Manna Development Group, LLC was started in San Diego in 2003 by Paul Saber and Patrick Rogers.  Paul was a former McDonald's Franchisee and Patrick a former executive with Ford Motor Company.  Together they started with a single bakery cafe and now operate 95 bakery cafes throughout southern California, Oregon, Washington, Michigan and Indiana with plans to grow to 126 bakery cafes by 2020.

Company Timeline:

• 2003 - Manna Development Group founded in San Diego, CA.  Currently operating 21 cafes in this original market.
• 2007 - Acquired existing cafes in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles market and now operate 13 cafes in this area under the name Risen Bread, LLC.  
• 2009 - Acquired existing cafes in Orange County and formed Our Daily Bread, LLC now operating 15 cafes in this market.  
• 2011 - 16 cafes were acquired in West Michigan when Bread of Life, LLC was established and 7 new locations have been developed since taking the total market to 23 cafes.
• 2012 - Manna Construction was started as a part of the business to handle new café construction & remodels.
• 2014 - 7 more existing cafes were acquired in the Los Angeles area and Manna LA, LLC was formed.
  
• 2016 - 15 additional cafes were acquired in Oregon and south Washington which created Manna NW, LLC.