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Director

Fannie May Confection Brands, Inc. is a vertically integrated, multi-channel, multi-brand producer of delicious, premium chocolate confections. With revenues of approximately $90 million, Fannie May is the largest company in the 1800Flowers.com family of Gourmet Food and Gift Brands. Founded in 1920 in Chicago with the opening of the first Fannie May retail store, today the company over 100 retail stores (70 of which are in the Chicago area), both company owned and franchised, under the Fannie May brand, and sells its products through wholesale distribution, Mass Food and Drug, Specialty Retail, eCommerce, Business Gift Services, and QVC. Fannie May Confections Brands includes Fannie May, Fannie Farmer, and Harry London. With a rich 90+ year history, Fannie May is truly an iconic brand.. In May of 2006 Fannie May joined the 1-800-Flowers.com family of brands. Our other delicious brands include 1800Baskets.com, Cheryl's Cookies, (cheryls.com), The Popcorn Factory (thepopcornfactory.com), WineTasting.com, and Stockyards.com.

Andy specializes in transaction advisory services for private equity funds and strategic buyers, having significant experience with mid-sized companies. Andy has more than 18 years of experience representing buyers and sellers of international and domestic businesses. Areas of concentration include acquisitions, divestitures, carve-out transactions, business planning, tax structuring, financial due diligence, tax due diligence, strategic operational improvement, forecasts and various financing transactions. He has assisted many clients in post transaction matters including opening balance sheet valuation, post-merger integration, as well as resolving working capital and other transaction related disputes.