0000915862-14-000052.txt : 20140523 0000915862-14-000052.hdr.sgml : 20140523 20140523142522 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000915862-14-000052 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140521 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140523 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PANTRY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000915862 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500] IRS NUMBER: 561574463 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0924 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 305 GREGSON DRIVE STREET 2: PO BOX 8019 CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27511 BUSINESS PHONE: 9197746700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 305 GREGSON DRIVE STREET 2: PO BOX 8019 CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27511 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pillari Ross J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001609030 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25813 FILM NUMBER: 14866748 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 305 GREGSON DRIVE CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27511 3 1 wf-form3_140086951235803.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2014-05-21 0 0000915862 PANTRY INC PTRY 0001609030 Pillari Ross J 305 GREGSON DRIVE CARY NC 27511 1 0 0 0 No securities are beneficially owned. 0 D Kevin C. Bennett, attorney-in-fact for Ross J. Pillari 2014-05-23 EX-24 2 pillari.htm PILLARI - POA

Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Berry L. Epley and Kevin C. Bennett, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or or director  of The Pantry, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;  and
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in- fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of May, 2014.

  /s/ Ross J. Pillari
Ross J. Pillari