A&W Restaurants Plans 10 New Drive-Ins in Minneapolis
A&W Restaurants Inc., America's original drive-tn, continues 90th anniversary with Minnesota expansion plans during ICSC Vegas show this week.
-- Chain Leader, 5/20/2009 9:36:00 AM
PRESS RELEASE: LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A&W Restaurants, celebrating its 90th anniversary, continues to celebrate with opportunities for entrepreneurs by announcing their plans for 10 state-of-the-art drive-ins in Minneapolis. The plans were announced at the ReCon_Global Real Estate Convention sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers, today at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Doug Heinrich, A&W director development strategy, laid out expansion plans at the Las Vegas Convention for the iconic A&W Restaurants.
"We are looking for a few good entrepreneurs who want to work with a brand that has a loyal following in Minneapolis," Heinrich said. "We want to meet the growing demand for our brand."
According to Heinrich, Patrick Nickleson, an A&W Franchisee, will be opening the state's first A&W 3-D Drive-In this Summer in Inver Grove Heights, MN, near the Twin Cities.
A&W Restaurants, which pioneered the drive-in concept with such All American Classics as its famous A&W Original Draft Root Beer, Papa Burger, Coney Dog and the one-of-a-kind Root Beer Float, is now rolling out new "Drive-In Concepts." This provides customers the ultimate drive-in experience named "Three-D Drive In: Drive-In, Drive-Through, and Dine-In."
"Literally thousands of Minnesota residents have an A&W story they can tell whether it was their first frosty mug of A&W Root Beer or their first experience at a drive-in," explained Heinrich. "Our new drive-ins along with drink new menu items such as our Blendrrrs with real candy pieces, Smoothees with real chunks of fruit, Slushees with real fruit juice and Limeades with real lime will help create new experiences for our loyal following in Minneapolis."
According to Tim Matis, A&W Restaurant director of marketing, the long-running popularity of A&W can be attributed to maintaining quality menu items.
About A&W(r)
The A&W(r) brand was founded in 1919 in Lodi, CA, and A&W(r) All American Food(r) is famous for serving a signature frosty mug root beer float and 100% US beef hamburgers and Coney dogs. There are more than 675 A&W(r) All American Food(r) outlets in 15 countries and territories around the world, and more than 600 additional points of distribution at Yum! Brands multibrand restaurants. A&W Restaurants, Inc. is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Louisville, Ky. Additional information is available at www.awrestaurants.com.
