Binley Mega Chippy owner responds to incredible viral TikTok fame TikTok: user912367890The owner of viral sensation Binley Mega Chippy, Kamal Gandhi, has responded to his store blowing up on social media, and revealed the effect that the internet has had on business since it first went viral. TikTok has seen a number of random things go viral over the years, but nothing has been more unexpected than the rise of Binley Mega Chippy. If you\u2019ve been on TikTok throughout May and June, you have probably at some point stumbled across a video set to the catchy Binley Mega Chippy jingle, with people showing pictures and videos of the ordinary chip shop based in Coventry in the UK. Users went viral making memes about the store, and soon enough people were visiting from around the world to see what all the fuss was about. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load The shop is owned by 70-year-old Kamal Gandhi, and he told the Guardian what he thinks of the sudden viral popularity. \u201cWe\u2019re really grateful, it\u2019s a gift from God really,\u201d he said. He later responded to the continuous stream of customers that are showing up at the store, saying: \u201ceven now, all these customers, I\u2019ve never seen them before, they\u2019re all new.\u201d Due to the sudden influx of attention, Gandhi had to hire and train four new staff members to help deal with the rush, and with the enormous queues of eager fans that were forming down the street. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load He reported that at the peak of its popularity, the queue for Binley Mega Chippy was as long as two hours, and that sales have gone through the roof since it blew up on TikTok. \u201cWe\u2019re just an ordinary fish and chip shop. All I want is to keep my customers happy no matter where they\u2019ve come from,\u201d he went on to add. Although it seems like Binley Mega Chippy\u2019s virality is beginning to calm down, people are still posting about it on a daily basis, just going to show how powerful TikTok can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Binley Mega Chippy owner responds to incredible viral TikTok fame TikTok: user912367890The owner of viral sensation Binley Mega Chippy, Kamal Gandhi, has responded to his store blowing up on social media, and revealed the effect that the internet has had on business since it first went viral. TikTok has seen a number of random things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}