Strangely enough A&W in Canada is now a completely different company than A&W in the US. Their logos are even slightly different.

EDIT: I mean the restaurant chain, I'm not sure of the root beer itself.

A&W restaurants was/is a completely different company than the drink company. I worked for Yum! Brands when they bought the A&W brand and we all thought we would get some good root beer out of the deal. Nope, the soda didn't come with the restaurant.