2006-12-17 12:49:12 · 17 answers · asked by thewanderer_43 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
A&W began in 1922 in Lodi, California when Roy Allen took on partnership with Frank Wright to help him with his root beer business he had started in 1919. They branded their product A&W root beer after their last names
2006-12-17 12:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
One hot day in June of 1919 in Lodi, California an entrepreneur named Roy Allen mixed up a batch of creamy root beer and sold the first frosty mug of this delightful beverage for one nickel. Now, more than seventy years later, A&W Root Beer® is the world's number one selling root beer and is still mixed fresh daily and sold at hundreds of A&W® restaurants.
Allen purchased the formula for his root beer from a pharmacist in Arizona. To this day, the unique blend of herbs, spices, barks and berries remains a proprietary secret.
With the success of his first root beer stand in Lodi, Allen soon opened a second stand in nearby Sacramento. It was there that what is thought to be the country's first "drive-in" featuring "tray-boys" for curb side service, opened up.
In 1922 Allen took on a partner, Frank Wright, an employee from his original Lodi location. The two partners combined their initials - "A" for Allen and "W" for Wright and formally named the beverage, A&W Root Beer®. Three units were opened in Sacramento, then on to other northern and central California locations and to the states of Texas and Utah.
2006-12-17 12:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roy Allen and Frank Wright
2006-12-17 14:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does "A&W®" stand for?
A&W® was named after its founder, Roy Allen, and his partner,
Frank Wright. The two met when Mr. Wright was an employee in the original A&W® location in Lodi, California.
2006-12-17 12:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by bhavishyathi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first A&W drive-in restaurant in Canada opened on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg in 1956. Seriously, check the website
2006-12-17 12:53:46 · answer #5 · answered by strawberryjenn_ca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roy Allen and Frank Wright were partners in the restaurant.
Hense the A & W.
2006-12-17 12:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A & W is from A & W Root Beer, and during the war, they didn't want the enemy to know where they were when they went to have a root beer float. It was originally called 1 & 22, but people started saying "let's meet at A & W- the first and 22nd letters of the alphabet.
2006-12-17 12:52:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to the website www.aandwrootbeer.com and click on their history. It states that Allen created the formula for rootbeer and after opening his original site in Lodi, CA then Wright joined him with the opening of more sites in California.
2006-12-17 12:57:48 · answer #8 · answered by whatever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roy Allen and Wright. I still have the mugs I got when I would cruise in my Mustang into the local A&W. Smile
2006-12-17 13:00:55 · answer #9 · answered by ncamedtech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allan and Wright - the last name of the founder (Roy Allen) and the last name of the partner (Frank Wright) he took on in 1922.
A.L.
2006-12-17 12:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by AnswerLady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