A&W Restaurants, Inc. (A&W), its equity partner, Grotech Capital, and Long John Silver's Restaurants, Inc. (LJS) announced a definitive agreement under which A&W and Grotech Capital will acquire LJS upon the consummation of a Plan of Reorganization for LJS in its Chapter 11 case.
LJS said it w
KFC Corporation and A&W Restaurants, Inc. announced that the companies plan to test 300 co-branded KFC/A&W units over the next five years. KFC will implement the test throughout the country in both corporately owned KFC restaurants and in those owned and operated by its franchisees. The co-brand con
A&W Restaurants, the country's first franchise restaurant chain, will be named recipient of the first "Hot Again Award" by Nation's Restaurant News at the annual National Restaurant Association Show Dinner, May 20 in Chicago.
The honor is part of Nation's Restaurant News, a res
Al Dossani, an entrepreneur and owner of Al's Quick Stop, a Texaco Gas and Convenience Store here, has signed an agreement to build the area's first free-standing A&W Restaurant/Long John Silver's Restaurant at 5301 Lassiter (near Fort Worth Lupe and the Sun Valley Drive Exit). The new r
Ever wonder which restaurant chain came up with the idea of adding sizzling bacon to a juicy cheeseburger? The result of marrying the two great flavors produced one of the most popular burgers ever, and according to Dale Mulder, it was A&W restaurants, Inc., that took the idea chainwide.
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Ice cream floats are a popular dessert treat, particularly during hot weather.
Although creating the frosty combination of ice cream and a soft drink sounds simple, there is a science to building the perfect float.
David Miller, who works for A&W , is known as "Dr. Root Beer" by his co
On most Saturdays, you'll find Ben Piechocki serving up cheeseburgers and root beer floats for his Dearborn customers. But on the first Saturday in May, Piechocki was a V.I.P. guest at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby, courtesy of Yum! Brands, Inc., and A&W All American Food .
Piechock
You can always count on Google to keep America posted on what's hot. Type the words "cheese curds" on the popular internet search engine site and you'll encounter more than 30,000 matches.
The food with the curious name and the delicious taste has been a cult favorite in Wisconsi
To celebrate the brand's 85th anniversary and the first day of summer, participating A&W restaurants will give away a free A&W Root Beer Float with any purchase on "National Float Day," Monday, June 21, from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m.
A&W Restaurants, Inc., the longest running quick servic
A&W Restaurants are famous for hometown food made fun Root Beer Floats, hamburgers and hot dogs, chili cheese fries, and milkshakes. While the food makes dining at A&W a special experience, adding to the fun is the jukebox music for which the chain is known.
With Rock & Roll celebrating its 5
A total of $2,750 was raised to support charities during the A&W All American Games Saturday at the Washington Township, Ohio, A&W restaurant. Mike Kaylor posted the winning time, chowing down on a Papa Burger, Coney Dog and Root Beer Float in only one minute and 29 seconds!
Kaylor won the cove
The results are in, and Wisconsin mother Denise Johnson, is America's choice as the grand prize winner of the national A&W Root Beer "Create Your Moment, Win A Home Contest." As the winner, she and her family will soon be enjoying their selected getaway home, valued at $200,000!
John
Central Florida A&W drive-in fans, your wait is over. More than 85 years after the first A&W Root Beer stand debuted, A&W Restaurants, Inc., is opening a flagship drive-in restaurant at 2620 East Highway 50 in Clermont, Fla. The restaurant will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 9
Bally Total Fitness (NYSE: BFT), Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants announced today a holiday gift that will help Americans jumpstart their 2005 New Year's resolution to get in shape.
Starting on January 1, customers that visit any one of the five restaurant
A&W Restaurants President Steve Davis recently announced the 2004 inductees to the President's Club, an honor reserved for the company's top field management personnel. The honor is based on their restaurants' 2004 performance in the key areas of Customer Mania, employee retention, sales
To celebrate one of the most popular product introductions in its 86-year history, A&W Restaurants will give a free Root Beer to any customer with the purchase of Cheese Curds on April 1. No fooling.
“Nothing goes with a frosty mug of our famous A&W Root Beer like an order of our Curiously
A&W Restaurants will give away a free Root Beer Float with any purchase on National Float Day, Monday, June 20, from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. This is the second annual Root Beer Float giveaway from A&W Restaurants, America's longest-running quick service franchise chain.
"To celebrate our br
Muggings in Phoenix are expected to reach record high levels beginning this month, in part because of the efforts of A&W Restaurants, the chain known for frosty mugs of Root Beer.
“We’re going to spend the summer ‘mugging’ Phoenix, and we’re not even trying to be sneaky
Fans of A&W memorabilia have been collecting the brand’s iconic glass root beer mugs for decades. This year, for the first time, A&W All American Food has made available an ultra-limited-edition mug that will get collectors more excited than ever.
Of the 100,000 A&W collector mugs produced
Chris Twork of Menominee, Mich., is a serious collector of A&W mugs so serious he volunteered to put on a bear costume and walk 26 miles in order to get one of the company’s limited-edition collector mugs. And after two days, he succeeded.
Twork, 42, won a recent A&W online contest: “
Chris Twork of Menominee, Mich., is a serious collector of A&W? mugs ? so serious he volunteered to put on a bear costume and walk 26 miles in order to get one of the company's limited-edition collector mugs. And after two days, he succeeded.
Twork, 42, won a recent A&W online contest: "W
Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants will be sponsors of the Downtown St. Petersburg July 4th celebration, and will raise money for Tampa's Middleton High School basketball team by selling A&W Root Beer Floats at the event.
Representatives from LJS/A&W will be on hand to serve frosty R
Across the country on Sunday, July 16, fans of frozen treats will be celebrating "National Ice Cream Day." But at A&W Restaurants, the party will just be getting started as the chain kicks off its summer-long "Float Your Papa Combo for Free" promotion on Sunday.
From July 16 thro