A&W lost it mass appeal esp to children during the late 80s where the influx of McDonalds, KFC n Burger King. Even though they serve some nice food drinks n desserts, Mcdonalds took over their popularity. I did foresee A&W will definitely nid cut down the number of restaurants due to dwindling sales but i din know they would completely ceased their operation, could be due to too huge financial loss during the yrs of competition wif other fast food chains. The last A&W restaurant i visited is the AMK one, I believed is the last outlet in sg at tat time. I do believe if a company, which has to be financial sound, manages to get fanchise from A&W. Through good marketing strategy, e.g. start slowly from one restaurant after another, definitely will yield profits in a short time. I believe right now there is still a good number of people in sg really miss the good food in A&W.. definitely if A&W upmarket themselves n improve their food standard, cos i noticed during the ending days of A&W, the food serve is not so fantastic afterall, it will definitely be successful. IMO if given a chance to set up A&W.. I will ensure the quality of the food foremost, den the price, follow by the environment.. definitely i wont compete wif the likes of mac/kfc which serve substandard fast food. One thing i wan to do is dun associate A&W like fast food.. more on quality food at an affordable price.. but to get quality waiting time definitely wont be like fast food but still at a reasonable time frame. I felt tis is the only way to serve good food.