Author Archives: Juliette Schmerler

A&W has raised over $13 Million Dollars in the past 10 years. Read more here. 

A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. has once again teamed up with Christine Sinclair, three-time Olympian and Canadian women’s national soccer team captain, to lead the 11th annual Burgers to Beat MS Day on Thursday, August 22nd, when $2 from every Teen Burger® sold across the country will be donated to the MS…. read more here. 

QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 4, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) is pleased to announce the official opening of an A&W restaurant in its food court. Read more here. 

As no one will have missed, A&W Food Services of Canada released its Beyond Meat burger in October 2018, the first plant-based burger in North America from a fast food chain. Read more here.

The northside A&W restaurant in Grande Prairie ranked as the top fundraising location in Canada for the seventh consecutive year during the annual “Burgers to Beat MS.”  Read more here. 

VANCOUVER, Dec. 2, 2019 /CNW/ – A&W Canada has partnered with Lightlife® (“Lightlife”), to become the first quick-serve restaurant (QSR) in Canada to offer guests a new and exciting menu option: Plant-Based Nuggets!  Read more here. 

A partnership between A&W Canada and Mealshare last month saw almost 32,000 meals donated to youth in need, ahead of the original target.  Read more here.

After more than 10 years of service at Ladysmith A&W, Kelly Frenchy, Katherine Aleck, and Muriel Jack are headed on all expenses paid vacations through Marlin Travel – courtesy of franchise owners Jason and Lorie Kelland. Read more here. 

A&W Canada expands its breakfast menu. Read more here.

The conventional franchise model is an alternative to precarious employment and other unloved jobs.  Millennials are showing increasing interest in a traditional sector of the economy, as young Canadians buy into franchise brands and create new franchise concepts.  Read more here.