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A basic order of french fries is your best side option on the A&W menu. While fried potatoes don't sound like a picture of health, the nutritional values aren't terrible. Each 4-ounce order has ...
A&W's initial menu relied heavily on root beer and snacks, such as popcorn and peanuts, as well as sandwiches on sliced bread. [15] In 1927, J. Willard Marriott gained franchise rights for Washington, D.C. and the neighboring cities of Baltimore and Richmond. Subsequently, he moved to Washington to open a root beer stand with Hugh Colton.
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 separate company; A&W Root Beer "A&W" (song), a song by American singer Lana Del Rey
Drink portal; 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.
The Partnership licenses the trademarks to A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. in exchange for a royalty of 3% of the sales of A&W restaurants in Canada. A&W Food Services owns ~21% of A&W Trade Marks Inc. which is the sole general partner in the Partnership, while the rest is owned by A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund. [35]
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.
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.
The six-storey office block, A&W House, at 210–222 Hagley Road, was originally rented for 25 years. Fifteen years later, parts of the Head Office were moved from Knightsbridge Green to A&W House. In October 1991 the Head Office moved to A&W House; and in 1997 the freehold of the building was purchased.