A&W® Restaurants Extends Perfect Pair Playoff Payoff To Football Fans With Green Bay Wide Receiver Greg Jennings

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With just two games this weekend to determine pro football's champions for the big game, one touchdown could mean more than just a win: it could reward all of America with a tasty playoff payoff.

A&W® Restaurants—the home of All American Food® and handmade Root Beer Floats—announced that it will continue the Perfect Pair offer with Jennings and its Papa Burger® this weekend during the Conference Championships.  Through an ongoing, long-standing partnership with Jennings, whose jersey is number 85, everyone in America will have the opportunity to receive an A&W® Papa Burger® Single for just $.85 if the Green Bay wide receiver scores a touchdown in this weekend's conference championship game on Sunday, January 23, 2011.  Offer valid at participating locations while supplies last.

Additionally, A&W® Restaurants will randomly select 85 lucky customers who "like" the A&W Restaurants Facebook page with $10 gift cards to A&W® Restaurants. Log on to www.facebook.com/awrestaurants for more contest details.

"The playoff excitement continues and so does our Perfect Pair offer with Greg Jennings," said Barry Westrum, Chief Marketing Officer, A&W® Restaurants.  "No matter which football team you're cheering for this weekend, everyone can score a delicious Papa Burger® Single made with 100 percent US Beef Steak Burger for just $.85 if Greg Jennings scores a touchdown on Sunday or, be one of 85 customers to receive a free $10 gift card to A&W® Restaurants."

Consumers can receive their $.85 Papa Burger® Single at participating A&W® Restaurants on Monday, January 24, 2011 if Greg Jennings scores a touchdown during Sunday's playoff game.  Available at participating locations, customers will need to ask for the "Jennings Burger" to get their discount. For more information, including a store locator, please visit www.awrestaurants.com.  

The company announced the Perfect Pair offer last week for the Divisional Playoffs.  In 2009, A&W® Restaurants began a grassroots partnership with Greg Jennings and offered $.85 Papa Burger® Single to Green Bay residents if the receiver scored a touchdown during a game.  The popularity of the program quickly expanded in 2010 to reward all Wisconsin residents with $.85 Papa Burger® Single. Now, the company is extending the Perfect Pair offer to all of America. As part of its charitable efforts, A&W® Restaurants in Wisconsin recently teamed up with Jennings to tackle hunger with the "Hunger Drive For 85" food drive, benefitting Wisconsin Food Banks of Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger relief charity.  The effort aims to raise 8,500 pounds of food in just 85 hours.  

Jennings is widely recognized off the field for his commitment to charitable causes, and through the Greg Jennings Foundation, he has been actively involved assisting underprivileged children and families.  In 2008, his Foundation built its first Habitat for Humanity house in Milwaukee.  He is a 2011 John Wooten Leadership Award Finalist, recognized for his play, community and extracurricular activities that best exemplify the leadership of NFL legend John Wooten.

About A&W® Restaurants

The A&W® brand was founded in 1919 and is famous for serving a signature frosty mug root beer float, hotdogs and All-American pure-beef hamburgers.  There are approximately 360 A&W® All American Food outlets in 15 countries and territories around the world, and more than 400 additional points of distribution at Yum! Brands' multi-brand restaurants.  A&W Restaurants, Inc., is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Louisville, Ky. Visit www.awrestaurants.com or www.facebook.com/awrestaurants for additional information.

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