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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa094)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer","crawl_time":1754345536,"first_indexed_time":1407784521,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"A&W Root Beer - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"A&W Root Beer  is an American brand of  root beer  that was founded in 1919 by  Roy W. Allen [ 3 ]  and primarily available in the  United States  and  Canada . Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, creating the  A&W  brand and inspiring a chain of A&W Restaurants founded that year. Originally, A&W Root Beer sold for five cents (equivalent to $0.91 in 2024). [ 4 ] The rights to the A&W brand (except in Canada) are owned by  Keurig Dr Pepper , which in turn licenses the brand to the U.S.-based A&W Restaurant chain. A&W Root Beer products are distributed via various U.S. bottlers.  A&W Food Services of Canada , which is independent of both Keurig Dr Pepper and the U.S. restaurant chain, is responsible for the restaurants and marketing of root beer products in Canada, [ 5 ]  with retail products bottled and distributed by  the Coca-Cola Company . The U.S. variant is also sold as an import drink in  Southeast Asia  and  Italy  (where A&W has restaurants), as well as in  Australia ,  Chile , and other countries.\n Roy W. Allen  opened a roadside  root beer  stand in  Lodi, California  in 1919, using a formula that he had purchased from a pharmacist. [ 6 ]  He soon opened stands in  Stockton , as well as five stands in nearby  Sacramento  - where \"tray boys\" pioneered  drive-in  curbside service. In 1920 Allen partnered with Frank Wright, birthing the A&W brand name. [ 7 ] Allen bought Wright out, obtained a trademark, and began selling restaurant  franchises  - creating one of the first  restaurant chains  in the United States. Franchise owners could use the A&W name and logo and purchased concentrated root beer syrup from Allen. There was no common menu, architecture, or set of procedures, and some chose to also sell food. By 1933 there were 170 A&W franchises. [ 6 ] Franchises struggled with labor shortages and sugar rationing during  World War II , but following the war  GI loans  helped, in part, the number of A&W outlets to triple. The proliferation of the automobile and the mobility it offered resulted in more than 450 A&W Root Beer stands operating by 1950. That year Allen retired and sold the business to  Nebraskan  Gene Hurtz, who formed the A&W Root Beer Company. The first A&W Root Beer outlet in Canada opened in 1956.\n By 1960 the number of A&W restaurants swelled to more than 2,000.\n In 1963 the company was sold to the J. Hungerford Smith Company, which had produced Allen's concentrate since 1921. That year the first overseas A&W restaurant opened its doors in  Guam . In 1966 Hungerford was sold to the  United Fruit Company , which merged with AMK Corporation in 1970 to form the  United Brands Company . [ 8 ] In 1971 United Brands formed a wholly owned subsidiary, A&W Distributing Co., to retail its root beer. After test runs in  Arizona  and California (Phoenix, Tucson and San Diego), [ 9 ]  the products were distributed nationally, including sugar-free, low-sodium, and caffeine-free versions. In 1974, A&W introduced \" The Great Root Bear \", a mascot that served as a goodwill ambassador for the brand.\n In the late 1970s  A&W Restaurants  was formed to manage restaurant franchising. It was bought in 1982 by  A. Alfred Taubman .\n The bear and its associated jingle became the basis of a long-running Canadian advertising campaign. The mascot was so successful that it was eventually adopted by the American A&W chain as well.\n In 1983, United Brands sold A&W Root Beer to a group of investors, led by  Castle & Cooke . [ 10 ]  In 1984, it had an advertising budget of $10 million. [ 11 ]  In 1986,  Hicks & Haas  and management bought A&W from the investor group. [ 12 ] In 1986 A&W Cream Soda and A&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced and distributed nationally, followed in 1987 by the reformulation of A&W Sugar-Free as Diet A&W. Also in 1986, A&W acquired  Squirt . The company went public in 1987 and also acquired  Vernors .  [ 12 ] In October 1993 A&W Beverages was folded into  Cadbury  Beverages. It spun off its U.S. beverages business as  Dr Pepper Snapple Group  in 2008.\n In July 2017 A&W Canada reformulated its root beer, dropping  high fructose corn syrup  and some flavors from the recipe, substituting  cane sugar ,  sarsaparilla root ,  licorice ,  birch bark  and  anise . [ clarification needed ]  A&W Canada launched the new formula by declaring Free Root Beer Day, serving free root beer at all locations on July 22, 2017. [ 13 ] In November 2020 Diet A&W was rebranded as A&W Zero Sugar. [ 14 ] A&W Sugar-Free was introduced in 1974 [ 3 ]  and reformulated as Diet A&W in 1987. [ 3 ]  In 2020, it was rebranded again under the name A&W Zero Sugar. [ 14 ] A&W Cream Soda  and A&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced in 1986. [ 3 ] A&W Floats  and  Sunkist Floats  were introduced in 2008. A&W TEN, a low-calorie root beer, began appearing in American supermarkets in the spring of 2013. The beverage made an advertising campaign in 1978 under the tagline \"Now New York Has Everything\", which was created to promote the arrival of A&W Root Beer in the New York metro area. For this end, the A&W Distributing Company signed a one-year $1 million advertising contract with Humphrey Browning MacDougall in March 1978. The goal was to remedy its geographic disparities (although it was the leading root beer brand, at the time, it had a penetration of 46% of the national population) and was meant to boost sales of root beer, which was the fourth most-sold type of soft drink. In the markets where it was available, it was advertised under its \"frosty mug taste\" tagline. [ 9 ]  New York received a special campaign featuring four 30-second spots about people from various parts of the United States who moved to New York and noticed the lack of the beverage. There was also a longer 60-second spot that ran on April 18, 1978 on the six commercial VHF stations in the area. [ 9 ] In July 1982, advertiser Scott Miller of Humphrey Browning MacDougall started becoming responsible for the product's hard sell. [ 15 ]  In April 1984, a new commercial began circulating on American television. It emulated beer commercials on the onset, featuring two lumberjacks in a rustic tavern. Halfway through the commercial, one of the lumberjacks was desiring a mug of A&W Root Beer. This campaign coincided with a change in its distribution scheme, which was now targeting truck drivers and sales representatives, who distributed the product to roughly half of the national population. For two periods during the summer of 1984, A&W would only advertise the floats. The campaign was advertised on network TV, 90 media markets and, for the first time, cable, booking slots on MTV and WTBS, the latter during  Night Tracks . The sugar free version was set to be advertised alongside an excercise program on Lifetime. [ 11 ] New commercials for the range of sodas began circulating in January 1991. The three commercials featured former A-list celebrities, each one advertising a different product. The cream soda commercial featured  Dick Wilson  (appearing in character as Mr. Whipple from the Charmin commercials) squeezing a can of it, while the zero sugar version featured  Jan Miner  (as Madge from Palmolive). Both of the commercials did not feature their signature lines from their respective commercials. The main root beer was fronted by  Mr. T , using his early 80s accessories, which the  Chicago Tribune  called \"a symbol of a dead decade as  Donald Trump \". [ 16 ]  In the summer of 1992, a campaign featuring  David Leisure  as  Joe Isuzu  was carried on American television, continuing A&W's fad of recovering older celebrities who starred in commercials. [ 17 ] The soda started using the \"frosty mug taste\" tagline in the fall of 1992, coinciding with its new packaging and plans to rebound its marketing for 1993. [ 18 ]  In May 1999, it unveiled the \"It's Good to be Thick Headed\" campaign for network and cable. This consisted of three commercials: \"Mr. Dumass\" (in which a job applicant mispronounces the name of the owner as \"Mr. Dumbass\"), \"Bachelor Party\" (where a dim-witted husband and his wife are put inside a doghouse) and \"Witness Protection\". [ 19 ]  These commercials, whose target audience was mainly male sports fans, were discarded at the end of 2001 and set to be replaced by a new set of commercials for a broader demographic, as research revealed that the drink was also popular with teen girls. [ 20 ] Promotions and contests [ edit ] Through  eBay , A&W and  Jim Belushi  offered a trip to Los Angeles with a  VIP  pass to the \"A&W Ultimate All-American Cookout and Concert\" at the  House of Blues . [ 21 ] In celebration of its 100th anniversary, A&W offered a free two-liter bottle of its root beer in exchange for taking the Family Fun Pledge, which asked participants to be \"technology-free for one hour every Friday night this summer.\" [ 22 ] The Great Root Bear [ edit ] Rooty in his Canadian version The  Great Root Bear , also called Rooty, became the mascot for A&W Root Beer in 1973. [ 23 ] In a long-running television advertising campaign for the Canadian A&W chain, his theme was a tuba-driven jingle entitled \"Ba-Dum, Ba-Dum\". The jingle was released as a single by  Attic Records  in Canada. It was credited to \"Major Ursus\", a play on the constellation name  Ursa Major , which means \"great bear\". The famous Canadian composer and B.C. Hall of Fame enshrinee Robert Buckley helped compose the song.\n In late 2011, the new ownership of A&W began using the mascot again, particularly in A&W's online presence. [ 24 ] A&W Restaurants logo Shortly after Allen bought out Wright's portion of the business he began franchising the product. His  profits  came from a small franchise fee and sales of concentrate. There was no standard food  menu  for franchises until 1978. By 1960 the company had 2,000  stores .\n In 1989 A&W made an agreement with  Minnesota -based chain Carousel Snack Bars to convert that chain's 200 locations (mostly kiosks in shopping malls) to \"A&W Hot Dogs & More\". [ 25 ] [ 26 ]  Some A&W Hot Dogs & More locations are in operation today.\n Many A&W locations that opened in the U.S. during the Yum! Brands ownership years (2002–2011) were co-branded with Yum!'s other chains— Long John Silver's ,  Taco Bell ,  Pizza Hut  or  KFC .\n As of December 2011 A&W was under new ownership and its world headquarters was moved back to  Lexington, Kentucky . Since then, in the United States and Southeast Asia, A&W has been owned by a group of franchisees (as A Great American Brand). 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\"Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines\") (Philippine restaurant only) |\n| Country of origin | United States |\n| Introduced | 1919; 106 years ago (1919) |\n| Related products | [Barq's](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barq%27s \"Barq's\"), [Mug Root Beer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mug_Root_Beer \"Mug Root Beer\"), [Dad's Root Beer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dad%27s_Root_Beer \"Dad's Root Beer\"), [Hires Root Beer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hires_Root_Beer \"Hires Root Beer\"), [A\\&W Cream Soda](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Cream_Soda \"A&W Cream Soda\") |\n| Website | [www.rootbeer.com](https:\/\/www.rootbeer.com\/) |\n\n| Nutritional value per 8.1 fl oz \/ 1 cup \/ 240 ml |   |\n|---|---|\n| [Energy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_energy \"Food energy\") | 120 kcal (500 kJ) |\n| **[Carbohydrates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbohydrate \"Carbohydrate\")** | 31 |\n| [Sugars](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sugar \"Sugar\") | 31 |\n| [Dietary fiber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dietary_fiber \"Dietary fiber\") | 0 |\n| **[Fat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fat \"Fat\")** | 0 |\n| [Saturated](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturated_fat \"Saturated fat\") | 0 |\n| [Trans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trans_fat \"Trans fat\") | 0 |\n| **[Protein](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protein_\$nutrient\$ \"Protein (nutrient)\")** | 0 |\n| Vitamins and minerals |   |\n| **[Vitamins](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vitamin \"Vitamin\")** | **Quantity** **%DV** † |\n| [Vitamin A equiv.