SANFORD, N.C. -- The Pantry Inc. has announced that it has appointed Brandon Frampton to the position of vice president of food service. Frampton will oversee the convenience retailer's quick-service restaurant (QSR) operation, which consists of 239 company-operated restaurants that include 105 Subway locations.
Additionally, he will oversee the expansion of the chain's convenience store foodservice offerings where his responsibilities will include new-product and new-menu development for the grill program, as well as other in-store foodservice initiatives.
Frampton [image-nocss] joined The Pantry from Knoxville, Tenn.-based Pilot Travel Centers LLC, where he managed multiple concepts, including Subway, Dairy Queen, Wendy's, Arby's, Taco Bell and KFC. Most recently, he was the national restaurant operations manager at Pilot. He also served as the Subway brand manager for Pilot's 135 Subway sites.
Prior to Pilot, Frampton worked as a training manager for Wendy's and later served as a new store operations manager for Einstein's Bros. Bagels, which included the franchise development of 35 new openings.
Headquartered in Sanford, N.C., The Pantry is the leading independently operated c-store chain in the southeastern United States and one of the largest independently operated c-store chains in the country. As of Sept. 25, 2008, the company operated 1,653 stores in 11 states under a number of banners including Kangaroo Express, its primary operating banner.
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