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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - PANTRY INCFinancial_Report.xls
EX-10.4 - AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT_FISHER - PANTRY INCexhibit10_4.htm
EX-10.3 - AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT_CARNEY - PANTRY INCexhibit10_3.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - PANTRY INCexhibit31_1.htm
EX-10.2 - AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT_ORESON - PANTRY INCexhibit10_2.htm
EX-10.1 - AWARD AGREEMENT - PANTRY INCexhibit10_1.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - PANTRY INCexhibit31_2.htm
10-Q - THE PANTRY, INC. FORM 10Q 12-29-2011 - PANTRY INCpantryform10q12292011.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - PANTRY INCexhibit32_2.htm

Exhibit 32.1

Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Pantry, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 29, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Edwin J. Holman, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:
 
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
   
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
   
 
/s/    Edwin J. Holman   
 
Edwin J. Holman
 
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director
   
   
 
Date: February 7, 2012

This Certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Report, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other documents authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.