[daptive]

Mercer location inside the A&W is now closed. Not sure if this was always the long term plan

 

[Northern Light]

Mercer location inside the A&W is now closed. Not sure if this was always the long term plan

Most/all of the pop-ups are gone.......they were a market-sounding exercise.

A test.

From discussions w/franchisees, for the most part, they weren't particularly successful relative to cost.

A&W may have a different view.

I suspect they are hoping the free-standing location will work better, they certainly aren't pursuing an aggressive roll-out last I checked though. So I'm inclined to think of this as market-test 2.

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Just checked, we're at 3 free-standing Prets nationally, 2 in Toronto, 1 in Vancouver.

We'll know they're serious when they're adding at least one a month.

 

[afransen]

We don't really have an equivalent chain here where you can get decent coffee and food (please don't call Starbucks food offering "decent").

AoD

Starbucks is also the opposite of fast.

 

[TossYourJacket]

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Mercer location inside the A&W is now closed. Not sure if this was always the long term plan

As someone who got lunch out of that A&W/Pret often-ish, I liked having the Pret options in that A&W. It was nicer than just getting yet another chicken burger. But they're delusional if they think I'm gonna walk 10-15 minutes each way to the store on Adelaide.