A&W
Organizations & Companies abbreviation · Company and Brand
| Stands for | Allen & Wright |
|---|---|
| Categories | Organizations & Companies |
A&W stands for Allen & Wright, a company and brand abbreviation.
American root beer brand and fast-food restaurant chain known for frosty mugs of root beer, burgers and root beer floats. The restaurants and the bottled soda brand are now owned by different companies.
Example: We stopped at the A&W off the highway for root beer floats.
Usage notes
Roy Allen opened a root beer stand in Lodi, California, in 1919, and the name combined his and partner Frank Wright's initials in the early 1920s. A&W Restaurants is based in Lexington, Kentucky; the US root beer brand belongs to Keurig Dr Pepper, and A&W Canada is a separate company.
Related abbreviations
More company and brand abbreviations
- 3M – Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
- A&F – Abercrombie & Fitch
- AB InBev – Anheuser-Busch InBev
- ABB – Asea Brown Boveri
- ADM – Archer-Daniels-Midland
- ADP – Automatic Data Processing
- AIG – American International Group
- ALDI – Albrecht Diskont
- AMC – American Multi-Cinema (AMC Theatres)
- AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
- AMEX – American Express
- AOL – America Online