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vitamin_A \"Vitamin A\") | 0% 0 μg |\n| [Vitamin C](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vitamin_C \"Vitamin C\") | 0% 0 mg |\n| **[Minerals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mineral_\$nutrient\$ \"Mineral (nutrient)\")** | **Quantity** **%DV** † |\n| [Calcium](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcium_in_biology#Humans \"Calcium in biology\") | 0% 0 mg |\n| [Iron](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_iron_metabolism \"Human iron metabolism\") | 0% 0 mg |\n| [Potassium](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Potassium_in_biology \"Potassium in biology\") | 0% 0 mg |\n| [Sodium](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sodium_in_biology \"Sodium in biology\") | 1% 30 mg |\n| **Other constituents** | **Quantity** |\n| [Cholesterol](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cholesterol \"Cholesterol\") | 0 |\n| †Percentages estimated using [US recommendations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reference_Daily_Intake#Daily_Values \"Reference Daily Intake\") for adults,[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-FDADailyValues-1) except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the [National Academies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Academies_of_Sciences,_Engineering,_and_Medicine \"National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine\")[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NationalAcademiesPotassium-2) |   |\n\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Goblet_Glass_%28Banquet%29.svg\/20px-Goblet_Glass_%28Banquet%29.svg.png)[Drink portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Drink \"Portal:Drink\")\n\n**A\\&W Root Beer** is an American brand of [root beer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Root_beer \"Root beer\") that was founded in 1919 by [Roy W. Allen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_W._Allen \"Roy W. Allen\")[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) and primarily available in the [United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States \"United States\") and [Canada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada \"Canada\"). Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, creating the [A\\&W](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Restaurants \"A&W Restaurants\") brand and inspiring a chain of A\\&W Restaurants founded that year. Originally, A\\&W Root Beer sold for five cents (equivalent to \\$0.91 in 2024).[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Keurig_Dr_Pepper_Brands-4)\n\nThe rights to the A\\&W brand (except in Canada) are owned by [Keurig Dr Pepper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keurig_Dr_Pepper \"Keurig Dr Pepper\"), which in turn licenses the brand to the U.S.-based A\\&W Restaurant chain. A\\&W Root Beer products are distributed via various U.S. bottlers. [A\\&W Food Services of Canada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_\$Canada\$ \"A&W (Canada)\"), which is independent of both Keurig Dr Pepper and the U.S. restaurant chain, is responsible for the restaurants and marketing of root beer products in Canada,[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-5) with retail products bottled and distributed by [the Coca-Cola Company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Coca-Cola_Company \"The Coca-Cola Company\"). The U.S. variant is also sold as an import drink in [Southeast Asia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southeast_Asia \"Southeast Asia\") and [Italy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy \"Italy\") (where A\\&W has restaurants), as well as in [Australia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australia \"Australia\"), [Chile](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile \"Chile\"), and other countries.\n\n## History\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: History\")\\]\n\n[Roy W. Allen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_W._Allen \"Roy W. Allen\") opened a roadside [root beer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Root_beer \"Root beer\") stand in [Lodi, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lodi,_California \"Lodi, California\") in 1919, using a formula that he had purchased from a pharmacist.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-encyc-6) He soon opened stands in [Stockton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stockton,_California \"Stockton, California\"), as well as five stands in nearby [Sacramento](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacramento \"Sacramento\") - where \"tray boys\" pioneered [drive-in](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drive-in \"Drive-in\") curbside service. In 1920 Allen partnered with Frank Wright, birthing the A\\&W brand name.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-7)\n\nAllen bought Wright out, obtained a trademark, and began selling restaurant [franchises](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franchising \"Franchising\") - creating one of the first [restaurant chains](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chain_store \"Chain store\") in the United States. Franchise owners could use the A\\&W name and logo and purchased concentrated root beer syrup from Allen. There was no common menu, architecture, or set of procedures, and some chose to also sell food. By 1933 there were 170 A\\&W franchises.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-encyc-6)\n\nFranchises struggled with labor shortages and sugar rationing during [World War II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II \"World War II\"), but following the war [GI loans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G.I._Bill \"G.I. Bill\") helped, in part, the number of A\\&W outlets to triple. The proliferation of the automobile and the mobility it offered resulted in more than 450 A\\&W Root Beer stands operating by 1950. That year Allen retired and sold the business to [Nebraskan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska \"Nebraska\") Gene Hurtz, who formed the A\\&W Root Beer Company. The first A\\&W Root Beer outlet in Canada opened in 1956.\n\nBy 1960 the number of A\\&W restaurants swelled to more than 2,000.\n\nIn 1963 the company was sold to the J. Hungerford Smith Company, which had produced Allen's concentrate since 1921. That year the first overseas A\\&W restaurant opened its doors in [Guam](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guam \"Guam\"). In 1966 Hungerford was sold to the [United Fruit Company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Fruit_Company \"United Fruit Company\"), which merged with AMK Corporation in 1970 to form the [United Brands Company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiquita_Brands_International \"Chiquita Brands International\").[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-8)\n\nIn 1971 United Brands formed a wholly owned subsidiary, A\\&W Distributing Co., to retail its root beer. After test runs in [Arizona](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona \"Arizona\") and California (Phoenix, Tucson and San Diego),[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NY-9) the products were distributed nationally, including sugar-free, low-sodium, and caffeine-free versions. In 1974, A\\&W introduced \"[The Great Root Bear](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Great_Root_Bear \"The Great Root Bear\")\", a mascot that served as a goodwill ambassador for the brand.\n\nIn the late 1970s [A\\&W Restaurants](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Restaurants \"A&W Restaurants\") was formed to manage restaurant franchising. It was bought in 1982 by [A. Alfred Taubman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A._Alfred_Taubman \"A. Alfred Taubman\").\n\nThe bear and its associated jingle became the basis of a long-running Canadian advertising campaign. The mascot was so successful that it was eventually adopted by the American A\\&W chain as well.\n\nIn 1983, United Brands sold A\\&W Root Beer to a group of investors, led by [Castle & Cooke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castle_%26_Cooke \"Castle & Cooke\").[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-10) In 1984, it had an advertising budget of \\$10 million.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-campaign-11) In 1986, [Hicks & Haas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hicks_%26_Haas \"Hicks & Haas\") and management bought A\\&W from the investor group.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-avoid-12)\n\nIn 1986 A\\&W Cream Soda and A\\&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced and distributed nationally, followed in 1987 by the reformulation of A\\&W Sugar-Free as Diet A\\&W. Also in 1986, A\\&W acquired [Squirt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squirt_\$drink\$ \"Squirt (drink)\"). The company went public in 1987 and also acquired [Vernors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vernors \"Vernors\"). [\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-avoid-12)\n\nIn October 1993 A\\&W Beverages was folded into [Cadbury](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cadbury_plc \"Cadbury plc\") Beverages. It spun off its U.S. beverages business as [Dr Pepper Snapple Group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr_Pepper_Snapple_Group \"Dr Pepper Snapple Group\") in 2008.\n\nIn July 2017 A\\&W Canada reformulated its root beer, dropping [high fructose corn syrup](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High_fructose_corn_syrup \"High fructose corn syrup\") and some flavors from the recipe, substituting [cane sugar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cane_sugar \"Cane sugar\"), [sarsaparilla root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smilax_ornata \"Smilax ornata\"), [licorice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Licorice \"Licorice\"), [birch bark](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birch_bark \"Birch bark\") and [anise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anise \"Anise\").\\[*[clarification needed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Please_clarify \"Wikipedia:Please clarify\")*\\] A\\&W Canada launched the new formula by declaring Free Root Beer Day, serving free root beer at all locations on July 22, 2017.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NaturalA&Wcanada-13)\n\nIn November 2020 Diet A\\&W was rebranded as A\\&W Zero Sugar.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-ZeroSugar-14)\n\n## Brands\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Brands\")\\]\n\n- A\\&W Sugar-Free was introduced in 1974[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) and reformulated as Diet A\\&W in 1987.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) In 2020, it was rebranded again under the name A\\&W Zero Sugar.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-ZeroSugar-14)\n- [A\\&W Cream Soda](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Cream_Soda \"A&W Cream Soda\") and A\\&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced in 1986.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3)\n- [A\\&W Floats](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Floats_\$drink\$ \"Floats (drink)\") and [Sunkist Floats](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Floats_\$drink\$ \"Floats (drink)\") were introduced in 2008.\n- A\\&W TEN, a low-calorie root beer, began appearing in American supermarkets in the spring of 2013.\n\n## Advertising\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Advertising\")\\]\n\nThe beverage made an advertising campaign in 1978 under the tagline \"Now New York Has Everything\", which was created to promote the arrival of A\\&W Root Beer in the New York metro area. For this end, the A\\&W Distributing Company signed a one-year \\$1 million advertising contract with Humphrey Browning MacDougall in March 1978. The goal was to remedy its geographic disparities (although it was the leading root beer brand, at the time, it had a penetration of 46% of the national population) and was meant to boost sales of root beer, which was the fourth most-sold type of soft drink. In the markets where it was available, it was advertised under its \"frosty mug taste\" tagline.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NY-9) New York received a special campaign featuring four 30-second spots about people from various parts of the United States who moved to New York and noticed the lack of the beverage. There was also a longer 60-second spot that ran on April 18, 1978 on the six commercial VHF stations in the area.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NY-9)\n\nIn July 1982, advertiser Scott Miller of Humphrey Browning MacDougall started becoming responsible for the product's hard sell.