Mr. Whippy (United Kingdom)
Brand of soft-mix ice cream in the UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the original Mr. Whippy as founded in the United Kingdom. For the separate Australian business, see Mr. Whippy Australia. For the separate New Zealand business, see Mr. Whippy New Zealand.
Mr. Whippy (or Mister Whippy) is a brand of soft-mix ice cream produced by Wall's, a subsidiary of Unilever as part of the Heartbrand. Mr. Whippy began as a franchise of ice cream operators, but is now just the name of the soft-mix ice cream, as such, many ice cream vendors selling the soft-mix brand themselves as "Mr. Whippy" and stylise their vehicles and outlets as they wish. Actual franchises of the brand continue separately in Australia and New Zealand.[1]
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Company type | Company and franchise |
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Industry | Food Retail Direct service |
Founded | 1958; 66 years ago (1958) |
Founder | Dominic Facchino |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Peter Woodhams |
Owner | Unilever |
Parent | Wall's (ice cream) |
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The name "Mr. Whippy" has become a generic trademark in the United Kingdom amongst consumers to refer to soft-serve ice cream in a single cone.[2]