Mr. Whippy (United Kingdom)

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
Company typeCompany and franchise
IndustryFood
Retail
Direct service
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
FounderDominic Facchino
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Key people
Peter Woodhams
OwnerUnilever
ParentWall's (ice cream)

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Walls – Softmix Ice Cream". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Walls – Softmix Ice Cream".