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-15) In April 1984, a new commercial began circulating on American television. It emulated beer commercials on the onset, featuring two lumberjacks in a rustic tavern. Halfway through the commercial, one of the lumberjacks was desiring a mug of A\\&W Root Beer. This campaign coincided with a change in its distribution scheme, which was now targeting truck drivers and sales representatives, who distributed the product to roughly half of the national population. For two periods during the summer of 1984, A\\&W would only advertise the floats. The campaign was advertised on network TV, 90 media markets and, for the first time, cable, booking slots on MTV and WTBS, the latter during *[Night Tracks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Night_Tracks \"Night Tracks\")*. The sugar free version was set to be advertised alongside an excercise program on Lifetime.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-campaign-11)\n\nNew commercials for the range of sodas began circulating in January 1991. The three commercials featured former A-list celebrities, each one advertising a different product. The cream soda commercial featured [Dick Wilson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Wilson \"Dick Wilson\") (appearing in character as Mr. Whipple from the Charmin commercials) squeezing a can of it, while the zero sugar version featured [Jan Miner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Miner \"Jan Miner\") (as Madge from Palmolive). Both of the commercials did not feature their signature lines from their respective commercials. The main root beer was fronted by [Mr. T](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mr._T \"Mr. T\"), using his early 80s accessories, which the [Chicago Tribune](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Tribune \"Chicago Tribune\") called \"a symbol of a dead decade as [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\")\".[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-16) In the summer of 1992, a campaign featuring [David Leisure](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Leisure \"David Leisure\") as [Joe Isuzu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Isuzu \"Joe Isuzu\") was carried on American television, continuing A\\&W's fad of recovering older celebrities who starred in commercials.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-17)\n\nThe soda started using the \"frosty mug taste\" tagline in the fall of 1992, coinciding with its new packaging and plans to rebound its marketing for 1993.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-18) In May 1999, it unveiled the \"It's Good to be Thick Headed\" campaign for network and cable. This consisted of three commercials: \"Mr. Dumass\" (in which a job applicant mispronounces the name of the owner as \"Mr. Dumbass\"), \"Bachelor Party\" (where a dim-witted husband and his wife are put inside a doghouse) and \"Witness Protection\".[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-19) These commercials, whose target audience was mainly male sports fans, were discarded at the end of 2001 and set to be replaced by a new set of commercials for a broader demographic, as research revealed that the drink was also popular with teen girls.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-20)\n\n## Promotions and contests\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Promotions and contests\")\\]\n\n- Through [eBay](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EBay \"EBay\"), A\\&W and [Jim Belushi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Belushi \"Jim Belushi\") offered a trip to Los Angeles with a [VIP](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Very_Important_Person \"Very Important Person\") pass to the \"A\\&W Ultimate All-American Cookout and Concert\" at the [House of Blues](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_Blues \"House of Blues\").[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-21)\n- In celebration of its 100th anniversary, A\\&W offered a free two-liter bottle of its root beer in exchange for taking the Family Fun Pledge, which asked participants to be \"technology-free for one hour every Friday night this summer.\"[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-22)\n\n## The Great Root Bear\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: The Great Root Bear\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/db\/Avenue_du_Mont-Royal_07a.JPG\/250px-Avenue_du_Mont-Royal_07a.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Avenue_du_Mont-Royal_07a.JPG)\n\nRooty in his Canadian version\n\nThe **Great Root Bear**, also called Rooty, became the mascot for A\\&W Root Beer in 1973.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-23)\n\nIn a long-running television advertising campaign for the Canadian A\\&W chain, his theme was a tuba-driven jingle entitled \"Ba-Dum, Ba-Dum\". The jingle was released as a single by [Attic Records](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attic_Records_\$Canada\$ \"Attic Records (Canada)\") in Canada. It was credited to \"Major Ursus\", a play on the constellation name [Ursa Major](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ursa_Major \"Ursa Major\"), which means \"great bear\". The famous Canadian composer and B.C. Hall of Fame enshrinee Robert Buckley helped compose the song.\n\nIn late 2011, the new ownership of A\\&W began using the mascot again, particularly in A\\&W's online presence.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-24)\n\n## A\\&W Restaurants\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: A&W Restaurants\")\\]\n\nMain articles: [A\\&W Restaurants](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Restaurants \"A&W Restaurants\") and [A\\&W (Canada)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_\$Canada\$ \"A&W (Canada)\")\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/26\/All_American_Food_Logo.svg\/250px-All_American_Food_Logo.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:All_American_Food_Logo.svg)\n\nA\\&W Restaurants logo\n\nShortly after Allen bought out Wright's portion of the business he began franchising the product. His [profits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Profit_\$accounting\$ \"Profit (accounting)\") came from a small franchise fee and sales of concentrate. There was no standard food [menu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menu \"Menu\") for franchises until 1978. By 1960 the company had 2,000 [stores](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retail_stores \"Retail stores\").\n\nIn 1989 A\\&W made an agreement with [Minnesota](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minnesota \"Minnesota\")\\-based chain Carousel Snack Bars to convert that chain's 200 locations (mostly kiosks in shopping malls) to \"A\\&W Hot Dogs & More\".[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-25)[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-26) Some A\\&W Hot Dogs & More locations are in operation today.\n\nMany A\\&W locations that opened in the U.S. during the Yum! Brands ownership years (2002–2011) were co-branded with Yum!'s other chains—[Long John Silver's](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_John_Silver%27s \"Long John Silver's\"), [Taco Bell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taco_Bell \"Taco Bell\"), [Pizza Hut](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pizza_Hut \"Pizza Hut\") or [KFC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KFC \"KFC\").\n\nAs of December 2011 A\\&W was under new ownership and its world headquarters was moved back to [Lexington, Kentucky](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lexington,_Kentucky \"Lexington, Kentucky\"). Since then, in the United States and Southeast Asia, A\\&W has been owned by a group of franchisees (as A Great American Brand).[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-blue-27)\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n### Citations\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: Citations\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-FDADailyValues_1-0)**\n   [United States Food and Drug Administration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food_and_Drug_Administration \"Food and Drug Administration\") (2024). [\"Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels\"](https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/nutrition-facts-label\/daily-value-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels). *FDA*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240327175201\/https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/nutrition-facts-label\/daily-value-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels) from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-NationalAcademiesPotassium_2-0)**\n   [\"TABLE 4-7 Comparison of Potassium Adequate Intakes Established in This Report to Potassium Adequate Intakes Established in the 2005 DRI Report\"](https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK545428\/table\/tab_4_7\/). p. 120.\n   \n   In:\n   \n   Stallings, Virginia A.; Harrison, Meghan; Oria, Maria, eds. (2019). \"Potassium: Dietary Reference Intakes for Adequacy\". *Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium*. pp. 101–124\\. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\$identifier\$ \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.17226\/25353](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17226%2F25353). [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\$identifier\$ \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [978-0-309-48834-1](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-0-309-48834-1 \"Special:BookSources\/978-0-309-48834-1\")\n   \n   . [PMID](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMID_\$identifier\$ \"PMID (identifier)\") [30844154](https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30844154). [NCBI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bookshelf_ID_\$identifier\$ \"Bookshelf ID (identifier)\") [NBK545428](https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK545428).\n3. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-Site_History_3-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-Site_History_3-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-Site_History_3-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-Site_History_3-3)\n   [\"A\\&W Root Beer - History\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080114141940\/http:\/\/www.rootbeer.com\/history\/). Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.rootbeer.com\/history\/) on 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2007-12-22.\n   \n   – A\\&W root beer's official history\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-Keurig_Dr_Pepper_Brands_4-0)** [Our Brands – Keurig Dr Pepper](http:\/\/www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com\/brands\/aw\/)\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-5)**\n   A\\&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund. [\"About A\\&W Food Services of Canada Inc\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110706164821\/http:\/\/www.awincomefund.ca\/aboutaw\/default.asp). Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.awincomefund.ca\/aboutaw\/default.asp) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-23.\n6. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-encyc_6-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-encyc_6-1) Smith, Andrew F., Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food, Greenwood Press, 2006. p. 1.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"The History of Root Beer\"](http:\/\/www.gourmetrootbeer.com\/history.html).\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-8)**\n   [\"A\\&W's All-American Experience Endures 100 Years Later\"](https:\/\/www.qsrmagazine.com\/reports\/aws-all-american-experience-endures-100-years-later). *QSR magazine*. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-27.\n9. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-NY_9-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-NY_9-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-NY_9-2) By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY. (1978, Mar 17). Advertising: Drumbeats for a Root Beer Brand Cable TV Credits Katz. New York Times (1923-)\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-10)** Castle & cooke in A & W deal. (1983, Aug 06). New York Times\n11. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-campaign_11-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-campaign_11-1) Dougherty, P. H. (1984, Apr 09). A & W's Root Beer Campaign. New York Times (1923-)\n12. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-avoid_12-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-avoid_12-1)\n    Deutsch, Claudia H. (15 January 1989). [\"A\\&W: Prospering by Avoiding the Big Boys A\\&W Avoids the Big Boys\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/01\/15\/business\/a-w-prospering-by-avoiding-the-big-boys-a-w-avoids-the-big-boys.html). *The New York Times*.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-NaturalA&Wcanada_13-0)**\n    [\"A\\&W Canada is brewing root beer with natural ingredients\"](http:\/\/awincomefund.mediaroom.com\/2017-07-05-A-W-Canada-is-brewing-root-beer-with-natural-ingredients). [A\\&W Food Services of Canada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_\$Canada\$ \"A&W (Canada)\"). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.\n14. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-ZeroSugar_14-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-ZeroSugar_14-1)\n    [\"A\\&W Root Beer Zero Sugar (Diet) available now. Buy today!\"](https:\/\/www.sodafinder.com\/products\/a-w-root-beer-zero-sugar-diet).\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-15)** McLean, R. A. (1982, Jul 28). AD-VENTURES \/ ROBERT A. MCLEAN; A CHANGE IN BEVERAGES: \\[FIRST EDITION\\]. Boston Globe (Pre-1997 Fulltext)\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-16)** Lippert, B. (1991, Jan 14). Selling nostalgia clever, full-disclosure ads for A\\&W toast TV icons: \\[NORTH SPORTS FINAL, C edition\\]. Chicago Tribune (Pre-1997 Fulltext)\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-17)** Moore, M. T. (1992, Jun 22). Legacies include Joe Isuzu, singing cats: \\[FINAL edition\\]. USA TODAY (Pre-1997 Fulltext)\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-18)** Jabbonsky, L. (1993). A\\&W hopes \"frosty mug taste\" brings back root beer's heyday. Beverage World, 112(1536), 18.\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-19)** A\\&W Takes a 'Thick Headed' Look at Life; New Television Ads Previewed at Trade Show. (1999, Apr 28). PR Newswire\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-20)** Hein, K. (2001). Dr Pepper plans for healthy growth with strategic marketing effort. Brandweek, 42(41), 6.\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-21)**  eBay Bidders Can Vie for Trip to A\\&W Root Beer's 'Ultimate All-American Cookout and Concert' Featuring Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts Band; Proceeds From Online Charity Auction to Benefit John Belushi Scholarship Fund. – PR Newswire\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-22)**\n    [\"Pledge to go Technology-Free and Create Family Fun with A\\&W Root Beer\"](https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pledge-to-go-technology-free-and-create-family-fun-with-aw-root-beer-300860669.html). *www.prnewswire.com*. June 4, 2019. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190620102304\/https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pledge-to-go-technology-free-and-create-family-fun-with-aw-root-beer-300860669.html) from the original on 2019-06-20.\n23. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-23)**\n    Spector, Joseph (September 7, 2019). [\"Papa Burger gets a permanent home in New York, and he looks amazing\"](https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/117288258\/aw-mascot-democrat-chronicle\/). *Democrat and Chronicle*. p. A11.\n24. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-24)**\n    Sloan, Scott. [\"A\\&W brings back its official spokesbear, Rooty \\| Daily Business Report\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131230233713\/https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/2013\/04\/14\/2600564\/aw-brings-back-its-official-spokesbear.html). Kentucky.com. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/2013\/04\/14\/2600564\/aw-brings-back-its-official-spokesbear.html) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-30.\n25. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-25)** [A\\&W Root Beer — History & Collectables](http:\/\/www.awrootbeer.com\/hist_hist3.htm) [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071128035003\/http:\/\/www.awrootbeer.com\/hist_hist3.htm) November 28, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine \"Wayback Machine\")\n26. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-26)**\n    Carolyn Walkup (1991). [\"A\\&W prexy sets pace for growth in the '90's\"](https:\/\/indexarticles.com\/business\/nations-restaurant-news\/aw-prexy-sets-pace-for-growth-in-the-90s\/). *IndexArticles*. Livonia, Michigan.\n27. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-blue_27-0)**\n    [\"It's Final! Franchisees Buy Out Franchisor A\\&W\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120422124156\/http:\/\/www.bluemaumau.org\/11096\/it%E2%80%99s_final_franchisees_buyout_aw_brand). Blue Maumau. 23 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.\n\n### General and cited references\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: General and cited references\")\\]\n\n- [\"A\\&W Root Beer—History\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080827210543\/http:\/\/www.rootbeer.com\/history\/). Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.rootbeer.com\/history) on 2008-08-27. 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\"Tommyknockers (root beer)\") [Towne Club](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Towne_Club \"Towne Club\") [Twin Lights](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twin_Lights_Soda \"Twin Lights Soda\") [Virgil's](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virgil%27s_Root_Beer \"Virgil's Root Beer\") [White Rock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Rock_Beverages \"White Rock Beverages\") [Zevia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zevia \"Zevia\") |\n\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:The_Coca-Cola_Company \"Template:The Coca-Cola Company\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:The_Coca-Cola_Company \"Template talk:The Coca-Cola Company\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:The_Coca-Cola_Company \"Special:EditPage\/Template:The Coca-Cola Company\")[The Coca-Cola Company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Coca-Cola_Company \"The Coca-Cola Company\") |   |\n|---|---|\n| [Brands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Coca-Cola_brands 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Tropical [Fioravanti](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fioravanti_\$soft_drink\$ \"Fioravanti (soft drink)\") [Fresca](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fresca \"Fresca\") [Fruktime](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fruktime \"Fruktime\") [Frutonic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frutonic \"Frutonic\") [Guaraná Jesus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guaran%C3%A1_Jesus \"Guaraná Jesus\") [Inca Kola](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inca_Kola \"Inca Kola\") [Iron Brew](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Brew_\$South_African_drink\$ \"Iron Brew (South African drink)\") [Joya](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joya_\$drink\$ \"Joya (drink)\") [Kia-Ora](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kia-Ora \"Kia-Ora\") [Kinley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinley_\$brand\$ \"Kinley (brand)\") [Kola Inglesa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kola_Inglesa \"Kola Inglesa\") Krest [Kuat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuat_\$drink\$ \"Kuat (drink)\") [Lemon & Paeroa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemon_%26_Paeroa \"Lemon & Paeroa\") [Lift](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lift_\$soft_drink\$ \"Lift (soft drink)\") [Mare Rosso](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mare_Rosso \"Mare Rosso\") [Mello Yello](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mello_Yello \"Mello Yello\") [Mezzo Mix](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mezzo_Mix \"Mezzo Mix\") [Moxie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moxie \"Moxie\") [Nordic Mist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nordic_Mist \"Nordic Mist\") [Northern Neck Ginger Ale](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Neck_Ginger_Ale \"Northern Neck Ginger Ale\") [OK Soda](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OK_Soda \"OK Soda\") [Pibb Xtra](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pibb_Xtra \"Pibb Xtra\") [Portello](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portello_\$soft_drink\$ \"Portello (soft drink)\") [Quatro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quatro_\$drink\$ \"Quatro (drink)\") [Quwat Jabal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quwat_Jabal \"Quwat Jabal\") [Ramblin' Root Beer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramblin%27_Root_Beer \"Ramblin' Root Beer\") [RimZim](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RimZim \"RimZim\") [Red Flash](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Flash \"Red Flash\") [Santiba](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santiba \"Santiba\") [Sarsi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarsaparilla_\$soft_drink\$#Sarsi_\$brand\$ \"Sarsaparilla (soft drink)\") [Seagram's](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seagram \"Seagram\") [Senzao](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senzao \"Senzao\") [Smart](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smart_\$drink\$ \"Smart (drink)\") [Sparkle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sparkle_\$drink\$ \"Sparkle (drink)\") [Sparletta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sparletta \"Sparletta\") [Sprite](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sprite_\$drink\$ \"Sprite (drink)\") [Chinotto](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sprite_\$drink\$ \"Sprite (drink)\") [Stoney](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stoney_\$drink\$ \"Stoney (drink)\") [Surge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surge_\$drink\$ \"Surge (drink)\") [Urge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urge_\$drink\$ \"Urge (drink)\") [Tab](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tab_\$drink\$ \"Tab (drink)\") [Tanora](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanora \"Tanora\") [Tiky](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiky \"Tiky\") [Vault](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vault_\$drink\$ \"Vault (drink)\") [VegitaBeta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VegitaBeta \"VegitaBeta\") [Victoria](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_\$drink\$ \"Victoria (drink)\") [Yoli](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoli \"Yoli\") |\n| Juices and teas | [Ayataka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayataka \"Ayataka\") [Capri-Sun](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capri-Sun \"Capri-Sun\") [Delaware Punch](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delaware_Punch \"Delaware Punch\") [Enviga](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enviga \"Enviga\") [Far Coast](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Far_Coast \"Far Coast\") [Five Alive](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Five_Alive \"Five Alive\") [Fruitopia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fruitopia \"Fruitopia\") [Frutonic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frutonic \"Frutonic\") [Fuze](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuze_Beverage \"Fuze Beverage\") [Glaceau](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Energy_Brands \"Energy Brands\") [Gold Peak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gold_Peak_Tea \"Gold Peak Tea\") [Hi-C](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hi-C \"Hi-C\") [Honest Tea](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honest_Tea \"Honest Tea\") [Innocent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Innocent_Drinks \"Innocent Drinks\") [Matte Leão](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matte_Le%C3%A3o \"Matte Leão\") [Minute Maid](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minute_Maid \"Minute Maid\") 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Boilerpipe Text	A&W Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was founded in 1919 by Roy W. Allen [ 3 ] and primarily available in the United States and Canada . Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, creating the A&W brand and inspiring a chain of A&W Restaurants founded that year. Originally, A&W Root Beer sold for five cents (equivalent to $0.91 in 2024). [ 4 ] The rights to the A&W brand (except in Canada) are owned by Keurig Dr Pepper , which in turn licenses the brand to the U.S.-based A&W Restaurant chain. A&W Root Beer products are distributed via various U.S. bottlers. A&W Food Services of Canada , which is independent of both Keurig Dr Pepper and the U.S. restaurant chain, is responsible for the restaurants and marketing of root beer products in Canada, [ 5 ] with retail products bottled and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company . The U.S. variant is also sold as an import drink in Southeast Asia and Italy (where A&W has restaurants), as well as in Australia , Chile , and other countries. Roy W. Allen opened a roadside root beer stand in Lodi, California in 1919, using a formula that he had purchased from a pharmacist. [ 6 ] He soon opened stands in Stockton , as well as five stands in nearby Sacramento - where "tray boys" pioneered drive-in curbside service. In 1920 Allen partnered with Frank Wright, birthing the A&W brand name. [ 7 ] Allen bought Wright out, obtained a trademark, and began selling restaurant franchises - creating one of the first restaurant chains in the United States. Franchise owners could use the A&W name and logo and purchased concentrated root beer syrup from Allen. There was no common menu, architecture, or set of procedures, and some chose to also sell food. By 1933 there were 170 A&W franchises. [ 6 ] Franchises struggled with labor shortages and sugar rationing during World War II , but following the war GI loans helped, in part, the number of A&W outlets to triple. The proliferation of the automobile and the mobility it offered resulted in more than 450 A&W Root Beer stands operating by 1950. That year Allen retired and sold the business to Nebraskan Gene Hurtz, who formed the A&W Root Beer Company. The first A&W Root Beer outlet in Canada opened in 1956. By 1960 the number of A&W restaurants swelled to more than 2,000. In 1963 the company was sold to the J. Hungerford Smith Company, which had produced Allen's concentrate since 1921. That year the first overseas A&W restaurant opened its doors in Guam . In 1966 Hungerford was sold to the United Fruit Company , which merged with AMK Corporation in 1970 to form the United Brands Company . [ 8 ] In 1971 United Brands formed a wholly owned subsidiary, A&W Distributing Co., to retail its root beer. After test runs in Arizona and California (Phoenix, Tucson and San Diego), [ 9 ] the products were distributed nationally, including sugar-free, low-sodium, and caffeine-free versions. In 1974, A&W introduced " The Great Root Bear ", a mascot that served as a goodwill ambassador for the brand. In the late 1970s A&W Restaurants was formed to manage restaurant franchising. It was bought in 1982 by A. Alfred Taubman . The bear and its associated jingle became the basis of a long-running Canadian advertising campaign. The mascot was so successful that it was eventually adopted by the American A&W chain as well. In 1983, United Brands sold A&W Root Beer to a group of investors, led by Castle & Cooke . [ 10 ] In 1984, it had an advertising budget of $10 million. [ 11 ] In 1986, Hicks & Haas and management bought A&W from the investor group. [ 12 ] In 1986 A&W Cream Soda and A&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced and distributed nationally, followed in 1987 by the reformulation of A&W Sugar-Free as Diet A&W. Also in 1986, A&W acquired Squirt . The company went public in 1987 and also acquired Vernors . [ 12 ] In October 1993 A&W Beverages was folded into Cadbury Beverages. It spun off its U.S. beverages business as Dr Pepper Snapple Group in 2008. In July 2017 A&W Canada reformulated its root beer, dropping high fructose corn syrup and some flavors from the recipe, substituting cane sugar , sarsaparilla root , licorice , birch bark and anise . [ clarification needed ] A&W Canada launched the new formula by declaring Free Root Beer Day, serving free root beer at all locations on July 22, 2017. [ 13 ] In November 2020 Diet A&W was rebranded as A&W Zero Sugar. [ 14 ] A&W Sugar-Free was introduced in 1974 [ 3 ] and reformulated as Diet A&W in 1987. [ 3 ] In 2020, it was rebranded again under the name A&W Zero Sugar. [ 14 ] A&W Cream Soda and A&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced in 1986. [ 3 ] A&W Floats and Sunkist Floats were introduced in 2008. A&W TEN, a low-calorie root beer, began appearing in American supermarkets in the spring of 2013. The beverage made an advertising campaign in 1978 under the tagline "Now New York Has Everything", which was created to promote the arrival of A&W Root Beer in the New York metro area. For this end, the A&W Distributing Company signed a one-year $1 million advertising contract with Humphrey Browning MacDougall in March 1978. The goal was to remedy its geographic disparities (although it was the leading root beer brand, at the time, it had a penetration of 46% of the national population) and was meant to boost sales of root beer, which was the fourth most-sold type of soft drink. In the markets where it was available, it was advertised under its "frosty mug taste" tagline. [ 9 ] New York received a special campaign featuring four 30-second spots about people from various parts of the United States who moved to New York and noticed the lack of the beverage. There was also a longer 60-second spot that ran on April 18, 1978 on the six commercial VHF stations in the area. [ 9 ] In July 1982, advertiser Scott Miller of Humphrey Browning MacDougall started becoming responsible for the product's hard sell. [ 15 ] In April 1984, a new commercial began circulating on American television. It emulated beer commercials on the onset, featuring two lumberjacks in a rustic tavern. Halfway through the commercial, one of the lumberjacks was desiring a mug of A&W Root Beer. This campaign coincided with a change in its distribution scheme, which was now targeting truck drivers and sales representatives, who distributed the product to roughly half of the national population. For two periods during the summer of 1984, A&W would only advertise the floats. The campaign was advertised on network TV, 90 media markets and, for the first time, cable, booking slots on MTV and WTBS, the latter during Night Tracks . The sugar free version was set to be advertised alongside an excercise program on Lifetime. [ 11 ] New commercials for the range of sodas began circulating in January 1991. The three commercials featured former A-list celebrities, each one advertising a different product. The cream soda commercial featured Dick Wilson (appearing in character as Mr. Whipple from the Charmin commercials) squeezing a can of it, while the zero sugar version featured Jan Miner (as Madge from Palmolive). Both of the commercials did not feature their signature lines from their respective commercials. The main root beer was fronted by Mr. T , using his early 80s accessories, which the Chicago Tribune called "a symbol of a dead decade as Donald Trump ". [ 16 ] In the summer of 1992, a campaign featuring David Leisure as Joe Isuzu was carried on American television, continuing A&W's fad of recovering older celebrities who starred in commercials. [ 17 ] The soda started using the "frosty mug taste" tagline in the fall of 1992, coinciding with its new packaging and plans to rebound its marketing for 1993. [ 18 ] In May 1999, it unveiled the "It's Good to be Thick Headed" campaign for network and cable. This consisted of three commercials: "Mr. Dumass" (in which a job applicant mispronounces the name of the owner as "Mr. Dumbass"), "Bachelor Party" (where a dim-witted husband and his wife are put inside a doghouse) and "Witness Protection". [ 19 ] These commercials, whose target audience was mainly male sports fans, were discarded at the end of 2001 and set to be replaced by a new set of commercials for a broader demographic, as research revealed that the drink was also popular with teen girls. [ 20 ] Promotions and contests [ edit ] Through eBay , A&W and Jim Belushi offered a trip to Los Angeles with a VIP pass to the "A&W Ultimate All-American Cookout and Concert" at the House of Blues . [ 21 ] In celebration of its 100th anniversary, A&W offered a free two-liter bottle of its root beer in exchange for taking the Family Fun Pledge, which asked participants to be "technology-free for one hour every Friday night this summer." [ 22 ] The Great Root Bear [ edit ] Rooty in his Canadian version The Great Root Bear , also called Rooty, became the mascot for A&W Root Beer in 1973. [ 23 ] In a long-running television advertising campaign for the Canadian A&W chain, his theme was a tuba-driven jingle entitled "Ba-Dum, Ba-Dum". The jingle was released as a single by Attic Records in Canada. It was credited to "Major Ursus", a play on the constellation name Ursa Major , which means "great bear". The famous Canadian composer and B.C. Hall of Fame enshrinee Robert Buckley helped compose the song. In late 2011, the new ownership of A&W began using the mascot again, particularly in A&W's online presence. [ 24 ] A&W Restaurants logo Shortly after Allen bought out Wright's portion of the business he began franchising the product. His profits came from a small franchise fee and sales of concentrate. There was no standard food menu for franchises until 1978. By 1960 the company had 2,000 stores . In 1989 A&W made an agreement with Minnesota -based chain Carousel Snack Bars to convert that chain's 200 locations (mostly kiosks in shopping malls) to "A&W Hot Dogs & More". [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Some A&W Hot Dogs & More locations are in operation today. Many A&W locations that opened in the U.S. during the Yum! Brands ownership years (2002–2011) were co-branded with Yum!'s other chains— Long John Silver's , Taco Bell , Pizza Hut or KFC . As of December 2011 A&W was under new ownership and its world headquarters was moved back to Lexington, Kentucky . Since then, in the United States and Southeast Asia, A&W has been owned by a group of franchisees (as A Great American Brand). [ 27 ] General and cited references [ edit ]
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Goblet_Glass_%28Banquet%29.svg/20px-Goblet_Glass_%28Banquet%29.svg.png)[Drink portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Drink "Portal:Drink") A\&W Root Beer is an American brand of [root beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer "Root beer") that was founded in 1919 by [Roy W. Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_W._Allen "Roy W. Allen")[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) and primarily available in the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") and [Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada "Canada"). Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, creating the [A\&W](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Restaurants "A&W Restaurants") brand and inspiring a chain of A\&W Restaurants founded that year. Originally, A\&W Root Beer sold for five cents (equivalent to \$0.91 in 2024).[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Keurig_Dr_Pepper_Brands-4) The rights to the A\&W brand (except in Canada) are owned by [Keurig Dr Pepper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keurig_Dr_Pepper "Keurig Dr Pepper"), which in turn licenses the brand to the U.S.-based A\&W Restaurant chain. A\&W Root Beer products are distributed via various U.S. bottlers. [A\&W Food Services of Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_$Canada$ "A&W (Canada)"), which is independent of both Keurig Dr Pepper and the U.S. restaurant chain, is responsible for the restaurants and marketing of root beer products in Canada,[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-5) with retail products bottled and distributed by [the Coca-Cola Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company "The Coca-Cola Company"). The U.S. variant is also sold as an import drink in [Southeast Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia "Southeast Asia") and [Italy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy "Italy") (where A\&W has restaurants), as well as in [Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia "Australia"), [Chile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile "Chile"), and other countries. ## History \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: History")\] [Roy W. Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_W._Allen "Roy W. Allen") opened a roadside [root beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer "Root beer") stand in [Lodi, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi,_California "Lodi, California") in 1919, using a formula that he had purchased from a pharmacist.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-encyc-6) He soon opened stands in [Stockton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California "Stockton, California"), as well as five stands in nearby [Sacramento](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento "Sacramento") - where "tray boys" pioneered [drive-in](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-in "Drive-in") curbside service. In 1920 Allen partnered with Frank Wright, birthing the A\&W brand name.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-7) Allen bought Wright out, obtained a trademark, and began selling restaurant [franchises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchising "Franchising") - creating one of the first [restaurant chains](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_store "Chain store") in the United States. Franchise owners could use the A\&W name and logo and purchased concentrated root beer syrup from Allen. There was no common menu, architecture, or set of procedures, and some chose to also sell food. By 1933 there were 170 A\&W franchises.