Editing Wing Yip (section)

{{Short description|Chinese supermarket chain in the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Wing Yip Group
| image = Wing Yip, wholesaler of Chinese foodstuffs besides the A23 - geograph.org.uk - 1733978.jpg
| image_caption = Entrance to the [[Croydon]] superstore
| logo = 
| type = Private company
| foundation = [[Birmingham]], England (1970)
| location = Birmingham, England
| key_people = [[Woon Wing Yip]] (Chairman)
| industry = Wholesale, export and real estate
| products = Chinese groceries
| revenue = {{gain}} [[GBP|£]]104.4&nbsp;million (2014)
| operating_income = 
| net_income = {{gain}} £6.8&nbsp;million
| num_employees = 300+<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.wingyip.com/page-521.html|title=About Wing Yip: Company History|access-date=11 July 2006}}</ref>
| parent = 
| subsid = W Wing Yip & Brothers Trading Group Ltd.<br>W Wing Yip & Brothers Property and Investments Ltd.
| homepage = {{url|wingyip.com}}
| footnotes = 
| module = {{Chinese|child=yes
|t=榮業行
|s=荣业行
|p=róng yè háng
|y=wìhng yihp hòhng}}
}}
'''Wing Yip''' is a [[Asian supermarket|Chinese supermarket]] chain founded by [[Woon Wing Yip]] in [[England]] in 1970.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Cloake |first=Felicity |date=2017-01-27 |title=How Wing Yip became Britain’s biggest Chinese supermarket |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/27/wing-yip-britains-biggest-chinese-supermarket-new-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730060240/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/27/wing-yip-britains-biggest-chinese-supermarket-new-year |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The original [[Birmingham]] store also serves as its headquarters and national distribution centre. The company has [[Big-box store|superstore]] branches in [[Manchester]], [[Croydon]] and [[Cricklewood]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our stores |url=https://www.wingyip.com/our-stores/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910195759/https://www.wingyip.com/our-stores/ |archive-date=10 September 2020 |website=Wing Yip}}</ref>

In addition, the company has expanded into wholesale and export (international trade) and real estate development and management by situating its stores within larger commercial centres.<ref>{{cite web|author=Leyland, Adam|url=http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/TIMPO/Ill-have-what-Wing-Yip-is-having/1559.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100225015459/http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/TIMPO/Ill-have-what-Wing-Yip-is-having/1559.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-25|title=Interview: I'll have what Wing Yip is having|publisher=Real Business Online|access-date=26 March 2007}}</ref> Its [[tofu]]-based [[meat substitutes]] have been popular due to [[vegan]] diets since the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mitsu |date=May 7, 2011 |title=Wing Yip, Staples Corner Part 2 |url=http://www.tohappyvegans.com/2011/05/07/wing-yip-staples-corner-part-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027050141/http://www.tohappyvegans.com/2011/05/07/wing-yip-staples-corner-part-2/ |archive-date=27 October 2020 |website=To Happy Vegans}}</ref><ref name=":0" />