WAbokado is a fast food chain based in the United Kingdom.
WBarburrito is a British chain of Mexican style fast food restaurants, focusing primarily on burritos. As of September 2021, the chain operates twenty one stores across eleven towns and cities in the United Kingdom, growing from 14 stores across eight towns and cities in June 2016.
WBenjys was the first low priced chain of sandwich shops in the United Kingdom.
WBlimpie International, Inc., is an American submarine sandwich chain based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was founded in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1964, by three friends, and has since endured three ownership changes.
WChicken Cottage Limited is a UK-based fast food chain. The company is the master franchisor and owner of the "Chicken Cottage" brand. Its taste is modelled on a blend of the Indian subcontinent and Southern United States flavours using halal ingredients. It currently operates through 115 outlets in the UK.
WChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., often known simply as Chipotle, is an American chain of fast casual restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France, specializing in tacos and Mission burritos that are made to order in front of the customer. Its name derives from chipotle, the Nahuatl name for a smoked and dried jalapeño chili pepper. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CMG.
WDixy Chicken is a fast food chain that specializes in halal chicken. The company was founded by two British Pakistanis, who offered halal versions of products found in McDonald's and KFC. It is owned by an English company, SABT2 Limited. Dixy Chicken was founded in 1986, and has 110 outlets within the United Kingdom.
WEat is a chain of sandwich shops that was founded in 1996 by Niall and Faith MacArthur and later owned by Pret a Manger. It had 95 branches in the United Kingdom, 75 of which were in London. It announced the closure of its UK stores in March 2020.
WEd's Easy Diner is a casual restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom selling 1950s American diner style items.
WFryer's is an international fast-food chain focused on hamburgers, fried chicken, french fries, and milkshakes. Its headquarters in the Richmond, BC area, and is currently owned and operated by Fryer's International, Inc. Established in 1989, the Fryer’s chain expanded to 46 locations scattered throughout North America between 1989 and 2002.
WGreggs plc is a British bakery chain. It specialises in savoury products such as bakes, sausage rolls, sandwiches and sweet items including doughnuts and vanilla slices. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
WKaspa's are a British chain of ice cream parlours, which offer other hot and cold desserts.
WLeon is a fast food chain based in the United Kingdom, established in 2004. The company had around 60 outlets when it was bought by EG Group in 2021.
WLittle Chef was a chain of restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 by entrepreneur Sam Alper, who was inspired by American diners. The chain was famous for their "Olympic Breakfast" – its version of a full English – and "Jubilee Pancakes". The restaurants were mostly located on the roadside near A roads, often paired with a Travelodge motel and a petrol station, as well as on motorways in Moto Services.
WMillie's Cookies is a chain of retail bakeries based in the United Kingdom, specializing in cookies, muffins, hot drinks and gifts. It was named after its founder Mario Budwig's grandmother Mildred. The company has stores in the United Kingdom, India, France, Germany, Egypt, Malta, Hong Kong. The company owns more than 90 stores in the United Kingdom.
WMorley's is a fast food chain based in the United Kingdom, selling fried chicken, burgers and spare ribs. Morley's was founded in 1985, by Kannalingam "Indran" Selvendran (1951–2002).
WPercy Ingle was a retail bakery founded in East London in 1954, by Percy Ingle. The chain had over 50 outlets in London and Essex.
WPret a Manger is an international sandwich shop franchise chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret. Founded in 1983, Pret currently has over 460 shops in the UK, with 317 locations in London alone.
WQIP Holder, LLC, doing business as Quiznos, is an American franchised fast-food restaurant based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in offering toasted submarine sandwiches. It was founded in 1981 by Jimmy Lambatos and sold to Rick and Richard Schaden ten years later, before growing to nearly 5,000 restaurants afterwards. As of 2013, Quiznos was the second-largest submarine sandwich shop chain in North America, behind Subway. A 2016 survey indicated that Quiznos was the ninth-largest submarine sandwich shop chain based on sales. The publications Restaurant Business and Mashed.com reported in mid-2018 that Quiznos had only 400 locations remaining by 2017 after a high of 4,700 locations in 2007 just a decade earlier, while, Money reported in May 2018 that Quiznos had 1,500 locations across the U.S.
WSam's Chicken is a British fast food chain. It has 34 outlets, the majority of which are in west and north west London. It was founded in 1990 by Sri Lankan Sam Chandrasinghe, with the opening of its first restaurant in Wealdstone, Harrow, north west London. Chandrasinghe had previously worked for KFC UK as deputy operations director.
WSouthern Fried Chicken, is a British-based fast food outlet headquartered in Reading, England. It operates a franchise network in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Southern Fried Chicken has 93 locations in 15 countries.
WSpudulike is a restaurant chain and franchise specialising in baked potatoes that first opened in Edinburgh in 1974. Spudulike sold baked potatoes with various fillings, other potato based meals, and side dishes.
WTortilla is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom.
WWahaca is a UK restaurant group selling Mexican-style street food, co-founded by Thomasina Miers, with 13 branches in the United Kingdom.
WWasabi is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom, focused on Japanese, East Asian-inspired fast food, especially sushi and bento, and operating primarily in London, England and New York, US, with further branches elsewhere in England as of 2019. Wasabi was founded in London in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, a South Korean entrepreneur.
WThe West Cornwall Pasty Company is a fast food chain in the United Kingdom specialising in making and selling pasties. The company was established in 1998 and has been owned by Mark and David Samworth since 2017.
WWimpy is the brand name of a multinational chain of former fast food restaurants that has been gradually upgrading units to become casual dining style diners with table service since a change of ownership that occurred in 2007. The brand is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The chain began in 1934 in the United States and was based in Chicago. The brand was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1954 as "Wimpy Bar". Wimpy grew to approximately 1,500 locations in several countries before narrowing to a few hundred locations in two countries. Wimpy's worldwide headquarters was located in the United States and the United Kingdom before relocating to South Africa.
WYogen Früz is a Canadian chain of frozen yogurt and smoothie stores that also serves healthy alternative food products. The chain is run through company-owned, franchised, and non-traditional partnerships. The chain operates worldwide and has been rated one of the top 500 franchises for over 20 years. The global headquarters is in Markham, Ontario in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada.