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A&W Restaurants Now Serving Beyond Burgers Nationwide

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Monday, February 24, 2020
Fast-food restaurants, Restaurants, Fast food, A&W

LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A&W is now selling plant-based Beyond Burgers in participating restaurants coast-to-coast.

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  • LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A&W is now selling plant-based Beyond Burgers in participating restaurants coast-to-coast.
  • After testing Beyond Burgers last year, the popular chain is now making it available to locations nationwide.
  • Beyond Burgers are now served at participating locations in 29 states .
  • A list of restaurants serving the Beyond Burger can be found here: https://awrestaurants.com/sites/default/files/A%26W%20Beyond%20Burger%20...
    Now in its 101st year, A&W is Americas first franchised restaurant chain.

Christine Sinclair, A&W Canada and the MS Society of Canada Score a Big Win on Burgers to Beat MS Day

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Fast-food restaurants, Fast food, Restaurants, A&W, Burgers

On Thursday, August 22, A&W celebrated Burgers to Beat MS Day at restaurants across Canada more than 970 locations by donating $2 from every Teen Burger sold to the MS Society of Canada.

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  • On Thursday, August 22, A&W celebrated Burgers to Beat MS Day at restaurants across Canada more than 970 locations by donating $2 from every Teen Burger sold to the MS Society of Canada.
  • To celebrate Burgers to Beat MS Day, Sinclair joined Senecal and Pamela Valentine, President and CEO, MS Society of Canada, to meet and celebrate with guests, staff and volunteers in restaurants across the country.
  • Burgers to Beat MSDay on Thursday, August 22 celebrated the end of the 2019 Burgers to Beat MS campaign.
  • Editor's Note:Your local A&W restaurant, MS Society of Canada chapter and/or other Burgers to Beat MS partners may send you additional details about the campaign.

Celebrating centennial, A&W® Restaurants supports veterans through National Root Beer Float Day

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Saturday, August 3, 2019
Food and drink, Fast-food restaurants, Root beer, Drinks, Cuisine of Philadelphia, Disabled American Veterans, A&W Restaurants, Floats, Beer, Lodi, California, DAV, A&W

COLD SPRING, Ky., Aug. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A&W Restaurants has announced they will give away free Root Beer Floats and collect donations for DAV (Disabled American Veterans) on National Root Beer Float Day, Tuesday, August 6.

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  • COLD SPRING, Ky., Aug. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A&W Restaurants has announced they will give away free Root Beer Floats and collect donations for DAV (Disabled American Veterans) on National Root Beer Float Day, Tuesday, August 6.
  • This is A&Ws seventh annual National Root Beer Float Day celebration and the third year it has partnered with DAV.
  • The first frosty mug of Root Beer was served in Lodi, California, at a parade honoring World War I veterans.
  • With this being our centennial year, National Root Beer Float Day is extra special.

Free Root Beer Float Day at A&W is Tuesday, August 6

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Monday, August 5, 2019
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A&W, which this summer became the first franchised restaurant chain to turn 100, is again giving away Root Beer Floats on National Root Beer Float Day , Tuesday, August 6.

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  • A&W, which this summer became the first franchised restaurant chain to turn 100, is again giving away Root Beer Floats on National Root Beer Float Day , Tuesday, August 6.
  • This is A&Ws seventh annual National Root Beer Float Day celebration and the third year it has partnered with DAV.
  • Root Beer Float Fun Facts:
    The first Root Beer Float was served in 1893.
  • Each A&W Restaurant Root Beer Float starts with Root Beer made fresh in each store.

A&W® Restaurants Celebrates National Root Beer Float Day With Free Floats and Fundraiser for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) August 6

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Monday, July 8, 2019
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A&W Restaurants nationwide will give away free Root Beer Floats and collect donations for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) on National Root Beer Float Day, Tuesday, August 6.

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  • A&W Restaurants nationwide will give away free Root Beer Floats and collect donations for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) on National Root Beer Float Day, Tuesday, August 6.
  • From 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. participating A&Ws will serve free, small Root Beer Floats, no purchase necessary.
  • This is A&Ws seventh annual National Root Beer Float Day celebration and the third year it has partnered with DAV.
  • Since 2013, A&W has raised more than $800,000 for veterans groups during National Root Beer Float Day.

A&W Becomes First Franchise Restaurant Chain to Turn 100

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Monday, June 17, 2019
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A&W Restaurants, which made Root Beer a household beverage, invented the Bacon Cheeseburger and set the table for todays multi-billion dollar global franchise restaurant industry, turns 100 on Thursday, June 20.

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  • A&W Restaurants, which made Root Beer a household beverage, invented the Bacon Cheeseburger and set the table for todays multi-billion dollar global franchise restaurant industry, turns 100 on Thursday, June 20.
  • A few years later, Allen and partner Frank Wright hence the name A&W began opening A&Ws throughout California.
  • The chain is credited with creating the drive-in restaurant phenomenon of the 1950s and 60s.
  • Also in 1963, A&W entered Malaysia, making it the first American restaurant chain to expand to Southeast Asia.

A&W Opens Flagship Restaurant in Asia as Centennial Nears

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Monday, April 29, 2019
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In 1966 it was the first American quick-service restaurant to enter the country and remains beloved throughout Southeast Asia.

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  • In 1966 it was the first American quick-service restaurant to enter the country and remains beloved throughout Southeast Asia.
  • Guests waited up to three hours for Root Beer Floats and Coney Dogs, as well as other all-American and regional favorites.
  • A total of 35 restaurants will open this year across Southeast Asia, where A&W is focusing much of its international expansion.
  • There are currently more than 960 restaurants worldwide 597 in the U.S. and 372 in Asia.

A&W Brings Plant-Based Option to Breakfast with Beyond Meat Sausage & Egger

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Monday, March 4, 2019
Food and drink, Foods, Smoked meat, Sandwiches, World cuisine, Beyond Meat, Vegetarian cuisine, A&W, Sausage, Breakfast sandwich, Breakfast sausage, Breakfast

Following the remarkable success of A&W's Beyond Meat Burger, the Canadian company is partnering with Beyond Meat to introduce another innovation, the Beyond Meat Sausage & Egger, made with Beyond Meat's 100% plant-based breakfast sausage, to its permanent breakfast menu on March 11th.

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  • Following the remarkable success of A&W's Beyond Meat Burger, the Canadian company is partnering with Beyond Meat to introduce another innovation, the Beyond Meat Sausage & Egger, made with Beyond Meat's 100% plant-based breakfast sausage, to its permanent breakfast menu on March 11th.
  • Just like our Beyond Meat Burger this new breakfast sausage is packed with flavour and it's hard to believe it's made from plants.
  • Canadians love breakfast and A&W's Beyond Meat Sausage & Egger is a delicious new option for those seeking more plant-based proteins to fuel their day.
  • For those seeking a plant-based breakfast sandwich, A&W has you covered they've named it Beyond Meat Sausage & Veggie and it's made with Beyond Meat's delicious plant-based breakfast sausage patty and served with lettuce and tomato.

A&W Restaurants Lowers Franchise Royalties for New Operators

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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A&W, Americas first restaurant chain, is launching a new franchise growth program with reduced royalties as its centennial approaches.

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  • A&W, Americas first restaurant chain, is launching a new franchise growth program with reduced royalties as its centennial approaches.
  • The Second Century Growth Initiative reduces royalties for new U.S. franchise partners.
  • First-year royalties for new operators will be reduced from five percent to two percent.
  • Reducing royalties enables operators to spend more on their operations in those crucial first years, adding that the discounts will save the owner of a restaurant with $1 million in sales $60,000 in royalties.

A&W unveils new public installation saying goodbye to the last of its plastic straws

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Drinking straw, Food and drink, A&W, Plastic

TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2019 /CNW/ -SusanSenecal, President and CEO of A&W Canada, stands alongside a public art installation commissioned by the burger chain.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2019 /CNW/ -SusanSenecal, President and CEO of A&W Canada, stands alongside a public art installation commissioned by the burger chain.
  • Reading "Change is Good," the typography is made from the last of the company's plastic straws.
  • A&W switched from plastic to compostable straws last year helping to keep out about 82 million pieces of single-use plastics from landfills each year.
  • A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. is Canada's original and fastest growing quick service burger chain.