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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.
- Root Beer
- 1919 - It All Started with A Roadside Stand…
- 1922 – So That’S What A&W Stands For
- 1925 – Adding to The Family
- 1950 – Here We Grow Again
- 1956 - Going International
- 1963 - Bacon, Meet Burger
- 1999 – That’S A Lot of Root Beer Floats
- 2017 & Beyond – The Future Is Now
Roy W. Allen opened his first Root Beer stand in Lodi, California on June 20th. It was a hot night that coincided with a city-wide party celebrating the homecoming of local World War I heroes.
Allen partnered with former Lodi employee Frank Wright. They leased their first two Root Beer stands to other operators so they could expand into the larger city of Sacramento. This was around the same time the partners coined the new name A&W®, “A” for Allen & “W” for Wright.
Allen began to sell franchises to others, thus establishing the first franchise restaurant chain in America.
Thanks to the postwar boom & prevalence of G.I. loans, there was a flurry of new development & nearly 450 operating A&Ws. Allen sold the entire operation to the A&W Root Beer Co., a California company.
A&W went international opening its first restaurant in Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1956. A&W restaurants in Canada were initially part of the American A&W restaurant chain until they were sold in 1972 and since then, have been owned and operated in Canada independently and separately from A&W operations in the United States.
A&W expanded to the Philippines, Malaysia, & Okinawa, Japan. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Original Bacon Cheeseburger was born.
In conjunction with A&W’s 80th Anniversary, the world’s largest Root Beer Float was created. 2,562.5 gallons of Root Beer was used to break the world record.
There are approximately 1,000 restaurants (& counting) in the United States & Southeast Asia. An estimated 46 new restaurant openings are planned for 2018 between the U.S. & International markets.
A&W Root Beer® is made with natural cane sugar and all-natural flavours. So it’s a more natural way to treat yourself. Harvested from the sugarcane plant and identified by its caramel colour, natural cane sugar provides a fruity sweetness and floral aroma. Light, yet complex, birch bark brings a subtle earthiness to the smooth, delicious ...
A&W Root Beer® Prices and menu items vary by location. Small Regular. Calories 160 Fat 0g Protein 0g
Jan 31, 2023 · A&W helped to make root beer popular, but the history of the beverage goes back further than 1919. According to Thought Co, the first introduction of root beer was in 1876, when a pharmacist named Charles Elmer Hires introduced a recipe combining 25 herbs, berries and roots, with a bit of carbonated water to top it off. This was loosely based ...
- Molly Allen
Our signature item since the opening of our first tiny Root Beer stand in 1919. It’s still made fresh on site with real cane sugar and a proprietary blend of herbs, bark, spices and berries. This frosty mug deserves a celebration.
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Classic A&W Root Beer® made with natural cane sugar and natural flavours, blended with ice. Prices and menu items vary by location. Learn More . Regular Small.
