what does the a and w stand for in a&w
A&W Restaurants A&W Restaurants, Inc. is a chain of fast-food restaurants distinguished by its draft root beer and root beer floats and burgers.[4][5] Its origins date back to 1919 when Roy W. Allen opened a walk-up root beer stand in Lodi, California.[1][4] Allen's employee Frank Wright partnered with him and founded this first restaurant in Sacramento, California, in 1923.[6] The company name was taken respectively from the initials of their last namesâ€”Allen and Wright. The company became famous in the United States for its "frosty mugs," where the mugs would be kept in the freezer and eventually get filled with A&W Root Beer before they were served to customers.