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Noodles & Company overview

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Noodles & Company is a hospitality company focusing on serving noodle dishes, sandwiches, salads, and soups. The company also offers catering services and gift cards. Established in 1995 in Denver, CO as a restaurant chain, it has grown to cater to a diverse range of customers. In addition to its diverse menu, Noodles & Company maintains an ECLUB, which invites fans to join an exclusive community that provides access to news, special invitations, offers, and giveaways.

Headquartered in Colorado, the company employs over 7,000 staff members and generates an annual revenue of $509.5 million. Under the leadership of CEO Dave Boennighausen, Noodles & Company has fostered an inclusive environment with a workforce that is 55.2% female and 33.6% ethnic minorities. Despite this diversity in demographics, the company's political diversity is limited, with a significant majority of employees being members of the Democratic Party.

Noodles & Company's mission statement

To always nourish and inspire every team member, guest and community we serve. We accomplish this by living our values of we care, we show pride, we are passionate, and we love life. One of the ways that we live our values is through our Noodles & Company foundation.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2024
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

Favoritism

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

Poor pay but free massages after hours at Drew's house.

Noodles & Company benefits

Cannabis cookies provided for breaks.

What do you like best about Noodles & Company's CEO and the leadership team?

They require minimal effort and loyalty is rewarded.

How would you improve Noodles & Company's culture?

Food discounts

How did you prepare for the Noodles & Company interview?

Had three shots of vodka.

How does your compensation at Noodles & Company compare to the industry average?

Way less than other similar jobs

What's the diversity at Noodles & Company like?

Like all the white folks around me.

What brings you the most joy at Noodles & Company?

The jokes that Drew talks us.

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2021
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

The environment and overall work ethic

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

Closing routines, over-the-top dinner rushes, and coworker conflict

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

The people

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

The pay is horrible

Noodles & Company benefits

Free food and sometimes we get to have fun days

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2021
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

interesting and engaging work, keeps you on your toes without exhausting you

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

Not sufficient training, had to make mistakes and learn on my own too much

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2021
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

The environment is very comfortable and we have a good team.

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

The distance from my home and the inability to move up in position

Noodles & Company benefits

The food discounts and mental health care benefits

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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

I loved working with other team members and working as a team for a successful shift. Meeting all different walks of life and fun loving people.

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

Customer service can get tiresome and frustrating at times.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros of working at Noodles & Company

I really liked my coworkers. It was a very friendly environment

Cons of working at Noodles & Company

Just the normal stress of food service. Nothing particularly bad though

Noodles & Company benefits

Healthcare

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A reddit user wrote a review on Jan 2014
Can you rank these three in order of cleanliness? And which one was the best to work at?

Chipotle was hands down the cleanest, employees are required to clean as they go and they enforce it very well. Noodles & Company is a close second though. Chick fil A was honestly pretty gross the majority of the time and is nowhere near as clean as the other two. Noodles & Company was definitely the best. Fun people and a good variety in food so employee meals didn't get boring. Chick fil A was the worst because they hardly give an employee discount, the other employees were either extremely Christian homeschooled kids or racists, and the owners of Chick fil A have a lot of political views that I don't personally agree with.

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The team at Noodles & Company

  • The founders of Noodles & Company is Aaron Kennedy.
  • The key people at Noodles & Company are Dave Boennighausen and Aaron Kennedy.
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The inside scoop
At Noodles & Company they create craveable flavors from around the globe, where every recipe is made to order and every ingredient is something to feel good about. But we're still individuals with unique goals and different passions. They are a company that cares and it shows.

Noodles & Company rankings

Noodles & Company is ranked #49 on the Best Hospitality companies to work for in Colorado list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Noodles & Company salaries

Average Noodles & Company salary
$13.38
hourly
$27,836 yearly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Noodles & Company diversity

9.7
Diversity score
We calculated Noodles & Company’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Noodles & Company’s workforce.
Noodles & Company diversity summary. Zippia estimates Noodles & Company's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Noodles & Company's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Noodles & Company's workforce.
  • Noodles & Company has 7,001 employees.
  • 55% of Noodles & Company employees are women, while 45% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Noodles & Company is White (66%).
  • 13% of Noodles & Company employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of Noodles & Company employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Noodles & Company makes $27,836 per year.
  • Noodles & Company employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Noodles & Company stay with the company for 2.6 years on average.

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Noodles & Company financial performance

9.6
Performance score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

Noodles & Company currently has 509.5M in revenue. Noodles & Company's most recent quarter produced 125.2m (q2'2023).

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