Texas region later this week, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
A man uses a snowblower to clear a sidewalk as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West and across the country Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A motorist clears now off a four-wheel-drive vehicle before taking to the roads as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West and across the country Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Motorists survey damage done to a utility vehicle in a crash at an intersection as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West and across the country Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in southeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A lone vehicle moves along ice-covered Bonnie Brae Boulevard as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West and across the country Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Workers labor on a brine truck at the Texas Department of Transportation Dallas Southwest lot as crews prepare the roads ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the North Texas region, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Cedar Hill, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A worker is bundled up in near-freezing temperatures as he loads into a salt spreading truck at the Texas Department of Transportation Dallas Southwest lot as crews prepare the roads ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the North Texas region, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Cedar Hill, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Cary Fallath, the BMW Store lot technician, clears snow from new cars in Silverton, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
People board a bus to an overnight shelter during a winter storm, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Taylor Mcilwain uses a snow brush to clear snow from around her car in Cincinnati, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Ben Sisarsky pitches snow over a fence as he clears his girlfriend's parking spot with a borrowed snow shovel in Cincinnati, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cary Fallath, the BMW Store lot technician, clears snow from new cars in Silverton, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A freeze warning sign is stands outside of an apartment complex ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the North Texas region, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A man wearing a Venezuelan flag starts a moped as snow begins to fall again, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A worker clears snow from an apron before guiding a Delta Air Lines jet at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Mich., Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A layer of fresh snow tops holiday lawn characters outside a home as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West and across the country Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A child catches snowflakes with their tongue during El Museo del Barrio's 47th annual Three Kings Day parade, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
