2007-06-17 02:51:40 · 4 answers · asked by bigbrat0497 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is based on the names of the founders : Roy Allen and Frank Wright.
2007-06-17 02:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by The Real America 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Roy Allen mixed his first batch of root beer back in 1910 in Lodi California and sold it for a nickel. He lated purchased the formula for root beer from a pharmacist in Arizona and the same recipe is still used day prepared daily at A & W Restaurants. He then proceed to open root beer stands and soon he opened what is believed to be the first "drive-in" featuring "tray boys" for curbside service.
Allen took on a partner in 1922 , Frank Wright and they used their initials .... "A" for "Allen and "W" for "Wright" to create A & W Root Beer.
2007-06-17 10:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by Phade3 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Roy Allen and Frank Wright started the franchise in 1922 in Lodi, Ca.
initials from their last names.
2007-06-17 10:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by halefarmboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A&W" is named after the first letters of the last names of themen who first started marketing it, Roy Allen & Frank Wright...
2007-06-17 10:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by eLDi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