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Author: Sally Perry

Wimpy on The Isle of White?

2:26 pm Wednesday, 16th July, 2008, Isle of Wight

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Just spotted this great image on Matt and Cat’s Isle of Wight Eating Out Guide at the end of their review of Wimpy in Ryde.

Ryde Wimpy Isle of White

It’s hard to understand how the Post Office got it wrong last year with their stamps, but even more confusing that those working in the restaurant wouldn’t have noticed by now and suggested it be changed?

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6 readers' comments to the “Wimpy on The Isle of White?” story

  1. +2 Click if you like this comment Earl Grey     says:
    16, July 2008 at 3:52 pm

    Just to give everyone a bit more background on the Wimpy franchise, it was bought by the American chain Burger King a few years ago with the intent to move them all over to the BK branding and menu. However a group of UK franchisees refused to co-operate and eventually bought the Wimpy brand and rights from BK. At the time they ‘objected’ to the higher costs and standards that would be expected of being a BK franchise. A chain that seems to be stuck in the mid Atlantic, not quite American and still 50s England at heart.

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  2. +2 Click if you like this comment kj     says:
    16, July 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Wish the Wimpys were BK here…one less reason to go back to London

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  3. +2 Click if you like this comment Sam Antar     says:
    16, July 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Doh!

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  4. +2 Click if you like this comment James P     says:
    16, July 2008 at 4:12 pm

    I quite like them the way they are, really. As Matt & Cat point out, “as with anything slightly out-of-date, you can be sure to find a good supply on the Isle of Wight”.

    I wouldn’t mind a BK as well, though. Anything to puncture Ronald McDonald’s annoying ego!

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  5. +2 Click if you like this comment wighteye     says:
    16, July 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Is there any truth in the rumour that they’ve been eating too much of their own stock and that’s why they’d not noticed?

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  6. +2 Click if you like this comment roger regular     says:
    17, July 2008 at 7:46 am

    Is it the white as in white and not wight you think is odd or the statement that they are only available during business hours?

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