- Wing Yip
Infobox Company
company_name = Wing Yip Group
company_
company_slogan = All The Chinese You Need To Know
company_type = Private
foundation =Birmingham ,England (1969 )
location =Birmingham ,England
key_people = Woon Wing Yip (Chairman)
industry = Retail (Grocery), Wholesale/Export (Grocery),Real estate
products = Chinese/Oriental groceries, Store branded sauces
revenue = gainGBP 74.4 million (2004)cite web|url=http://www.icbytes.co.uk/kpmgreports/Top200_1100.pdf|title=Top 200 Private Companies by turnover (1-100)|accessdate=2006-07-26]
operating_income =
net_income = gainGBP 3.4 million
num_employees = 300+cite web|url=http://www.wingyip.com/page-521.html|title=About Wing Yip: Company History|accessdate=2006-07-11]
parent =
subsid = W Wing Yip & Brothers Trading Group Ltd
W Wing Yip & Brothers Property and Investments Ltd
homepage = [http://www.wingyip.com/ www.wingyip.com]
footnotes =Wing Yip (Traditional Chinese: 榮業行; Simplified Chinese: 荣业行;
Pinyin : Róngyè Háng) is a Chinese supermarket chain in theUnited Kingdom , founded in 1969.The current Birmingham store now also serves as its headquarters office,
warehouse , and national distribution centre. The company hassuperstore branches inManchester and GreaterLondon (namely,Croydon andCricklewood ). In addition, the company has expanded into wholesale and export (international trade), andreal estate development/management, such as siting its stores within larger commercial centres. [cite web|author=Leyland, Adam|url=http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/TIMPO/Ill-have-what-Wing-Yip-is-having/1559.aspx|title=Interview: I'll have what Wing Yip is having|publisher=Real Business Online|accessdate=2007-03-26]History
* 1969 - Wing Yip Group founded
* 1970 - Opens first store in downtownBirmingham (near present-day Bullring)
* 2004 - Launches online store
* July 2005 - begins major expansion at the Cricklewood location with completion expected in March 2007. [cite web|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/richlist/profiles/tm_objectid=16631720%26method=full%26siteid=50002-name_page.html|title=Taste of the Orient sweet for Wing Yip|publisher=Birmingham Post|accessdate=2006-07-26]External links
* [http://www.wingyip.com/ Wing Yip Group]
* [http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/ Wing Yip Online Store]References
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