Snappy Snaps

Snappy Snaps is a British photographic services franchise established in 1983 by Don Kennedy and Tim MacAndrews.^[1]

Snappy Snaps

Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	1983
Founder	Don Kennedy and Tim MacAndrews
Headquarters	London , UK
Number of locations	120
Area served	UK
Products	Photographic equipment
Services	Photographic processing
Parent	Timpson
Website	snappysnaps.co.uk

History

As of March 2012^[update] there were 120 Snappy Snaps franchise locations throughout the UK; As of December 2023^[update], there are 115 franchise and 9 company-owned stores.^[2] Branches offer various services including one-hour film processing^[3] and digital photo printing.^[4]

The first Snappy Snaps one hour photo store opened in 1983. A further three trial stores were added during the following three years and, following the success of these stores, the first franchised Snappy Snaps store opened for business in 1987.^{[citation needed]}

Snappy Snaps was also involved with the now abandoned UK identity card scheme.^[5]

The Snappy Snaps branch in Hampstead, London, featured in the news after the singer George Michael drove into the front of the building in the early hours of Sunday 4 July 2010 whilst under the influence of cannabis and prescription medication.^[6] Following Michael's death on Christmas Day 2016, the shop became the site of a "shrine" to the late singer, with fans leaving flowers, cards, messages and toys outside the shop front, much to the annoyance of the store management.^[7]