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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Canadian here.

Canadian A&W is super good and iirc (which I probably don’t) they never had anything to do with the American chain

[–] Kecessa 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They were split in 72 but A&W is over 100 years old so they were under the same umbrella for most of their history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Things get crazy when you realize how long ago 1972 was.

First restaurant founded in 1923. 1972-1923 = 49 years. 2024-1972 = 52 years.

Sources say they were not, in fact, under the same umbrella for most of their history.