A&W Restaurants has a spicy new treat for year’s end. Sriracha Cheese Curds join the menu for a limited time. Sriracha Cheese Curds advance A&W’s strategy to innovate and expand its menu while staying true to customers’ tastes. The 100 percent Wisconsin White Cheddar Cheese Curds, which started as a regional delicacy, have become one of the brand’s most distinctive and popular items.
Since 2011, A&W cheese curd sales per restaurant have nearly doubled. While supplies last or until December 29, A&W locations nationwide are serving a Sriracha variety of the lightly breaded and golden fried side dish.
“We call it our ‘side with a kick’ because it has the perfect amount of spice,” says Sarah Blasi Mueller, vice president of Marketing.
In test markets, Sriracha Curds generated a 15 percent cheese curd sales increase. They are available in a regular size, as well as a large size for sharing. Prices vary by location. Originated in Thailand, Sriracha is a type of hot sauce made from ground chili peppers, vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt. It is a trendy flavor, as well as a condiment, in the United States.
Founded in 1919, A&W is America’s first and oldest franchised restaurant chain. It still makes Root Beer fresh in each restaurant from real cane sugar, water and a proprietary blend of herbs, bark, spices and berries that are served in a frosty mug alongside burgers, fries, chicken tenders, and other All American Food favorites.
