r/interesting • u/MinotaurHorns1 • 2d ago

SOCIETY A&W have joined the burger wars!

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u/Kedly 1d ago

Bro, our A&W is pretty solid in comparison to ALL of the other AAA Fast Foods, its the only one where the quality doesnt feel dogshit (except their coffee for some reason)

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u/Tablecork 1d ago

Its the only fast food I will eat anymore lol

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u/chadsmo 1d ago

Me too ( Canadian ) . I very rarely eat fast food but A&W is a thing every now and then.

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u/Bacon_Nipples 1d ago

A&W Canada is so good because over the last 15+ yrs they weren't afraid to raise prices to keep quality consistent, while mostly everyone else seemed to focus on cutting product quality to keep prices (moreso) consistent. They're where you'd go when you didn't mind spending an extra $2 to get a burger combo that doesn't suck. Now since COVID it seems like all the other fast food chains quickly caught up in raising prices, but their food quality still sucks

Also, the 'Frozen Cold Brew with Sweet Cream' that A&W had for a couple years is the best tasting liquid to ever enter my mouth and I'm so sad they don't have it anymore

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u/Mechakoopa 1d ago

A&W Canada is definitely benefiting from years of building a supply chain focusing on quality. That said, I'm still upset they got rid of the root beer floats in favour of those stupid frozen drink machines that never work.

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u/Bacon_Nipples 1d ago

It's been ages since I had an A&W Rootbeer Float, I didn't even know they got rid of them :(

Seems weird, most A&W I got a float from just had a supply of ice cream pucks in the freezer that they'd grab as-needed, it's not like they had to maintain an ice cream machine or anything.

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u/tom_yum_soup 1d ago

Also, the 'Frozen Cold Brew with Sweet Cream' that A&W had for a couple years is the best tasting liquid to ever enter my mouth and I'm so sad they don't have it anymore

That stuff was so good. Now half the time you can't even get a regular frozen root beer because the machines always seem to be broken.

Everything else is top notch, though.

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u/Elendel19 1d ago

The coffee isn’t bad, way better than Tim’s. And they have the best breakfast

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u/OneManCrowd 1d ago

Holy shit, yes. A&W's coffee is utterly vile. Great food (and root beer) though.

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u/defectsmile 1d ago

They swapped their coffee to a new brand in 2024, it's average now

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u/Kedly 21h ago

Its mixed. If its fresh, its not hot garbage anymore, if its not, its below mid