All in the Family

VANCOUVER — The restaurant chain famous for its burger family is adding new locations to its own royalty family as well.

Vancouver-based A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund and A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. announced that effective Jan. 5, the number of A&W restaurants for which royalties are paid to A&W Trade Marks Limited Partnership will be increased by 15.

Twenty-three new restaurants opened across Canada between October 2008 and September 2009, with eight restaurants permanently closed during this period.

The addition of these 15 net new restaurants brings the total number of A&W restaurants in the royalty pool to 700.

“We are very pleased to have opened 23 new A&W restaurants in the past year,” said Paul Hollands, president and CEO of A&W Food Services. “Since 2002, A&W Food Services has opened 191 new restaurants. We are delighted with this growth of new A&W restaurants across Canada and in particular in Ontario, our most important growth market in the country.”

VANCOUVER — The restaurant chain famous for its burger family is adding new locations to its own royalty family as well.

Vancouver-based A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund and A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. announced that effective Jan. 5, the number of A&W restaurants for which royalties are paid to A&W Trade Marks Limited Partnership will be increased by 15.

Twenty-three new restaurants opened across Canada between October 2008 and September 2009, with eight restaurants permanently closed during this period. The addition of these 15 net new restaurants brings the total number of A&W restaurants in the royalty pool to 700.

“We are very pleased to have opened 23 new A&W restaurants in the past year,” said Paul Hollands, president and CEO of A&W Food Services. “Since 2002, A&W Food Services has opened 191 new restaurants. We are delighted with this growth of new A&W restaurants across Canada and in particular in Ontario, our most important growth market in the country.”