Wimpy's PR firm announces launch of smart new style restaurant ....but locates it in the wrong town! The new look certainly looks great, but the problem is that Tangerine PR are trumpeting the restaurant's location in Clapham...more than a mile away, not realising that it is on Battersea's most famous road - Lavender Hill. The SW11tch Campaign team are writing to Wimpy and Tangerine in the hope that the error can be rectified in the time that it takes to cook a juicy Wimpy quarterpound burger! Excerpts from the press release read: WIMPY KICKS OFF THE NEW YEAR IN STYLE WITH CLAPHAM RESTAURANT OPENING They are right to say that Lavender Hill is a thriving family orientated community - it is also much loved by the people of Battersea and became world famous in its own right, courtesy of the film The Lavender Street Mob. So we sincerely wish Odile and Michael Ham every good fortune with their new enterprise and very much hope that we will be able to welcome them into the Battersea family. A look at the Wimpy store locator (see picture below) reveals that it has NO restaurants in Battersea, which includes the entire SW11 postal area....but it does at least mention Clapham Junction rather than Clapham. This shows that Wimpy has been sadly let down by its PR firm and suggests Wimpy itself know where they are - this is confirmed by the address provided on their website: Wimpy Clapham Junction - 313 Lavender Hill, CLAPHAM JUNCTION, London SW11 1LN We'll keep you posted on news and will certainly profile Wimpy again in event of them SW11tching Back to Battersea. Maybe the PR firm that made the mistake were dreaming about the Beetles mythical Tangerine Trees and Marmalade Skies at the time and mixed up their Lavender Hills in the process... We think Tangerine owe Wimpy and Battersea a nice apology, and we are very hopeful they will offer one. |