Utah, July 11 Breakfast Speaker Series

Andrew is the Managing Director and co-founder of the Savory Fund, a food & beverage focused fund founded in 2018 with over $700M in assets under management today. In 2020, Savory closed Fund I at $100M, and a subsequent $100M Fund II in May of 2021. Currently, Savory owns and operates 9 beloved brands, including Swig (acquired by Larry H. Miller Company in 2022) Mo’Bettahs, R&R BBQ, The Crack Shack, Via 313, Pincho, Hash Kitchen, The Sicilian Butcher, Saigon Hustle and has their first tech investment in 86 Repairs.

Andrew spent the last 25 years as an entrepreneur, co-founding three different technology companies from 1998-2008 and exiting them via public and private acquisitions. He entered the restaurant industry in the middle of one of the greatest recessions. Since 2009, Andrew has assisted in developing, acquiring, and operating 350+ restaurants across 12 states, generating over $2.7B in sales, and creating more than 40,000 jobs. Savory portfolio brands plan on adding 50 new restaurants in 2023 and hiring more than 8,000 new team members and leadership executives.

As an angel investor, Andrew has financed over 25 small businesses and mentored many founders within the technology, manufacturing, and F&B industries.

Andrew won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year® award in 2017, KPMG’s Quantum Award, was featured as BusinessQ’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018 and Triple Crown Award Honoree in 2018.

Shauna is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the Savory Fund, a food & beverage focused fund founded in 2018 with over $700M in assets under management today. As the leader of Savory’s value add management team, Shauna has assisted in developing, acquiring, and operating 350+ restaurants across 12 states, generating over $2.7B in sales, and creating more than 40,000 jobs. Savory portfolio brands plan on adding 50 new restaurants in 2023 and hiring more than 8,000 new team members and leadership executives.

Shauna opened her first restaurant in October of 2008, a Kneaders Bakery & Café in Highland, Utah. Her husband, Andrew (a former tech founder and CEO) joined her in March of 2009. Together they built Four Foods Group, a restaurant operations and development company that ultimately built and operated 50 Kneaders in 5 states. In 2016, Shauna and Andrew acquired 48 Little Caesars and grew to 82 restaurants in 2 years, as well as acquired local beloved brands Mo Bettah’s, R&R BBQ and Swig in 2017. To date, they have realized exits in Kneaders, Little Caesars, and Swig (sold to LHM in the fall of 2022).

She co-founded the Savory Fund in August of 2018 with Andrew and partner, Greg Warnock. Additional acquisitions of emerging brands include: The Crack Shack (San Diego, CA), Via 313 Pizzeria (Austin, TX), Pincho (Miami, FL), Hash Kitchen (Scottsdale, AZ), The Sicilian Butcher (Scottsdale, AZ), Saigon Hustle (Houston, TX) and their first tech investment in 86 Repairs (Chicago, IL).

Shauna currently resides in Highland, Utah with her husband, Andrew, and son Tobin (18), and has a married son, Christian (23) now with his spouse, Taylor.