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Biscuitville’s Burney Jennings Is Elected 2023 Board Chair of the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association
GREENSBORO, N.C. (2023) — Biscuitville Fresh Southern® is honored that the members of the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association have elected Biscuitville’s own Burney Jennings as chair of the NCRLA for 2023.
Mr. Jennings has served on the NCRLA Board since 2017 and is Executive Chair of Biscuitville. During his tenure with Biscuitville, which includes more than two decades as former CEO, he has overseen the transition of the company’s branding to “Fresh Southern,” which highlights Biscuitville’s commitment to sourcing ingredients from other family-owned and/or local suppliers. Biscuitville currently operates 70 restaurants in North Carolina and Virginia and will move into South Carolina in 2023. All Biscuitville locations are operated by the Greensboro-based company; there are no franchises.
“We are fortunate to have such strong, strategic business and community leaders to serve on the NCRLA Board,” said NCRLA President and CEO Lynn Minges. “Burney’s leadership will be enormously important as the hospitality industry deals with the challenges left behind by the pandemic.”
Mr. Jennings is a graduate of Elon University and has served on the university’s Board of Trustees since 2000. He received Elon’s Young Alumnus of the Year Award in 1997, and in 2016 was recognized as one of the Triad’s Most Admired CEOs by The Triad Business Journal.
“Burney Jennings knows firsthand that working together with other leaders is the best way to find solutions for the big challenges our industry shares,” said Biscuitville President and CEO Kathie Niven. “After serving for more than five years as a member of the NCRLA board, Burney is positioned well to serve as chair of our state’s leading hospitality advocacy organization. We are proud and honored that he will provide leadership to this important organization at this critical time.”
About Biscuitville Fresh Southern®
Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, Biscuitville Fresh Southern® is a family-owned company serving authentic Southern food made fresh daily from locally sourced ingredients. Known as the Home of the Biscuit Window Since 1966®, Biscuitville serves scratch-made biscuits baked fresh every 15 minutes. Today, the company sources its ingredients from local and family-owned partners to serve guests classic Southern breakfast. Biscuitville employs over 2,400 people and operates 70 restaurants in North Carolina and Virginia, serving breakfast all day from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information about Biscuitville Fresh Southern®, visit the company’s website at https://biscuitville.rlmstaging.com/.
About NCRLA
The North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association (NCRLA) serves to advance and protect the interests of more than 20,000 businesses that employ 11 percent of the state’s workforce and generate more than $27.3 billion in sales annually. Learn more at www.ncrla.org
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