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In 1989, A&W made an agreement with Minnesota-based Carousel Snack Bars to convert that chain's 200 stores (mostly kiosks in shopping malls) to A&W Hot Dogs & More. [20] [54] Some A&W Hot Dogs & More are still operating. [37] In the same year, A&W bought the Burger City chain, converting its nine drive-thru kiosks to A&W units. [55]
A&W has its roots in the Central Valley. ... Classic Modesto A&W drive-in shuts its doors. After 27 years of running ... Other Central Valley drive-ins open for business. A&W was one of only five ...
A&W is a fast-food restaurant chain in Canada, franchised by A&W Food Services of Canada, Inc. [5] The company was initially a subsidiary of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, with the subsidiary opening its first franchise in Winnipeg in 1956.
A&W Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was founded in 1919 by Roy W. Allen [3] and primarily available in the United States and Canada. Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, creating the A&W brand and inspiring a chain of A&W Restaurants founded that year. Originally, A&W Root Beer sold for five cents (equivalent to $0.88 in ...
The drink gained the name "A&W Root Beer" in 1922 when an employee of Allen's stand in Stockton, [7] Frank Wright, joined Allen in a partnership. The following year, A&W opened its first drive-in restaurant, located in Sacramento. [2] Though Frank Wright was bought out another year later, the chain of root beer stands retained the same name.
A&W may refer to: A&W Restaurants, an American fast food chain A&W (Canada), a fast food chain originally a part of A&W Restaurants, later sold and operated as a ...
In 1927, he secured from A&W Root Beer the franchise rights for Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia; he then moved to Washington to open a nine-stool root beer stand there with his business partner, Hugh Colton. [2] They opened on May 20, 1927, at 3128 14th Street, NW.
The Great Root Bear, known since at least early 2012 as Rooty and in Quebec as Grand Ours A&W, [1] is an anthropomorphic brown bear used as the mascot (or "spokesbear" [2]) of both A&W Restaurants in the USA and its operations in Asia, while the Canadian operations use its own version.