FORM 4
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).         	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Dollarhyde Greg	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Zoe's Kitchen, Inc. [ ZOES ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)	
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

C/O ZOE'S KITCHEN INC., 5760 STATE HIGHWAY 121, SUITE 250	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

4/12/2017		
(Street)

PLANO, TX 75024
(City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)	
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price				
Common Stock  	4/12/2017  	 	M	  	444  	A	  (1)	160926  	D  	 	
Common Stock  	4/13/2017  	 	M	  	482  	A	  (1)	161408  	D  	 	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)	
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares					
Restricted Stock Units  	  (1)	4/12/2017  	 	A  	  	2903   	  	  (2)	  (2)	Common Stock  	2903.0  	$0  	2903  	D  	 	
Restricted Stock Units  	  (1)	4/12/2017  	 	M  	  	  	444   	  (3)	  (3)	Common Stock  	444.0  	$0  	890  	D  	 	
Restricted Stock Units  	  (1)	4/13/2017  	 	M  	  	  	482   	  (4)	  (4)	Common Stock  	482.0  	$0  	483  	D  	 	

Explanation of Responses:	
(1) 	Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") converts into the right to receive one share of common stock upon payment of par value ($0.01) per share.	
(2) 	The restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on April 12, 2018. Each RSU was granted on April 12, 2017, and was issued pursuant to the Company's 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan.	
(3) 	The restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on April 12, 2017. Each RSU was granted on April 12, 2016, and was issued pursuant to the Company's 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan.	
(4) 	The restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on April 13, 2016. Each RSU was granted on April 13, 2015, and was issued pursuant to the Company's 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Dollarhyde Greg
C/O ZOE'S KITCHEN INC.
5760 STATE HIGHWAY 121, SUITE 250
PLANO, TX 75024	X				

Signatures		
/s/ Michael Todd as Attorney-in-Fact for Greg Dollarhyde		4/13/2017	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints James Besch and Michael Todd, signing singly, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto (the “ Company ”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “ Exchange Act ”);	

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information of transactions in the Company’s securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and	

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorneys-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.	

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such information;	

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorneys-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;	

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and	

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.	

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorneys-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of September, 2015.

 

	
	
/s/ Greg Dollarhyde	
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Greg Dollarhyde	
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