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American-named Canadian restaurants (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by IsThisAcceptable@lemmy.ca to c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca

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I just find it funny that things like Montana's, Boston Pizza and New York Fries are Canadian. Any other American-named places that are Canadian?

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[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not exactly the same as what you mean, but A&W.

A&W restaurants here in Canada are entirely Canada owned and operated, based out of BC.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

They use better ingredients than McDonald’s too.

They’re basically the only fast food I buy anymore.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TIL A&W was originally a subsidiary of its US parent company, but was then bought out by Canadians and separated/privatized!

The company was initially a subsidiary of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, with the subsidiary opening its first franchise in Winnipeg in 1956. In 1972, Unilever acquired A&W's Canadian operations, leading to the subsidiary's separation from the U.S.-based company. In 1995, a Canadian management group made up of A&W franchisees took ownership of the chain from Unilever.

The A&W chain in Canada remains privately owned and is headquartered in North Vancouver. As of 2022, A&W was Canada's second-largest fast-food hamburger chain with 1,029 franchises, after McDonald's.

~ the Wikipedia article has brackets and breaks in Lemmy links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_(Canada)

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

If you think that’s crazy, you should hear the Burger Baron story!

I found this an interesting and fun watch: https://youtu.be/X9x3IeZj254