Cara, owner of the Swiss Chalet chain,
has bought St. Hubert, a similar chicken-menu restaurant chain based in Quebec
for $537 million.
The deal has touched off a firestorm of
criticism from Quebeckers who don’t like the chain being sold to a company
headquartered outside the province.
The deal involves 120 restaurants, two
processing plants and two distribution centres and St. Hubert’s real estat.
Cara not only owns the Swiss Chalet
chain, but also Harvey’s, Kelsey's, East Side Mario's and New York Fries.
