Clay Dover

Thirty-five percent of those funds have already been invested in four concepts—South Block, Bon Rue Bakery, Hawker's Asian Street Food, and Zao Asian Grill.

The firm, which is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, said that the fund, headed up by CEO Clay Dover, will ultimately invest in eight to nine concepts across quick service, fast casual, and casual dining segments.

Following its evolution earlier this month from National Taco Day to Global Taco Day, Taco Bell is now going another step further, introducing a Taco Month celebration filled with deals and surprises.

Throughout the rest of October, the chain will feature go-to orders of Kevin Hart, Parasultan, and Doja Cat for $4 each meal for a limited time.

The ability to achieve growth for this metric is both an art and science, and it requires a sharpened focus on the fundamentals.

Or, as Mo Bettah's CEO Rob Ertmann describes, "You don't need to be cute, just execute." It's worthy advice given that Mo Bettah's is riding 18 consecutive years of positive same-store sales, and it was one piece of many pieces of advice Ertmann shared during the panel at the recent Restaurantology event in S- Salt Lake City hosted by Savory Fund, alongside Savory CEO Clay Dover and ZenMango CEO Ar- Arjun Sen.

The panelists said the tactics that work best for winning over consumers are consistency, value, and an overall great experience that can be facilitated by making employees' jobs easier.

Inconsistency is what kills repeat traffic, they said.

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Alicia Ahn, who was just on our podcast not too long ago, and Clay Dover.

And so we've got all the guys and all the ladies here.

It's going to be a good one this year.