page_title: St-Hubert
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: St-Hubert / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a St-Hubert restaurant located at 6225 Sherbrooke St East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Français&#160;: Photo d'un restaurant St-Hubert au 6225 rue Sherbrooke Est à Montreal, Québec, Canada taken by en.wikipedia.org user Beltz.
context_page_description: 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. St-Hubert is the 16th largest restaurant chain operating in Canada. The chain enjoys the highest customer loyalty of any restaurant in Canada, aside from Tim Hortons, according to industry analysis.
  In March 2016, St-Hubert agreed to be purchased by Toronto-area based Cara Operations, the owner of the rival Swiss Chalet rotisserie chicken chain, for $537 million. Cara increased its restaurant presence in Quebec as the St-Hubert chicken deal closed in September 2016.
context_section_description: St-Hubert's service area has little overlap with the similar Swiss Chalet chain, which exited the Quebec market in the early 2000s, although there was no agreement between the chains. Following the closure or rebranding (as independent restaurants) of St-Hubert's remaining Toronto area locations over the following few years, the chains now only overlap in the Ottawa area, and in Moncton and Fredericton, New Brunswick.  Restaurants in the Saint John, New Brunswick, area closed in 2013.
  A location in St. John's, Newfoundland also existed, but was closed around the late 1980s, early 1990s. However, in a 2007 interview with La Presse, St-Hubert CEO Jean-Pierre Léger suggested that the company was considering re-entering other eastern Canadian markets.  
  In January 2011, St-Hubert announced that its expansion plans included the opening of three Toronto area locations of the St-Hubert Express concept.  It was also considering entering markets outside Canada. At around the same time, the company briefly re-entered the Kingston marketplace with a St. Hubert Express, which closed about a year after opening.
  The St-Hubert locations operate as full-service restaurants, resto-bars, and 'St-Hubert Express' locations (closer in style to fast food restaurants, also with take-out, drive-thru and delivery). The bright yellow cars delivering food have carried the slogan "Putt-Putt Ding-Ding".
  St-Hubert began selling its gravy in supermarkets across Quebec in 1965. The company also sells its barbecue sauce in the ready-to-serve format, desserts, seasonings, and frozen chicken in supermarkets.
caption: A St-Hubert restaurant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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