There are two different A&W restaurants in the Mall of America, which itself is accessible directly via light rail from MSP airport. The mall is conveniently connected via skyway to two (maybe three?) hotels.
What I'm saying is that root beer is accessible if one is sufficiently determined.
Yup! I just looked it up. Smithfield isn't just like going to another state (which it is), but like going to the moon from Boston. Given the New England thing, "you can't theah from heah." You have to "go round Robin Hood's bahn" to get theah. Seriously, there is no easy way to get to Smithfield and you'll be stuck in traffic either way. ;) - Seth ✦
The only thing I recall about A&W is that once, while ordering from my car, I spoke so loudly that I caused feedback in the speaker in the restaurant proper.
But who cares about A&W? Congrats on the industry being aware of your new identity.
Yeah, the only problem with A&W giveaways is not the desire to drive traffic or to support disabled vets, or even to bolster a growing writer’s audience. No, the only problem is that, as a company owned by Keurig-DrPepper, it no longer uses sugar as a sweetener, but that horrid taste-killing high fructose corn syrup.
They used to be good, but they got bought out long ago.
Some Keurig-Dr. Pepper brands **do release** versions of their beverages with real sugar. They're typically sold only in 12-packs of 12-oz. cans - not one- or two-liter bottles. So there is a buy-in. Watch for store deals of 'buy 3, get 2 free' in weekly flyers. Lately Family Dollar (owned by Dollar Tree) has been occasionally offering 3 for $15.00 deals on Keurig-Dr. Pepper brands. But the brand selections might vary by store.
Family Dollar sales run Sunday to Saturday - not Wednesday to Tuesday as do supermarkets. If you can hold off buying until Saturday when stocks would seemingly be close to depleted, you can add a digital coupon to your account for $10.00 off a $30.00+ purchase.
What really surprised me was reading in one of their trade journals that every single time one of the Big Soda producers put out some brand with sugar, it instantly becomes a sell-out hit. But not one of them wants to increase costs permanently by going back to sugar only as a sweetener. They shareholders would revolt and the CEO that did that would find him- or herself sailing earthward with a golden parachute.
Oh, thanks for the info and that’s unfortunate. As a soda brand, you’d think they’d want to feature it and put their best foot forward. I was actually surprised to see they still have so many locations, there aren’t many here in the Chicago area. We often get them up in Wisconsin where many spots still make their own root beer and serve it in giant frosted mugs.
There are two different A&W restaurants in the Mall of America, which itself is accessible directly via light rail from MSP airport. The mall is conveniently connected via skyway to two (maybe three?) hotels.
What I'm saying is that root beer is accessible if one is sufficiently determined.
No A&Ws out here in the Boston area AFAIK. However, there's nothing like a good root beer float, to be sure. :) - Seth ✦
looks like Smithfield, RI is your closest option.
Yup! I just looked it up. Smithfield isn't just like going to another state (which it is), but like going to the moon from Boston. Given the New England thing, "you can't theah from heah." You have to "go round Robin Hood's bahn" to get theah. Seriously, there is no easy way to get to Smithfield and you'll be stuck in traffic either way. ;) - Seth ✦
I wish we hadn't lost the A&W in Woodfield Mall. It was kitschy, but it was decent.
gotta go all the way to Aurora now.
Woooo! Jimmy Olsen!
The only thing I recall about A&W is that once, while ordering from my car, I spoke so loudly that I caused feedback in the speaker in the restaurant proper.
But who cares about A&W? Congrats on the industry being aware of your new identity.
Yeah, the only problem with A&W giveaways is not the desire to drive traffic or to support disabled vets, or even to bolster a growing writer’s audience. No, the only problem is that, as a company owned by Keurig-DrPepper, it no longer uses sugar as a sweetener, but that horrid taste-killing high fructose corn syrup.
They used to be good, but they got bought out long ago.
Some Keurig-Dr. Pepper brands **do release** versions of their beverages with real sugar. They're typically sold only in 12-packs of 12-oz. cans - not one- or two-liter bottles. So there is a buy-in. Watch for store deals of 'buy 3, get 2 free' in weekly flyers. Lately Family Dollar (owned by Dollar Tree) has been occasionally offering 3 for $15.00 deals on Keurig-Dr. Pepper brands. But the brand selections might vary by store.
Family Dollar sales run Sunday to Saturday - not Wednesday to Tuesday as do supermarkets. If you can hold off buying until Saturday when stocks would seemingly be close to depleted, you can add a digital coupon to your account for $10.00 off a $30.00+ purchase.
What really surprised me was reading in one of their trade journals that every single time one of the Big Soda producers put out some brand with sugar, it instantly becomes a sell-out hit. But not one of them wants to increase costs permanently by going back to sugar only as a sweetener. They shareholders would revolt and the CEO that did that would find him- or herself sailing earthward with a golden parachute.
Oh, thanks for the info and that’s unfortunate. As a soda brand, you’d think they’d want to feature it and put their best foot forward. I was actually surprised to see they still have so many locations, there aren’t many here in the Chicago area. We often get them up in Wisconsin where many spots still make their own root beer and serve it in giant frosted mugs.