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-encyc-6) Franchises struggled with labor shortages and sugar rationing during [World War II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II "World War II"), but following the war [GI loans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill "G.I. Bill") helped, in part, the number of A\&W outlets to triple. The proliferation of the automobile and the mobility it offered resulted in more than 450 A\&W Root Beer stands operating by 1950. That year Allen retired and sold the business to [Nebraskan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska "Nebraska") Gene Hurtz, who formed the A\&W Root Beer Company. The first A\&W Root Beer outlet in Canada opened in 1956. By 1960 the number of A\&W restaurants swelled to more than 2,000. In 1963 the company was sold to the J. Hungerford Smith Company, which had produced Allen's concentrate since 1921. That year the first overseas A\&W restaurant opened its doors in [Guam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam "Guam"). In 1966 Hungerford was sold to the [United Fruit Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company "United Fruit Company"), which merged with AMK Corporation in 1970 to form the [United Brands Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiquita_Brands_International "Chiquita Brands International").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-8) In 1971 United Brands formed a wholly owned subsidiary, A\&W Distributing Co., to retail its root beer. After test runs in [Arizona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona "Arizona") and California (Phoenix, Tucson and San Diego),[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NY-9) the products were distributed nationally, including sugar-free, low-sodium, and caffeine-free versions. In 1974, A\&W introduced "[The Great Root Bear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Root_Bear "The Great Root Bear")", a mascot that served as a goodwill ambassador for the brand. In the late 1970s [A\&W Restaurants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Restaurants "A&W Restaurants") was formed to manage restaurant franchising. It was bought in 1982 by [A. Alfred Taubman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Alfred_Taubman "A. Alfred Taubman"). The bear and its associated jingle became the basis of a long-running Canadian advertising campaign. The mascot was so successful that it was eventually adopted by the American A\&W chain as well. In 1983, United Brands sold A\&W Root Beer to a group of investors, led by [Castle & Cooke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_%26_Cooke "Castle & Cooke").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-10) In 1984, it had an advertising budget of \$10 million.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-campaign-11) In 1986, [Hicks & Haas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicks_%26_Haas "Hicks & Haas") and management bought A\&W from the investor group.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-avoid-12) In 1986 A\&W Cream Soda and A\&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced and distributed nationally, followed in 1987 by the reformulation of A\&W Sugar-Free as Diet A\&W. Also in 1986, A\&W acquired [Squirt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirt_$drink$ "Squirt (drink)"). The company went public in 1987 and also acquired [Vernors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernors "Vernors"). [\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-avoid-12) In October 1993 A\&W Beverages was folded into [Cadbury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_plc "Cadbury plc") Beverages. It spun off its U.S. beverages business as [Dr Pepper Snapple Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper_Snapple_Group "Dr Pepper Snapple Group") in 2008. In July 2017 A\&W Canada reformulated its root beer, dropping [high fructose corn syrup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup "High fructose corn syrup") and some flavors from the recipe, substituting [cane sugar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_sugar "Cane sugar"), [sarsaparilla root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilax_ornata "Smilax ornata"), [licorice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licorice "Licorice"), [birch bark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark "Birch bark") and [anise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anise "Anise").\[[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify "Wikipedia:Please clarify")\] A\&W Canada launched the new formula by declaring Free Root Beer Day, serving free root beer at all locations on July 22, 2017.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NaturalA&Wcanada-13) In November 2020 Diet A\&W was rebranded as A\&W Zero Sugar.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-ZeroSugar-14) ## Brands \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Brands")\] - A\&W Sugar-Free was introduced in 1974[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) and reformulated as Diet A\&W in 1987.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) In 2020, it was rebranded again under the name A\&W Zero Sugar.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-ZeroSugar-14) - [A\&W Cream Soda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Cream_Soda "A&W Cream Soda") and A\&W Diet Cream Soda were introduced in 1986.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-Site_History-3) - [A\&W Floats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floats_$drink$ "Floats (drink)") and [Sunkist Floats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floats_$drink$ "Floats (drink)") were introduced in 2008. - A\&W TEN, a low-calorie root beer, began appearing in American supermarkets in the spring of 2013. ## Advertising \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Advertising")\] The beverage made an advertising campaign in 1978 under the tagline "Now New York Has Everything", which was created to promote the arrival of A\&W Root Beer in the New York metro area. For this end, the A\&W Distributing Company signed a one-year \$1 million advertising contract with Humphrey Browning MacDougall in March 1978. The goal was to remedy its geographic disparities (although it was the leading root beer brand, at the time, it had a penetration of 46% of the national population) and was meant to boost sales of root beer, which was the fourth most-sold type of soft drink. In the markets where it was available, it was advertised under its "frosty mug taste" tagline.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NY-9) New York received a special campaign featuring four 30-second spots about people from various parts of the United States who moved to New York and noticed the lack of the beverage. There was also a longer 60-second spot that ran on April 18, 1978 on the six commercial VHF stations in the area.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-NY-9) In July 1982, advertiser Scott Miller of Humphrey Browning MacDougall started becoming responsible for the product's hard sell.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-15) In April 1984, a new commercial began circulating on American television. It emulated beer commercials on the onset, featuring two lumberjacks in a rustic tavern. Halfway through the commercial, one of the lumberjacks was desiring a mug of A\&W Root Beer. This campaign coincided with a change in its distribution scheme, which was now targeting truck drivers and sales representatives, who distributed the product to roughly half of the national population. For two periods during the summer of 1984, A\&W would only advertise the floats. The campaign was advertised on network TV, 90 media markets and, for the first time, cable, booking slots on MTV and WTBS, the latter during [Night Tracks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Tracks "Night Tracks"). The sugar free version was set to be advertised alongside an excercise program on Lifetime.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-campaign-11) New commercials for the range of sodas began circulating in January 1991. The three commercials featured former A-list celebrities, each one advertising a different product. The cream soda commercial featured [Dick Wilson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Wilson "Dick Wilson") (appearing in character as Mr. Whipple from the Charmin commercials) squeezing a can of it, while the zero sugar version featured [Jan Miner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Miner "Jan Miner") (as Madge from Palmolive). Both of the commercials did not feature their signature lines from their respective commercials. The main root beer was fronted by [Mr. T](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T "Mr. T"), using his early 80s accessories, which the [Chicago Tribune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribune "Chicago Tribune") called "a symbol of a dead decade as [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump")".[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-16) In the summer of 1992, a campaign featuring [David Leisure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leisure "David Leisure") as [Joe Isuzu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Isuzu "Joe Isuzu") was carried on American television, continuing A\&W's fad of recovering older celebrities who starred in commercials.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-17) The soda started using the "frosty mug taste" tagline in the fall of 1992, coinciding with its new packaging and plans to rebound its marketing for 1993.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-18) In May 1999, it unveiled the "It's Good to be Thick Headed" campaign for network and cable. This consisted of three commercials: "Mr. Dumass" (in which a job applicant mispronounces the name of the owner as "Mr. Dumbass"), "Bachelor Party" (where a dim-witted husband and his wife are put inside a doghouse) and "Witness Protection".[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-19) These commercials, whose target audience was mainly male sports fans, were discarded at the end of 2001 and set to be replaced by a new set of commercials for a broader demographic, as research revealed that the drink was also popular with teen girls.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-20) ## Promotions and contests \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Promotions and contests")\] - Through [eBay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay "EBay"), A\&W and [Jim Belushi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Belushi "Jim Belushi") offered a trip to Los Angeles with a [VIP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Important_Person "Very Important Person") pass to the "A\&W Ultimate All-American Cookout and Concert" at the [House of Blues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Blues "House of Blues").[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-21) - In celebration of its 100th anniversary, A\&W offered a free two-liter bottle of its root beer in exchange for taking the Family Fun Pledge, which asked participants to be "technology-free for one hour every Friday night this summer."[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-22) ## The Great Root Bear \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: The Great Root Bear")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Avenue_du_Mont-Royal_07a.JPG/250px-Avenue_du_Mont-Royal_07a.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Avenue_du_Mont-Royal_07a.JPG) Rooty in his Canadian version The Great Root Bear, also called Rooty, became the mascot for A\&W Root Beer in 1973.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-23) In a long-running television advertising campaign for the Canadian A\&W chain, his theme was a tuba-driven jingle entitled "Ba-Dum, Ba-Dum". The jingle was released as a single by [Attic Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_Records_$Canada$ "Attic Records (Canada)") in Canada. It was credited to "Major Ursus", a play on the constellation name [Ursa Major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major "Ursa Major"), which means "great bear". The famous Canadian composer and B.C. Hall of Fame enshrinee Robert Buckley helped compose the song. In late 2011, the new ownership of A\&W began using the mascot again, particularly in A\&W's online presence.