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"Lyons licensed the brand for use in the United Kingdom"
Licensed what brand? I thought it was a UK restaurant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.86.180.254 ( talk) 11:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
The 'Bar' was dropped from the name some time ago, I don't know which year. -- Cfailde 10:28, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC)
I agree but am not clued up enough to change the links.
-- Jirate 02:23, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Is this actually true? I knew McDonalds had a handful of UK restaurants (mostly in London) by 1977, but I didn't think they were a serious threat to Wimpy here until at least the mid-1980s. 220.157.82.27 10:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
What about something on Mr Wimpy?
What about the 'Brown Derby' a curious product with a dubious name? 195.75.180.132 13:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I revisited Wimpey for the first time in years. A proper knife and fork with crockery plates and mugs gave it a far more adult experience. I have to say it also had a superior range of burgers to McDonalds and thicker chips (fuies), I especially liked the use of brown as well as sesame white buns. Just goes to show the power of marketing might convince us to eat left-overs if it was done well enough. Dainamo ( talk) 13:47, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Wimpey is in Zimbabwe and the stores operated in Rhodesia during the UDI period. Persumably they were/are run by Famous Brands?? Or was there another franchise? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.67.164.37 ( talk) 10:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't there some sort of scandal regarding hygiene at Wimpy restaurants at some point in the 1970s? I have vague memories of something like this, but can't recall details. I think I remember people boycotting the establishents. Drutt ( talk) 07:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
The Bender was not a hamburger, it was a curved "Frankfurt" style sausage. Their burger was (is) referred to as a "Beefburger". There was (is?) also a fish sandwich called a "Shanty" presumably named after the nautical sea shanty. -- MichaelGG ( talk) 02:44, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
It seems to me that in general British usage fast food outlets such as Wimpys are to be described as "cafes", since they lack the greater formality of the "restaurant". Macdonalds may pretentiously (and to a UK eye ridiculously) describe their outlets as "restaurants", and in the US that may well be an appropriate usage. But I feel that the references here should be to cafes. Diomedea Exulans ( talk) 18:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
are referred to as "stores", as in "annual sales per store" (recently USD 2.4 million in the U.S.!) which is really more like it since it is so hard to see them as either "restaurants" or "cafes". 75.216.218.225 ( talk) 00:46, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Does Wimpy have any relation to "Wimpy's Diner" in Canada? I'm almost certain they're based on the same cartoon character but I'm woefully uninformed about the history of Wimpy's Diner vs. "Wimpy". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.190.128 ( talk) 23:26, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
There were Wimpy's in the USA, why isn't this mentioned at all?
98.212.229.107 ( talk) 07:44, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
I say, if you are sure, add it to the other countries. I have just added Sweden, they had an outlet in central Stockholm for a short while (A few years). — Preceding
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Seniorsag (
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13:56, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
The article says that the Mr Wimpy character is based on the Beefeater's red dress uniform, but it isn't, as far as I am aware beefeaters have never had a red dress uniform, they wear black with a red trim. The character is most likely based on the Yeoman of the Guard, which are often incorrectly referred to as beefeaters. ( BigTurnip ( talk) 09:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC))
Pretty sure that I remember eating at a Wimpy's near the Gare du Nord in Paris in April, 1973, and being underwhelmed. Weren't they in France for a while? 75.216.218.225 ( talk) 00:49, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
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Archive 1 |
"Lyons licensed the brand for use in the United Kingdom"
Licensed what brand? I thought it was a UK restaurant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.86.180.254 ( talk) 11:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
The 'Bar' was dropped from the name some time ago, I don't know which year. -- Cfailde 10:28, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC)
I agree but am not clued up enough to change the links.
-- Jirate 02:23, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Is this actually true? I knew McDonalds had a handful of UK restaurants (mostly in London) by 1977, but I didn't think they were a serious threat to Wimpy here until at least the mid-1980s. 220.157.82.27 10:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
What about something on Mr Wimpy?
What about the 'Brown Derby' a curious product with a dubious name? 195.75.180.132 13:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I revisited Wimpey for the first time in years. A proper knife and fork with crockery plates and mugs gave it a far more adult experience. I have to say it also had a superior range of burgers to McDonalds and thicker chips (fuies), I especially liked the use of brown as well as sesame white buns. Just goes to show the power of marketing might convince us to eat left-overs if it was done well enough. Dainamo ( talk) 13:47, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Wimpey is in Zimbabwe and the stores operated in Rhodesia during the UDI period. Persumably they were/are run by Famous Brands?? Or was there another franchise? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.67.164.37 ( talk) 10:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't there some sort of scandal regarding hygiene at Wimpy restaurants at some point in the 1970s? I have vague memories of something like this, but can't recall details. I think I remember people boycotting the establishents. Drutt ( talk) 07:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
The Bender was not a hamburger, it was a curved "Frankfurt" style sausage. Their burger was (is) referred to as a "Beefburger". There was (is?) also a fish sandwich called a "Shanty" presumably named after the nautical sea shanty. -- MichaelGG ( talk) 02:44, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
It seems to me that in general British usage fast food outlets such as Wimpys are to be described as "cafes", since they lack the greater formality of the "restaurant". Macdonalds may pretentiously (and to a UK eye ridiculously) describe their outlets as "restaurants", and in the US that may well be an appropriate usage. But I feel that the references here should be to cafes. Diomedea Exulans ( talk) 18:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
are referred to as "stores", as in "annual sales per store" (recently USD 2.4 million in the U.S.!) which is really more like it since it is so hard to see them as either "restaurants" or "cafes". 75.216.218.225 ( talk) 00:46, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Does Wimpy have any relation to "Wimpy's Diner" in Canada? I'm almost certain they're based on the same cartoon character but I'm woefully uninformed about the history of Wimpy's Diner vs. "Wimpy". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.190.128 ( talk) 23:26, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
There were Wimpy's in the USA, why isn't this mentioned at all?
98.212.229.107 ( talk) 07:44, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
I say, if you are sure, add it to the other countries. I have just added Sweden, they had an outlet in central Stockholm for a short while (A few years). — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Seniorsag (
talk •
contribs)
13:56, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
The article says that the Mr Wimpy character is based on the Beefeater's red dress uniform, but it isn't, as far as I am aware beefeaters have never had a red dress uniform, they wear black with a red trim. The character is most likely based on the Yeoman of the Guard, which are often incorrectly referred to as beefeaters. ( BigTurnip ( talk) 09:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC))
Pretty sure that I remember eating at a Wimpy's near the Gare du Nord in Paris in April, 1973, and being underwhelmed. Weren't they in France for a while? 75.216.218.225 ( talk) 00:49, 29 July 2012 (UTC)