Throughout the month of June, A&W Food Services
of Canada Inc. will be celebrating 50 years of serving great burgers and onion
rings and the world’s number one selling root beer to hungry Canadians who
have literally come of age with the company. Since 1956, A&W has evolved from
a single restaurant in Winnipeg to a national organization competing with U.S.
retail giants, enjoying annual sales growth more than two times the industry
average and being named one of “Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies” for four
consecutive years.
As Canada’s second largest burger chain by number of restaurants, A&W is
100% Canadian owned and operated, with over 660 restaurants - about 99% are
franchised and 20,000 employees nationwide. Over the last four years A&W has
opened over 100 new restaurants across the country. A&W’s system sales growth
of 9.1% in 2005 outpaced the industry average of 3.5%. In 2005 alone, A&W
served over 80 million Canadians and achieved sales of $559 million.
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