Oldies But GoodiesGetting back to their roots raises profits for A&W franchisees.
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With all the millennial buzz about the future, it's nice toknow one franchise is blasting to the past. For more than 80 years,A&W restaurants have been serving their root beer, and nowfranchisees are getting on the nostalgia bandwagon and watchingtheir profits soar.
One of A&W's newest owners is Sean Ryan, who operatestwo units in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Ryan, 29, opened his first unitin October 1999 out of a Shell convenience store. Sales were sophenomenal, he decided to open his second store in April 2000."The A&W brand is representative in the consumer'smind of those times they miss," says Ryan.
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