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Happy #NationalBurgerDay everybody! And there's really only one story I can tell today...

Let's look back at the Wimpy Bar!
The Wimpy chain originally began in 1934 in Chicago. The name was inspired by the character of J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye cartoons created by E. C. Segar.
And in 1954 the company sold a license to J. Lyons & Co - owners of the Lyons Corner House - to use the Wimpy name in the United Kingdom.

Fast food was finally coming to Britain!
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