Kevin Bazner had an agreement to join another brand on his desk when the phone rang. It was Dale Mulder, an A&W lifer who had been with the chain since the early 1960s, and is credited as the first ...

A&W, one of America’s oldest fast-food chains, is best known for its frosty root beer floats, classic burgers, and nostalgic carhop service. But over the decades, the chain has experimented with a ...

If you love root beer like I do, then you understand when I say I can knock back an entire can of A&W on the spot. There’s nothing that makes a hot day more enjoyable than an ice-cold can of root beer ...

A&W Restaurants didn't shy away from the online uproar over M&M's decision to put its cartoon "spokescandies" on hiatus. Mars, which owns M&M's, publicly acknowledged this week that "even a candy's ...

If founders, chefs and other creatives are the beating heart of the restaurant industry, then franchisees are the veins delivering their ideas to all corners of the globe. Franchising is critical to ...

Dunkin’, Chipotle, Panera, Wendy’s, McDonald’s. Those are just a few of the big-name brands Lee Fry has worked with over the past 30 years as a real estate developer in Chicago. That gave Fry and his ...