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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 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@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 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.

[–] ji17br@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 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.