- Visibility51
- Citations1
- Sentiment50
- Site quality67
- AI readiness7
AI assistants name Cava Group in 40% of answers, which is more frequent than for the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 38 out of 100, ranking 521st of 2,047 companies. Its website passes 1 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.
We asked 15 unbranded questions about the travel market: none named Cava Group. AI assistants named it in 24 of 60 answers (40.0%). The typical travel company is named in 21.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Cava Group ranks 12 of 75 in its sector.
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Five parts, each scored out of 100.
How often AI assistants name the company
How often AI uses the company's own website as a source
How positively AI describes the company
How well built the website's own pages are
How easily AI tools can read and use the website
Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.
75 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.
An answer that names the company
“How much do customizable Mediterranean bowls typically cost in the US?”
I'll search for information about the typical pricing of customizable Mediterranean bowls in the US.Based on the search results, here's what customizable Mediterranean bowls typically cost in the US:
Restaurant/Fast-Casual Pricing:
Most CAVA bowls and pitas run $10.97 to $16.65 depending on protein and location, with a typical order landing around $13. An example from another Mediterranean restaurant shows a Döner Bowl at $16.49.
Home Preparation:
If you make them at home using pre-cooked ingredients, customizable Mediterranean bowls using pre-cooked protein mixes typically cost betw …
The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.
How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals
Answers naming it, out of answers received
What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.
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Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.
- Content Signals
The website turns away requests that do not come from a browser. AI agents that say what they are meet the same refusal.
We could not tell. The website turned away our requests for the files an agent would read. An agent arriving by itself is turned away the same way.
- UCPCould not check
- ACPCould not check
- AP2Not present
- x402Not present
- MPPNot present
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- study: 92.0%robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
- study: 86.8%SitemapPassed
An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.
- study: 0.3%Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
- study: 5.5%DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
- study: 1.9%Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
- study: 25.1%llms.txtPassed
An llms.txt that tells language models what the site offers.
- study: 93.4%AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
- study: 1.4%Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
- study: 0.2%Web Bot AuthCould not check
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
- study: 0.3%API CatalogCould not check
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
- study: 11.8%OAuth discoveryCould not check
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
- study: 10.3%OAuth Protected ResourceCould not check
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
- study: 0.0%auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
- study: 0.2%MCP Server CardCould not check
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
- study: 0.1%A2A Agent CardCould not check
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
- study: 0.2%Agent SkillsCould not check
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
- study: 33.7%WebMCPCould not check
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
- study: 0.1%ARD manifestCould not check
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Score 52 of 100 · 65% of checks could run · checked on October 4, 2026 · cava.com · 2,047 companies scanned
1 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.
These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.
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- Not metrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
- Not metXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
- Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
- Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
- Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
- PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
- Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
- Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
- Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
- Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
- Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
- Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers
In the study as Consumer brands.
- How much do customizable Mediterranean bowls typically cost in the US?
- Are portion sizes at fast-casual Mediterranean restaurants worth the price?
- How can I avoid hidden sugars in fast-casual Mediterranean pita wraps?
- Tips for getting vegan or dairy-free options at Mediterranean bowl spots?
- How do fast-casual Mediterranean spots compare to traditional dine-in Mediterranean restaurants?
- Best customizable Mediterranean bowls for lunch?
- Are fast-casual Mediterranean restaurants good for meal prepping or takeout?
- Alternatives to customizable Mediterranean bowls for healthy fast-casual dining?
- What are good Mediterranean bowl combinations for high-protein diets?
- Plant-based menu alternatives at fast-casual Mediterranean chains?
- Is it worth paying extra for premium protein add-ons at Mediterranean chains?
- Other quick lunch concepts similar to fast-casual Mediterranean dining?
- Mediterranean salads vs grain bowls—what's the nutritional difference?
- What are the healthiest options at fast-casual Mediterranean restaurants in the US?
- Best fast-casual Mediterranean meal options for gluten-sensitive diners?
Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.
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