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A&W Food Services of Canada, Inc. is a Canadian fast food restaurant chain. The first Canadian A&W restaurant opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1956. A&W is known best for their root beer.

A&W Canada was part of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, but was sold to Unilever in 1972. In 1995 Unilever sold the company. It no longer has any corporate connection to A&W operations outside of Canada. The company has more locations than the United States even though the population is smaller in Canada.

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    A standalone A&W restaurant in Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec

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    Signage at an A&W promoting the chain as the home of the "Burger Family"

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    An Uncle Burger, french fries, and root beer

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    Glasses of A&W Root Beer