A&W: Of Two (Related) Origins?

Factual Questions
1

Yeah, root and beer. :smiley:

2

The original post doesn’t appear, but the company’s site plainly states that the “A” stands for (founder Roy) Allen and the “W” for (early employee Frank) Wright, who became Allen’s partner in 1922, three years after the first frosty mug of A & W root beer was sold in California:

http://www.awrestaurants.com/about/history/awhistory.htm