St-Hubert

St-Hubert BBQ
Company typePrivate (1951–2016)
Subsidiary (2016–present)
IndustryCasual dining restaurants
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Headquarters,
Canada
ProductsRotisserie chicken, salads, ribs
ParentRecipe Unlimited
(2016–present)
Websitest-hubert.com

St-Hubert BBQ Ltd is a chain of Canadian casual dining restaurants best known for its rotisserie chicken. St-Hubert is most popular in Quebec and in other French-Canadian areas such as Eastern Ontario and New Brunswick. The chain enjoys the highest customer loyalty of any restaurant in Canada (aside from Tim Hortons) according to industry analysis.[1]

In March 2016, St-Hubert agreed to be purchased by Toronto-area based Cara Operations (now known as Recipe Unlimited), the owner of the rival Swiss Chalet rotisserie chicken chain, for $537 million.[2][3] Cara increased its restaurant presence in Quebec as the St-Hubert chicken deal closed in September 2016.[4]

  1. ^ "Restaurant chain conglomerates forced to 'steal customers' in flat market – Business – CBC News". Cbc.ca. April 2, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "Swiss Chalet owners Cara buying St-Hubert for $537M – Business – CBC News". Cbc.ca. March 31, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Rocha, Amrutha Gayathri, Euan (March 31, 2016). "Canada's Cara to buy St-Hubert BBQ chain for C$537 million". Reuters. Retrieved January 13, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Cara beefs up restaurant presence in Quebec as St-Hubert chicken deal closes | CTV News. Ctvnews.ca (September 2, 2016). Retrieved on 2016-12-24.