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title: "QSRWEB: Layne's Chicken Fingers to Open in Pittsburgh"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/be2a04f1-5a21-4fe6-9630-1af90865907b
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/layneschickenfingers/qsrweb-laynes-chicken-fingers-to-open-in-pittsburgh-2719484
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-08-23T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:04.874Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d8372baa7a53c6f15f792250b196762e8800.jpg
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# QSRWEB: Layne's Chicken Fingers to Open in Pittsburgh

**TL;DR:** Layne's Chicken Fingers is expanding to Pittsburgh with five locations through a partnership between Henry Wang and Erik Mansmann. The duo is the first franchisee of the brand outside of Texas.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-08-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/layneschickenfingers/qsrweb-laynes-chicken-fingers-to-open-in-pittsburgh-2719484).*

## Story

Henry Wang, principal of TMD Holdings and 3E Group and Erik Mansmann, director of operations at 3E Franchise, are partnering up to bring Layne's Chicken Fingers to their hometown of Pittsburgh with a total of five locations.

After many years in corporate America, both Wang and Mansmann decided it was time for a change.

"To be able to have something as rich in history as Layne's and to be the first franchisee outside of Texas is really exciting," Mansmann said in the release. “To be able to work with Henry and our team to take this and make it even larger in the way we plan to is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. I'm so excited about it.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- Layne's Chicken Fingers (company)
- Pittsburgh (location)
- franchisee partnership (topic)
- 3E Franchise (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/layneschickenfingers/qsrweb-laynes-chicken-fingers-to-open-in-pittsburgh-2719484). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/be2a04f1-5a21-4fe6-9630-1af90865907b).