A&W wins 2010 Pinnacle Award for Franchise Excellence

VANCOUVER, Dec. 14 /CNW/ -- 
VANCOUVER, Dec. 14 /CNW/ - A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. is pleased
 to announce that they have been awarded the Pinnacle Award for
 Franchise Excellence for 2010.  The company was presented with the
 award at a luncheon at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto on
 December 3rd.  Paul Hollands, A&W's President and CEO and Graham Cooke,
 the company's Vice-President of New Restaurant Expansion, were on hand
 to accept the award on behalf of the company.


"A&W has been a franchise business in Canada for over 50 years and we
 have worked very hard to establish outstanding, win-win relationships
 with our franchisees," said Hollands upon receiving the award.  "We are
 so very proud to have our work validated in this way. The Pinnacle
 Award is highly prestigious and we are thrilled to be named as one of
 Canada's top foodservice franchise chains."


Graham Cooke, who currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Canadian
 Franchise Association, said the company has recently introduced a
 multi-site franchise model that has been enormously successful in
 attracting a new group of franchise customers.  "We currently have paid
 deposits for well over 100 franchises, all of which will become A&W
 restaurants over the next 3-5 years."  Cooke went on to say the company
 will continue to target Ontario and Quebec as key growth markets in the
 next few years.


The Pinnacle Awards are sponsored by Kostuch Publications Ltd. who
 publish Foodservice and Hospitality magazine.  A&W is featured in the
 December issue along with other Pinnacle Award winning companies for
 2010.


A&W is Canada's second largest hamburger chain.  Operating
 coast-to-coast, A&W restaurants feature famous trade-marked menu items
 such as The Burger Family®, Chubby Chicken® and A&W Root Beer®.


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