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title: "1851 Conference Series: Q&A With Buffalo Wings & Rings Suppliers Phillip Altieri and Jim Geiger"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8ba1c4fa-b8ee-495a-b82a-c08b631de1b1
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wingsandrings/1851-conference-series-qa-with-buffalo-wings-rings-suppliers-phillip-altieri-and-jim-geiger-5422
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2016-08-04T18:13:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:20:42.714Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/0d4f4601f81172dea26a7379361a76303045.jpg
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# 1851 Conference Series: Q&A With Buffalo Wings & Rings Suppliers Phillip Altieri and Jim Geiger

**TL;DR:** Phillip Altieri and Jim Geiger, suppliers for Buffalo Wings & Rings, discuss their relationships with the brand. They were interviewed by 1851 Franchise during the Buffalo Wings & Rings conference.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-08-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wingsandrings/1851-conference-series-qa-with-buffalo-wings-rings-suppliers-phillip-altieri-and-jim-geiger-5422).*

## Story

Phillip Altieri and Jim Geiger are both Buffalo Wings & Rings suppliers. Altieri, director of sales for Ellenbee Leggett in Cincinatti, Ohio, supplies all of the brand’s food products, and Geiger, business development manager for Ben E. Keith Foods in San Antonio, Texas, supplies food products for Buffalo Wings & Rings franchises in southern markets.

During the Buffalo Wings & Rings conference in June, 1851 Franchise had the chance to sit down with Altieri and Geiger to learn more about their relationships with the brand as well as their thoughts on Buffalo Wings & Rings’ impressive business momentum.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- supplier relationships (topic)
- brand conference (topic)
- business momentum (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wingsandrings/1851-conference-series-qa-with-buffalo-wings-rings-suppliers-phillip-altieri-and-jim-geiger-5422). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8ba1c4fa-b8ee-495a-b82a-c08b631de1b1).