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Not NPOV

This article reads like an overlong advertisement. I don't think people reading this are interested in detailed descriptions of the burger family, you can find that on A&W's corporate website, which is eerily similar to this. How about a controversy section, or information about how their advertising campaign targets customers? Or especially, and I assume most people who come here want to know this as I did, how their food is processed and sourced. There's no mention of their aggressive promotion of "natural" ingredients or investigation into it's validity. This article's language is calculatedly neutral but the information is lacking. Overall it's vapid and suspicious, I will be looking into this. 184.151.231.127 (talk) 17:29, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 184.151.231.127! I have added updated the article to include information such as their coffee now being organic, who supplies their condiments, and a section on animal welfare (which also includes information about antibiotic use). In direct response to your question, the company is working on switching to things such as 100% cage-free chicken, but it isn't currently at that stage for all of their products. Daylen (talk) 17:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Onion Rings?

I can't believe this article doesn't mention A&W's famous onion rings! Maybe it's just a regional menu item and only found in the west, but that's half the reason most people go to A&W out west. Also, I have never heard of them offering potato chips. 208.38.59.161 (talk) 03:20, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thick-Cut Fries Controversy Needs Citations

Universal customer response to the change in thick-cut fries can't be known from the source currently cited. It is more accurate to say the initial response on Facebook, specifically, was largely negative. There is also no citation provided that connects the change in fries to a decline in revenue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.102.21.187 (talk) 00:04, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar in Text

Chubby burgers are breaded all made with all white chicken breasts.

Duplicate All removed, etc. Richard416282 (talk) 23:51, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TLA without expansion of Three Letter Acronym

An element was added to the text of the description, 'QSR', but was a reduction of the link [Fast Food Restaurant] into 'Quick Service Restaurant', the text shows up as 'QSR', but yet there is no mention of what 'QSR' means. Great, a new TLA (Three Letter Acronym), without an explanation of what the author is trying to say. So, being a bold Wikipedian, I have edited this to its Expanded Name, which, in turn has made the sentence having two times the word restuarant. Removing the second reference to resteraunt, seems to make it sound better. Richard416282 (talk) 06:26, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Performer of the Tuba Jingle

There is little doubt that the tuba jingle was performed by Dennis Miller who was at that time the tuba player of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and not by Sharman King as stated in the article. I have confirmed this with friends and colleagues of Dennis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.70.248.229 (talk) 20:36, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK... I've listened to the link in the External Links and it's a different jingle. This is Dennis Miller's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqb33EeQhFg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.70.248.229 (talk) 20:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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