Re: Not a shoppe
Indeed, they were more like the McDonalds of that era. They did actually own the franchise rights to Wimpey in the UK, who were in the same market, and initially much more popular than McDonalds.
When Wimpy US collapsed, they ended up owning the whole thing. A successor company to Lyons took over Burger King and changed most of their Wimpies over to the Burger King format.
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