A&W Restaurants News

A&W Restaurants was recognized as one of the top 500 franchises in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500®.

A&W Restaurants announced today, Meredeth Jones as vice president of franchise development and design.

A&W Restaurants is celebrating its 105th birthday with a sweet new offering for America's often overlooked Greatest Generation.

A&W Restaurants is thrilled to announce the addition of four new franchise owners.

A&W Restaurants, the classic American franchise, is coming to Belleville at 648 Carlyle Ave on October 17th.

Ten years ago this month, the future of America’s oldest chain restaurant franchise was in question.

A&W, the 500-plus-unit restaurant franchise with nearly 300 standalone restaurants in markets across the country, is returning to Arnold.

After spending more than 30 years helping restaurant companies find sites and build locations in Chicago, local real estate developer Lee Fry Companies, Inc. is turning the tables and operating its own A&W restaurants.

A&W Restaurants will soon open franchised restaurants in two of America’s fastest growing regions - Charlotte, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada. It also is adding a location in St. Louis, Missouri.

A&W signed development agreements with two new operators, while three current franchise partners committed to additional locations.

Same-store sales at A&W’s U.S. single-brand franchised restaurants grew 9.7% last year, marking the ninth straight year of annual comp sales growth.

A&W Restaurants is closing in on its best annual comp-sales performance in five years, having posted a 13.5% increase in September.

August sales at franchised A&W Restaurants grew 8.2% over last year, following double-digit increases in February, May, June and July.

Sales at franchised A&W restaurants soared 12% in July, the third straight month of double-digit same-store sales growth.

The strong performance comes as the iconic brand prepares to expand its convenience store and travel center presence from coast to coast with eight new franchised locations.

A&W Restaurants is expanding from California to New York and from Louisiana to Minnesota, the result of agreements signed with 10 new franchisees.

A&W Restaurants posted double-digit, year-over-year sales in May, with some franchise locations doubling their sales.

A&W’s newest restaurant is located in the historic Wild West town of Tonopah, Nevada, inside the Mizpah Club casino.

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.

A&W Restaurants’ momentum continued in 2019 – its centennial year – with a 2.7% jump in same-store sales, making it the eighth straight year of growth.