SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Jon Bratta, formerly with The Pantry Inc., has joined the Core-Mark International executive team as vice president of marketing.
Bratta will be based out of the convenience-store distributor's corporate headquarters in San Francisco and report to Chris Hobson, senior vice president of sales and marketing.
As vice president of marketing, Bratta will work closely with the marketing team and provide ongoing support for training, development and management. He will be responsible for marketing programs, vendor relations and the company’s strategic initiatives of fresh food and vendor consolidation.
“Jon is a proven industry winner, and his retail results with fresh and foodservice are second to none. Adding Jon to the executive team demonstrates Core-Mark’s retailer commitment to offering best-in-class fresh and foodservice solutions to the customers we serve,” Hobson said.
Bratta has nearly 25 years of convenience-store industry leadership experience. He joined The Pantry, Cary, N.C., as vice president of merchandising for packaged goods in 2011; in 2013, the retailer promoted him to his most recent role as vice president of merchandising for foodservice. Prior to that, he served 10 years with La Palma, Calif.-based BP, Arco and ampm in various marketing roles with oversight of beverages, supply-chain, private brands and contracts. Additionally, Bratta spent 11 years in both operations and merchandising with Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc., culminating with the setup of the retailer's pilot fresh commissary and fresh bakery in Southern California.
South San Francisco, Calif.-based Core-Mark is one of the largest marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience-store retailing industry in North America. Core-Mark offers a full range of products, marketing programs and technology solutions to approximately 35,000 customer locations in the United States and Canada through 29 distribution centers (excluding two distribution facilities the company operates as a third-party logistics provider). Core-Mark services traditional convenience-store retailers, grocers, drug, liquor and specialty stores and other stores that carry convenience products.
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