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The strength of the plant-based food movement is growing, but that doesn’t mean meat has slowed in demand around the world.
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Editorial: Feed the markets that want to be fed

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A&W has been the whipping boy for many in the agriculture community who see any marketing that might lead someone to question what they do on their farm as an enemy. It was back in 2013 (already) that A&W created a backlash by moving to beef that was free of added hormones and antibiotics. We […] Read more
(Photo courtesy A&W Canada)
Livestock

A+W starts move to all-grass-fed, all-Canadian beef

Suppliers lined up to begin transition this spring

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Canadian burger chain A+W’s next move to distinguish its menu in a crowded quick-service market will be a connection to the regenerative ag movement, as it sets itself up with an all-Canadian and all-grass-fed beef supply. The Vancouver-based chain, which includes almost 1,000 restaurants across Canada, announced Monday it’s “making a commitment to exclusively source […] Read more
A+W’s Beyond Meat Burger. (A+W/CNW Group)
Crops

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

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Canada’s second-biggest burger chain plans to roll out a new non-meat burger in the Canadian market starting in July. A+W Food Services of Canada on Thursday announced a July 9 release date for what it’s dubbed the Beyond Meat Burger at all its restaurants across the country, in what CEO Susan Senecal called “the fastest […] Read more
Opinion: Farmers’ beef with A&W’s marketing practices should end
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Opinion: Farmers’ beef with A&W’s marketing practices should end

The hamburger chain is selling burgers to people who weren’t customers before

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It’s time for farmers to stop hating A&W. For more than four years now, farmers have tweeted angry tweets. They’ve written nasty letters. They’ve called on all of us to boycott the burger chain since it started serving beef produced with no added hormones, eggs produced from vegetarian hens, and chicken raised without antibiotics — […] Read more
(CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc.)
Livestock

Weather, ‘economic challenges’ drag on A+W sales

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Canadian burger chain A+W cites “poor winter weather” in most regions and “economic challenges” in its Alberta and Saskatchewan markets for flat sales in its first quarter. The Vancouver-based burger and root beer chain on Tuesday booked total sales of $245.16 million for the quarter ending March 26, up 0.6 per cent from $243.8 million […] Read more
(CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc.)
Livestock

A+W tightens standards for broiler suppliers’ barns

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Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has set up additional standards for broiler barns supplying chicken meat to its restaurants. On top of its existing requirements for raising birds on grain-based diets without the use of antibiotics, the company on Friday announced it would require a new maximum stocking density for birds in its […] Read more
(CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc.)
Livestock

A+W books sales growth despite Prairie ‘challenges’

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Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has chalked up another year of same-store sales growth despite “economic challenges” in the Alberta and Saskatchewan markets. Posting its year-end results on Tuesday, A+W’s Vancouver-based income fund reported same-store sales growth of 3.4 per cent in 2016 over 2015, down from a 7.6 per cent sales growth […] Read more
A+W, whose English Muffin Bacon + Egger is shown here, plans to go head to head against McDonald’s in offering all-day breakfast across Canada by the end of February. (CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc.)
Livestock

McDonald’s, A+W roll out all-day breakfast for Canada

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Burger chains McDonald’s and A+W expect to dial up their demand for Canadian eggs as they offer all-day breakfasts alongside their beef and chicken wares across the country, starting next month. Toronto-based A+W announced Thursday it would be “the first national burger chain to offer all-day breakfast at its restaurants” coast-to-coast starting Feb. 27, after […] Read more
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Livestock

A+W books further sales growth, shifts bacon sourcing

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Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has logged a 12th straight quarter of same-store sales growth, this time following a shift in pork sourcing for its bacon supply. The Vancouver-based income fund on Tuesday reported gross sales of $243.8 million among the 838 restaurants in its royalty pool for its first quarter ending March […] Read more

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