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Founder of Biscuitville's grandson joins family business

April 24, 2018

Blake Jennings has joined Greensboro, North Carolina-based Biscuitville Fresh Southern as director of development. He's a third-generation member of the Jennings family to work at Biscuitville and is joining the family business during a period of rapid growth for the company, according to a company press release. His grandfather, Maurice Jennings, founded Biscuitville in 1966, and his father, Burney Jennings, is the company's CEO.
 
Jennings will be responsible for Biscuitville's real estate development, construction and economic modeling. Prior to joining Biscuitville, he worked as the associate director of development at Kane Realty Corp. in Raleigh, focusing on Class A office, apartment and retail developments in the Raleigh and Charleston markets.  Earlier in his career, Jennings worked in Washington, D.C. for First Potomac Realty Trust where he held various positions ranging from lease administrator to analyst on the finance, asset management and acquisitions-dispositions teams, according to the release.

In addition, Biscuitville has promoted Lisa Weaver to the newly created position of director of marketing services, according to the release, where she will be responsible for project and production management and will be the marketing liaison shepherding ideas from concept through execution while continuing to support and grow Biscuitville's marketing department production team. 

Weaver came to Biscuitville in September 2017, as marketing services manager. Prior to joining Biscuitville, she had served Biscuitville's marketing team for more than four years as a print vendor. During that time, she worked with Biscuitville to create quarterly restaurant promotion kits and other collateral and was valued for her attention to detail, structured work processes and dedication to her work, according to the release.
 
"Both Blake and Lisa have incredible backgrounds in their respective areas of work that will be valuable to Biscuitville as our company continues its anticipated rapid growth track," Biscuitville President Kathie Niven said in the press release. "I know them well and look forward to working closely with Blake as the leader of our real estate development team and with Lisa as she heads Biscuitville's marketing services group."