Shake Shack sees 60-65 new company-operated locations for 2026

“I’m pleased to report that our first quarter performance showcases continued sales momentum in our Company -operated Shacks and meaningful progress against our six strategic priorities for 2026. We grew total revenue by more than 14%, with Same -Shack sales growth of 4.6% and traffic growth of 1.4% -marking our third consecutive quarter of positive traffic. While significant weather impacts pressured our comp by 240 basis points and affected our Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter, our underlying sales and traffic momentum remained strong. Our performance demonstrates the strength of our restaurant operations, culinary innovation that differentiates our brand, and strategic investments in targeted digital media to create awareness of our gues t value proposition” said Chief Executive Officer, Rob Lynch. “We also delivered our largest first quarter of new units ever with 17 new Shacks. We continue to successfully bring Shake S ack to new and underpenetrated markets, many outside of our historical footprint. Given our expected strong future cash-on-cash returns, we will continue to accelerate our Company -operated development efforts. Consistent with this strategy, we are now guiding to 60-65 new Company-operated Shacks for 2026, an increase from our prior guidance of 55 to 60. Furthermore, we are pleased to see our sales momentum building in the second quarter, with the launch our Smoky BBQ menu platform, anchored by a first-of-its-kind BBQ Boneless Baby Back Rib Sandwich driving strong performance to start May.”