Savory Restaurant Fund News & Media

FastCasual's 2024 Perfect Pitch winner inks major expansion deal

August 26, 2025

Co-founders Cassie Ghaffar and Sandy Nguyen, will serve as advisers at this year's Perfect Pitch, a round robin featuring eight founders vying to see which…

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Savory invests in Asian street food concept

June 12, 2025

Savory Fund, which has helped scale restaurant brands including Swig and Mo' Bettahs, is hoping to do the same for Hawkers, an Asian street food concept…

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Houston TX Hot Chicken opening 25th location

April 25, 2025

Houston TX Hot Chicken is opening its 25th location in Texas at 1177 University Dr., in Brazos County's College Station.

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Blue Marlin Partners, Trive Capital take majority ownership of Mo’ Bettahs

October 22, 2024

Mo' Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food has sold a majority stake to Blue Marlin Partners and Trive Capital. Savory Fund, Mo' Bettahs' founders and Crewe Capital will…

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Former Slim Chickens VP leading Houston TX Hot Chicken

October 1, 2024

Houston TX Hot Chicken has named a new president, Brian Simowitz, who has spent the last 18 years on the franchise support side of the restaurant industry.

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Houston TX Hot Chicken launches loyalty app

August 20, 2024

Houston TX Hot Chicken launched a mobile app last week and will open its 20th location next month in San Diego.

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South Block snags former Sweetgreen manager

July 31, 2024

Washington D.C.-based South Block, which serves acai bowls, smoothies and cold-pressed juices, has named Alexandra Lawrence director of marketing. Lawrence…

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Swig snags former Dutch Bros executive

June 3, 2024

With over 500 franchise units signed across the U.S. and Canada, Swig has hired Daniel Batty as chief development officer. For the past five years, Batty has…

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Houston TX Hot Chicken expanding in Utah

February 23, 2024

Houston TX Hot Chicken will have six locations in Utah by summer's end when it opens a store at 1085 E. Main St., in Lehi. HHC, which serves hot chicken…

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Why AI is 2024's top restaurant tech trend

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

14 fast casual restaurant execs reveal how they are testing artificial intelligence or robotics.

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Savory invests in smoothie chain

January 31, 2024

Utah-based Savory, which funds Swig, Mo' Bettahs, Via 313, Saigon Hustle and Hash Kitchen, has partnered with the Virginia-based smoothie brand, South Block…

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