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-24) ## A\&W Restaurants \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: A&W Restaurants")\] Main articles: [A\&W Restaurants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Restaurants "A&W Restaurants") and [A\&W (Canada)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_$Canada$ "A&W (Canada)") [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/All_American_Food_Logo.svg/250px-All_American_Food_Logo.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All_American_Food_Logo.svg) A\&W Restaurants logo Shortly after Allen bought out Wright's portion of the business he began franchising the product. His [profits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_$accounting$ "Profit (accounting)") came from a small franchise fee and sales of concentrate. There was no standard food [menu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu "Menu") for franchises until 1978. By 1960 the company had 2,000 [stores](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_stores "Retail stores"). In 1989 A\&W made an agreement with [Minnesota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota "Minnesota")\-based chain Carousel Snack Bars to convert that chain's 200 locations (mostly kiosks in shopping malls) to "A\&W Hot Dogs & More".[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-25)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-26) Some A\&W Hot Dogs & More locations are in operation today. Many A\&W locations that opened in the U.S. during the Yum! Brands ownership years (2002–2011) were co-branded with Yum!'s other chains—[Long John Silver's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Silver%27s "Long John Silver's"), [Taco Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Bell "Taco Bell"), [Pizza Hut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_Hut "Pizza Hut") or [KFC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC "KFC"). As of December 2011 A\&W was under new ownership and its world headquarters was moved back to [Lexington, Kentucky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky "Lexington, Kentucky"). Since then, in the United States and Southeast Asia, A\&W has been owned by a group of franchisees (as A Great American Brand).[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_note-blue-27) ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: References")\] ### Citations \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Citations")\] 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-FDADailyValues_1-0) [United States Food and Drug Administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration "Food and Drug Administration") (2024). ["Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels"](https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-facts-label/daily-value-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels). FDA. 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New York Times (1923-) 12. ^ [a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-avoid_12-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-avoid_12-1) Deutsch, Claudia H. (15 January 1989). ["A\&W: Prospering by Avoiding the Big Boys A\&W Avoids the Big Boys"](https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/15/business/a-w-prospering-by-avoiding-the-big-boys-a-w-avoids-the-big-boys.html). The New York Times. 13. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-NaturalA&Wcanada_13-0)* ["A\&W Canada is brewing root beer with natural ingredients"](http://awincomefund.mediaroom.com/2017-07-05-A-W-Canada-is-brewing-root-beer-with-natural-ingredients). [A\&W Food Services of Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_$Canada$ "A&W (Canada)"). 5 July 2017. 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[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-18) Jabbonsky, L. (1993). A\&W hopes "frosty mug taste" brings back root beer's heyday. Beverage World, 112(1536), 18. 19. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-19) A\&W Takes a 'Thick Headed' Look at Life; New Television Ads Previewed at Trade Show. (1999, Apr 28). PR Newswire 20. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-20) Hein, K. (2001). Dr Pepper plans for healthy growth with strategic marketing effort. Brandweek, 42(41), 6. 21. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-21) eBay Bidders Can Vie for Trip to A\&W Root Beer's 'Ultimate All-American Cookout and Concert' Featuring Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts Band; Proceeds From Online Charity Auction to Benefit John Belushi Scholarship Fund. – PR Newswire 22. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-22) ["Pledge to go Technology-Free and Create Family Fun with A\&W Root Beer"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pledge-to-go-technology-free-and-create-family-fun-with-aw-root-beer-300860669.html). www.prnewswire.com. June 4, 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190620102304/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pledge-to-go-technology-free-and-create-family-fun-with-aw-root-beer-300860669.html) from the original on 2019-06-20. 23. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-23) Spector, Joseph (September 7, 2019). ["Papa Burger gets a permanent home in New York, and he looks amazing"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117288258/aw-mascot-democrat-chronicle/). Democrat and Chronicle. p. A11. 24. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-24) Sloan, Scott. ["A\&W brings back its official spokesbear, Rooty \\| Daily Business Report"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233713/https://www.kentucky.com/2013/04/14/2600564/aw-brings-back-its-official-spokesbear.html). Kentucky.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.kentucky.com/2013/04/14/2600564/aw-brings-back-its-official-spokesbear.html) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-30. 25. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-25) [A\&W Root Beer — History & Collectables](http://www.awrootbeer.com/hist_hist3.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071128035003/http://www.awrootbeer.com/hist_hist3.htm) November 28, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine "Wayback Machine") 26. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-26) Carolyn Walkup (1991). ["A\&W prexy sets pace for growth in the '90's"](https://indexarticles.com/business/nations-restaurant-news/aw-prexy-sets-pace-for-growth-in-the-90s/). IndexArticles. Livonia, Michigan. 27. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Root_Beer#cite_ref-blue_27-0) ["It's Final! Franchisees Buy Out Franchisor A\&W"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120422124156/http://www.bluemaumau.org/11096/it%E2%80%99s_final_franchisees_buyout_aw_brand). Blue Maumau. 23 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012. ### General and cited references \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: General and cited references")\] - ["A\&W Root Beer—History"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080827210543/http://www.rootbeer.com/history/). Archived from [the original](http://www.rootbeer.com/history) on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-10-08. ## External links \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26W_Root_Beer&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: External links")\] - [A\&W's root beer site](http://www.rootbeer.com/) - [The History of Root Beer](http://www.gourmetrootbeer.com/history.html) - [Root Beer Reviews and info](http://www.rootbeerbarrel.com/) \| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Root_beer_brands "Template:Root beer brands") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Root_beer_brands "Template talk:Root beer brands") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Root_beer_brands "Special:EditPage/Template:Root beer brands")[Root beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer "Root beer") \| \|---\| \| [1919](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Root_Beer "1919 Root Beer") [A-Treat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Treat_Bottling_Company "A-Treat Bottling Company") [A\&W]() [Abita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abita_Brewing_Company "Abita Brewing 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"Dad's Root Beer") [Dog n Suds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_n_Suds "Dog n Suds") [Dominion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dominion_Brewing_Company "Old Dominion Brewing Company") [Dr. Brown's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Brown%27s "Dr. Brown's") [Dr. Swett's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Swett%27s_Root_Beer "Dr. Swett's Root Beer") [Faygo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faygo "Faygo") [Filbert's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filbert%27s_Old_Time_Root_Beer "Filbert's Old Time Root Beer") [Fitz's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz%27s "Fitz's") [Frostie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostie_Root_Beer "Frostie Root Beer") [Frostop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostop "Frostop") [Goose Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Island_Brewery "Goose Island Brewery") [Grandpa Graf's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandpa_Graf%27s "Grandpa Graf's") [Henry Weinhard's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Weinhard%27s "Henry Weinhard's") [Hires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hires_Root_Beer "Hires Root Beer") [Hosmer Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosmer_Mountain_Soda "Hosmer Mountain Soda") [IBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBC_Root_Beer "IBC Root Beer") [Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Soda "Jones Soda") [Killebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killebrew_Root_Beer "Killebrew Root Beer") [Mason's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%27s_Root_Beer "Mason's Root Beer") [Mug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_Root_Beer "Mug Root Beer") [Nanton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanton_Summer_Root_Beer "Nanton Summer Root Beer") [Nehi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehi "Nehi") [Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_Point_Brewery#Gourmet_sodas "Stevens Point Brewery") [The Pop Shoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pop_Shoppe "The Pop Shoppe") [Ramblin'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Root_Beer "Ramblin' Root Beer") [Saranac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brewing_Company "Matt Brewing Company") [Sarsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarsi_$drink$ "Sarsi (drink)") [Shasta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shasta_$soft_drink$ "Shasta (soft drink)") [Sioux City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_City_$soft_drink$ "Sioux City (soft drink)") [Sprecher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprecher_Brewery "Sprecher Brewery") [Stewart's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart%27s_Fountain_Classics "Stewart's Fountain Classics") [Ted's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%27s_Root_Beer "Ted's Root Beer") [Thomas Kemper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kemper "Thomas Kemper") [Tommyknockers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommyknockers_$root_beer$ "Tommyknockers (root beer)") [Towne Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towne_Club "Towne Club") [Twin Lights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Lights_Soda "Twin Lights Soda") [Virgil's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil%27s_Root_Beer "Virgil's Root Beer") [White Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rock_Beverages "White Rock Beverages") [Zevia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zevia "Zevia") \| \| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Coca-Cola_Company "Template:The Coca-Cola Company") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:The_Coca-Cola_Company "Template talk:The Coca-Cola Company") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:The_Coca-Cola_Company "Special:EditPage/Template:The Coca-Cola Company")[The Coca-Cola Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company "The Coca-Cola Company") \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [Brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coca-Cola_brands "List of Coca-Cola brands") \| \| \| \| \| \| Soft drinks \| [A\&W Root Beer]() (Canada only) [Ambasa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambasa "Ambasa") [Ameyal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameyal "Ameyal") [Barq's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barq%27s "Barq's") [Beat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_$drink$ "Beat (drink)") [Beverly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_$drink$ "Beverly (drink)") [Bjäre Julmust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julmust "Julmust") [Blue Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Sky_Beverage_Company "Blue Sky Beverage Company") [Cannings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannings_Foods_Limited "Cannings Foods Limited") [Coca-Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola "Coca-Cola") [Fanta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta "Fanta") Frutee [Hit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_$drink$ "Hit (drink)") Icy Kist [Royal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tru "Royal Tru") Tropical [Fioravanti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fioravanti_$soft_drink$ "Fioravanti (soft drink)") [Fresca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresca "Fresca") [Fruktime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruktime "Fruktime") [Frutonic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frutonic "Frutonic") [Guaraná Jesus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%A1_Jesus "Guaraná Jesus") [Inca Kola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Kola "Inca Kola") [Iron Brew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Brew_$South_African_drink$ "Iron Brew (South African drink)") [Joya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joya_$drink$ "Joya (drink)") [Kia-Ora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia-Ora "Kia-Ora") [Kinley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinley_$brand$ "Kinley (brand)") [Kola Inglesa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Inglesa "Kola Inglesa") Krest [Kuat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuat_$drink$ "Kuat (drink)") [Lemon & Paeroa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_%26_Paeroa "Lemon & Paeroa") [Lift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_$soft_drink$ "Lift (soft drink)") [Mare Rosso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Rosso "Mare Rosso") [Mello Yello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mello_Yello "Mello Yello") [Mezzo Mix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzo_Mix "Mezzo Mix") [Moxie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie "Moxie") [Nordic Mist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Mist "Nordic Mist") [Northern Neck Ginger Ale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Neck_Ginger_Ale "Northern Neck Ginger Ale") [OK Soda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Soda "OK Soda") [Pibb Xtra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pibb_Xtra "Pibb Xtra") [Portello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portello_$soft_drink$ "Portello (soft drink)") [Quatro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatro_$drink$ "Quatro (drink)") [Quwat Jabal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quwat_Jabal "Quwat Jabal") [Ramblin' Root Beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Root_Beer "Ramblin' Root Beer") [RimZim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RimZim "RimZim") [Red Flash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flash "Red Flash") [Santiba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiba "Santiba") [Sarsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarsaparilla_$soft_drink$#Sarsi_$brand$ "Sarsaparilla (soft drink)") [Seagram's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagram "Seagram") [Senzao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senzao "Senzao") [Smart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_$drink$ "Smart (drink)") [Sparkle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkle_$drink$ "Sparkle (drink)") [Sparletta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparletta "Sparletta") [Sprite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_$drink$ "Sprite (drink)") [Chinotto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_$drink$ "Sprite (drink)") [Stoney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoney_$drink$ "Stoney (drink)") [Surge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge_$drink$ "Surge (drink)") [Urge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urge_$drink$ "Urge (drink)") [Tab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_$drink$ "Tab (drink)") [Tanora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanora "Tanora") [Tiky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiky "Tiky") [Vault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_$drink$ "Vault (drink)") [VegitaBeta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VegitaBeta "VegitaBeta") [Victoria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_$drink$ "Victoria (drink)") [Yoli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoli "Yoli") \| \| Juices and teas \| [Ayataka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayataka "Ayataka") [Capri-Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri-Sun "Capri-Sun") [Delaware Punch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Punch "Delaware Punch") [Enviga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enviga "Enviga") [Far Coast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Coast "Far Coast") [Five Alive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Alive "Five Alive") [Fruitopia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitopia "Fruitopia") [Frutonic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frutonic "Frutonic") [Fuze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuze_Beverage "Fuze Beverage") [Glaceau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Brands "Energy Brands") [Gold Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Peak_Tea "Gold Peak Tea") [Hi-C](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-C "Hi-C") [Honest Tea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_Tea "Honest Tea") [Innocent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_Drinks "Innocent Drinks") [Matte Leão](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_Le%C3%A3o "Matte Leão") [Minute Maid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_Maid "Minute Maid") [Cappy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappy_$juice$ "Cappy (juice)") [Oasis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_$drink$ "Oasis (drink)") [Odwalla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odwalla "Odwalla") [Qoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qoo "Qoo") [Peace Iced Tea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Iced_Tea "Peace Iced Tea") [Simply Beverages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simply_Beverages "Simply Beverages") [Sokenbicha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokenbicha "Sokenbicha") [Sparkle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkle_$drink$ "Sparkle (drink)") [Tum-E Yummies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tum-E_Yummies "Tum-E Yummies") [VitaminWater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Brands#VitaminWater "Energy Brands") [Zico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zico_$drink$ "Zico (drink)") \| \| Sports drinks \| [Aquarius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_$beverage$ "Aquarius (beverage)") [Bodyarmor SuperDrink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyarmor_SuperDrink "Bodyarmor SuperDrink") [Powerade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerade "Powerade") \| \| [Monster Beverage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Beverage "Monster Beverage") (17.9% stake) \| BPM Energy [Burn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_$energy_drink$ "Burn (energy drink)") [Formula 50](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Brands "Energy Brands") [Full Throttle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Throttle_$drink$ "Full Throttle (drink)") [Live+](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%2B "Live+") [Monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Energy "Monster Energy") [Mother](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_$drink$ "Mother (drink)") [NOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOS_$drink$ "NOS (drink)") [RAC 124](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAC_124 "RAC 124") [Relentless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relentless_$drink$ "Relentless (drink)") [Tab Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Energy "Tab Energy") [Von Dutch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Dutch "Von Dutch") \| \| Bottled water \| [Abbey Well](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Well "Abbey Well") [AdeS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ades_$brand$ "Ades (brand)") [Arwa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwa_$water$ "Arwa (water)") [Aquarius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_$beverage$ "Aquarius (beverage)") [Ciel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciel_$beverage$ "Ciel (beverage)") [Dasani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasani "Dasani") [Deep River Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_River_Rock "Deep River Rock") [Deep Spring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Spring_$beverage_brand$ "Deep Spring (beverage brand)") [Malvern Water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvern_Water_$bottled_water$ "Malvern Water (bottled water)") [Mount Franklin Water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Franklin_Water "Mount Franklin Water") [Neverfail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverfail "Neverfail") [Pump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_$bottled_water$ "Pump (bottled water)") [Smartwater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaceau_Smartwater "Glaceau Smartwater") [Topo Chico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topo_Chico "Topo Chico") [Valpre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valpre "Valpre") \| \| Coffee-based \| [Barista Bros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barista_Bros "Barista Bros") [Caribou Coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribou_Coffee "Caribou Coffee") [Costa Coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Coffee "Costa Coffee") [Dunkin' Donuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts "Dunkin' Donuts") [Georgia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_$coffee$ "Georgia (coffee)") [illy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illy "Illy") \| \| Dairy-based \| [Fairlife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlife "Fairlife") [Swerve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swerve_$drink$ "Swerve (drink)") [Vio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vio_$drink$ "Vio (drink)") \| \| Purchased from [Bisleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisleri "Bisleri") \| [Citra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citra_$drink$ "Citra (drink)") [Gold Spot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Spot "Gold Spot") [Limca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limca "Limca") [Thums Up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thums_Up "Thums Up") [Maaza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaza "Maaza") \| \| Joint ventures \| [Coca-Cola Beverages Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Beverages_Africa "Coca-Cola Beverages Africa") (66.5%) [Coca-Cola Europacific Partners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Europacific_Partners "Coca-Cola Europacific Partners") (19.5%) [Coca-Cola FEMSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_FEMSA "Coca-Cola FEMSA") (28%) [Coca-Cola HBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_HBC "Coca-Cola HBC") (23.2%) \| \| Former holdings \| [Beverage Partners Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_Partners_Worldwide "Beverage Partners Worldwide") [Coca-Cola Amatil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Amatil "Coca-Cola Amatil") [Coca-Cola Enterprises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Enterprises "Coca-Cola Enterprises") [Columbia Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures "Columbia Pictures") [Panamco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamco "Panamco") [TriStar Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriStar_Pictures "TriStar Pictures") \| \| [Legal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Coca-Cola_litigation "Category:Coca-Cola litigation") \| [United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola "United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola") (1916) [Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escola_v._Coca-Cola_Bottling_Co. "Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.") (1944) [Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaltrainal_v._Coca-Cola_Co. "Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.") (2001) [POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POM_Wonderful_LLC_v._Coca-Cola_Co. "POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.") 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