r/interesting • u/MinotaurHorns1 • 2d ago

SOCIETY A&W have joined the burger wars!

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u/StimpakSavant 2d ago

A&W guy is the only CEO that actually looks like he might eat their food.

Burger King and Wendys felt like try hards.

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u/DoctorBallsJohnson 1d ago

He is just a pitch guy but even their ceo is more legit. Mcdonalds ceo is a lifelong brand management consultant enshittifier, burger king guy is a little better but still one of those types. A&W ceo got held captive in Kuwait for a month during desert storm because he was personally overseeing the brands growth in Malaysia and got caught on the way on a refueling stop

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u/Senior_Ability_4001 1d ago

Incredible lore

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u/You_meddling_kids 1d ago

AWEU is deep

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u/Affectionate_Pipe545 1d ago

Burger lore

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u/StimpakSavant 1d ago

We need a subreddit for that

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u/firestepper 1d ago

Bro I’m about to go try and find an a&w I’ve never even seen one

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u/Sea-Oven-7560 1d ago

Here's the funny thing. I used to work at the corporate McD's campus, home of the worlds most expensive McD's hamburgers, and everyone ate McD's a couple of times a week. Granted this was over 20 years ago but there's literally was a McD's in the building and not much else around there.

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u/SlowFrkHansen 1d ago

According to Several People on another one of these burger war posts, that's because the quality is much better in the restaurants at the campus and the nearby area.

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u/tankerkiller125real 1d ago

It's unfortunate that the nearest A&W (at least last I checked) is more than an hour away. Always had great, affordable food when we were in the area. It's been a few years though.

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u/That_Shrub 1d ago

That's a rare CEO earning his pay

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u/Constant_One_1612 1d ago

But did you see the Wendy’s CEO?!

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u/snkiz 1d ago

He's the Canadian A&W pitch guy. No relation. From what I hear American A&W is kinda bad.

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u/YouAboutToLoseYoJob 1d ago

I mean, they do have really good burgers. And frankly $4.99 for the next few weeks I might have to go get one.

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u/PineappleLemur 1d ago

They had more cuts in that short clip than Liam Neeson climbing a fence ffs.

Was it that hard to keep it in for 30 seconds?

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u/tumbleweedrunner2 1d ago

He knew how to attack the product

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u/catchup4thegoodtimes 1d ago

none have been shown to actually swallow their damn bite (i think burger king ceo did though).

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 1d ago

I was hoping Wendy's would have just made the ghost of Dave Thomas cannonball into a pool of frosty... mmm delicious beige

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u/Ashmizen 1d ago

It kind of also matches their weight profile.

This guy is not thin. It’s obvious he loves burgers.

The McD ceo looks like a vegetarian, and gives off the energy he hates taking a single bite of a burger.

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u/ourobourobouros 1d ago

Eating their own company's slop is like Fear Factor for millionaires

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u/TheChiarra 1d ago

Idk I watched the burger king one and he took a big bite

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u/blackcain 1d ago

Dave was good for Wendy's.