#greenscreen Why is #AandW so much more popular in #Canada than the #US, considering its #America’s longest-running #fastfood chain? The answer may or may not surprise you! Basically, in written form, #AW is known for its #rootbeer, and this is how the company began, as a humble Southern California rootbeer stand in 1918. It was a huge hit and expanded itself to be a drive-in restaurant, expanding across the states until it opened its first franchise in #Winnipeg, #Manitoba in the 1960s. Only about a decade later, the Canadian division of #AnW split off from its parent company, no longer beholden to a foreign corporate overlord and free to expand and market itself in a way more palatable to the Canadian experience, in other words, playing off nostalgia and opening up stores in malls and shopping centers. Today, A&W is as ubiquitous in Canada as #TimHortons, despite the fact that its origins are a brand whose slogan is ‘All #American Food.’ Canada moment! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 What chain should I cover next? #chains #restaurant #food #chain #restaurants #geography #geographyjoe #map #maps #northamerica #usa #america