Pantry Board Elects Thomas Dickson As Chairman Of Board - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - The Pantry, Inc. (PTRY) announced the Board has elected Thomas "Tad" Dickson, former Chairman and CEO of Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc., to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors effective April 2, 2014. He replaces Edwin Holman who was Chairman of the Board since September 2009.

Dickson most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Harris Teeter, a regional supermarket chain in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, from February 1997 up to the company's sale to The Kroger Co. in January 2014, and as Chairman of its Board from March 2006 to January 2014.