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title: "Fast Casual: Experts Weigh In on Supply Chain Issues"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/15a64f23-f993-4598-a82c-d3b62adcc534
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/layneschickenfingers/fast-casual-experts-weigh-in-on-supply-chain-issues-2717012
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2021-10-29T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:41:57.326Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/601c70c1387f3a15c6f27caf2a389f6e1526.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Experts Weigh In on Supply Chain Issues

**TL;DR:** Layne's Chicken Fingers' COO, Wattar, discussed supply chain issues and maintaining relationships with vendors. Layne's has taken measures such as changing packaging and sourcing chicken from a different supplier to address these issues.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-10-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/layneschickenfingers/fast-casual-experts-weigh-in-on-supply-chain-issues-2717012).*

## Story

For Wattar, confronting the problem has been simply a matter of maintaining relationships. "A supply chain is mainly building relationships," Wattar said. “We have had the opportunity to have great relationships with our vendors and create those contracts that we've had over the last year and a half to sustain and maintain those contracts to stay at those prices for our franchisees as long as we maintain the level of volume that we're purchasing.”

Wattar also detailed some measures Layne’s had to take, including changing their packaging and sourcing chicken from a different supplier.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- supply chain issues (topic)
- Layne's (company)
- vendor relationships (topic)
- packaging changes (topic)
- sourcing changes (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/layneschickenfingers/fast-casual-experts-weigh-in-on-supply-chain-issues-2717012). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/15a64f23-f993-4598-a82c-d3b62adcc534).