Leadership & Staff

“I would like to thank each client for allowing Savory Concepts to provide food and beverage to their associates. At Savory Concepts, we value learning. We know that excellence is never achieved, just pursued. We will always strive to continue to provide our customers with a unique product in an industry with its special application. Our goal is that each customer would enjoy our product, services and interaction with our people.”

Michele Graziano, a Principle of the company, oversees the daily operations of our commissary which include menu design, the research and development of our products, purchasing, quality control, packaging, presentation, sanitation, and managing our commissary staff ensuring that they meet the strict standards that are expected.

Marco Rodriguez, our Service Maintenance & Fleet Manager, started his vending career in 1995 in the Bronx, NY as a route driver with one of the largest privately-owned companies in NY state. He joined the Savory Concepts family in 2003. He has over 30 years of experience as a driver, a trainer, a jumper, a route supervisor and repairing of vending machines. Marco has the experience and knowledge in our service maintenance & fleet dept. with vending machines & micro-market installs, vending machine repairs and equipment moves and upgrades. He is responsible for overseeing our service technicians on making sure all vending & micro-market service calls are addressed within a timely manner. He also manages the fleet dept, on making sure our mechanic is equipped and ready to work on any of our delivery trucks at a moment’s notice. Any truck being down for a period of time would affect our drivers servicing of our clients. Marco, interacts with clients to ensure they are happy with cleaned, working vending machines & micro-markets and making sure the dept. is upholding the standards and procedures of our company values.

Rosina Cavallo, our Director of Business Development & Marketing, has over 30 years of experience in developing new business from having worked in outside/inside sales, customer service, and the marketing field.  Rosina’s role at Savory Concepts is to create new business opportunities stretching from all of CT up to Western MA.  Her goal is to ensure clients’ needs are always satisfied and products & services are continually improving.  Building relationships with potential clients she is pursuing and maintaining relationships with our current clients improves Savory Concepts’ market position.  Rosina also conducts market research and maintains the company’s website and social media. 

Sally Ann Pauloz, our Accountant, has been working in the accounting field for over 25 years in public and private accounting while raising her family.  Sally manages all of the accounting functions for the company and supports the office team with other administrative and processing functions.

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Paul Pierson, our Product Development Consultant, has been consulting for Savory Concepts for 7 years now. His position consists of consulting of new menu items, developing new recipes, food costing, and purchasing. He is a graduate of the University of New Haven with a degree in Food Service Management. Paul has over 45 years’ experience in the food industry. His experience includes but is not limited to Assistant Chef at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, CT and General Manager at Tony’s International Greek Dinner Club in New Haven. Paul has also been an entrepreneur, owning a catering company and owned his own restaurant, Paul Gregory’s Bistro in Southington, CT.

Moses Graziano, our Executive Mascot Director, came to us at an early age of 4 months old and has been a blessing ever since. He is a 10 year young Boston Terrier.  Boston Terriers are nicknamed “THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN”  and that he is.  Moses has an abundant background in human relations in which he displays love and happiness to all who come in contact with him.   Savory Concepts staff would be lost without having him in our office on a daily basis.  Moses is a great asset to our company.