BOISE, Idaho — A&W is celebrating National Root Beer Float Day on Tuesday, August 6. All A&W restaurants are offering free root beer floats to customers between 2-8 p.m.
A&W is the oldest restaurant chain in the United States, with its origins dating back to 1919 when Roy W. Allen set up a roadside drink stand to offer a new thick and creamy drink, root beer, at a parade honoring returning World War I veterans in Lodi, California. Allen's employee Frank Wright partnered with him in 1922, and they founded their first restaurant in Sacramento, California, in 1923. The company name was taken from the initials of their last names – Allen and Wright. The company became famous in the United States for its "frosty mugs" – the mugs were kept in a freezer and filled with A&W Root Beer just before being served to customers.
Within the Treasure Valley, A&W restaurants can be found off Chinden, Overland, Meridian Road, and Nampa Caldwell Blvd. Other locations can be found online.
No purchase is necessary to get your free float, but interested customers can provide a donation to Disabled American Veterans, which is a nonprofit to which A&W has contributed over $1 million since 2013 via the annual promotion. A&W is also having some fun with the national holiday through its “Float Flex” campaign- its root beer float comes in at a whopping 3 pounds 5 oz, so all stores will be encouraging customers to “flex” their muscles for their free float.
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