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title: "Graze Craze Hires Ryan Papillo as Director of National Accounts"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6d4eb6c9-3827-433a-aa99-2dfbda78f7a9
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230516_graze_craze_hires_ryan_papillo_as_director_of_national_accounts.html
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2023-05-16T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:34:24.431Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1568901346375-23c9450c58cd?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Graze Craze Hires Ryan Papillo as Director of National Accounts

**TL;DR:** Graze Craze has hired Ryan Papillo as Director of National Accounts to develop a national accounts program for new and existing franchise locations. Papillo will report to Graze Craze President Cory Hibbard.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-05-16. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230516_graze_craze_hires_ryan_papillo_as_director_of_national_accounts.html).*

## Story

Graze Craze® has hired dynamic sales veteran Ryan Papillo as its new Director of National Accounts.

Reporting to Graze Craze President Cory Hibbard, Papillo will be responsible for continuing to develop a national accounts program aimed to generate business opportunities for new and existing franchise locations.

"We're excited to welcome Ryan at this pivotal time for Graze Craze," Hibbard said.

Papillo brings extensive experience in top-level sales positions for national and regional brands. Known for regularly hitting multimillion-dollar sales quotas, he is adept at building technical platforms and creating new revenue channels to improve profitability and grow topline revenue.

"I'm proud to join Graze Craze," Papillo said. "They took a perennial dining style that was seeing unprecedented demand and built it into a powerful brand. I look forward to building on the groundwork that's already been laid so successfully."

Graze Craze is a member of the Starpoint Brands™ family of trusted companies, a division of United Franchise Group ™ (UFG).

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- United Franchise Group (UFG) (company)
- new hire (topic)
- Graze Craze (company)
- Starpoint Brands (company)
- Cory Hibbard (person)
- national accounts (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230516_graze_craze_hires_ryan_papillo_as_director_of_national_accounts.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6d4eb6c9-3827-433a-aa99-2dfbda78f7a9).