HISTORICAL TIMELINE

 

MAY 2018

CARA becomes Recipe Unlimited Corporation, paying homage to our past and representing the many opportunities to lead the industry in growth and innovation while serving delicious food to Canadian families

FEB 2018

CARA merges with The Keg Restaurants Ltd.

2017

CARA acquires The Pickle Barrel and The Burger’s Priest

2016

CARA acquires St-Hubert and majority ownership of Original Joe’s, State & Main and Elephant & Castle

2015

CARA issues an Initial Public Offering to trade on the Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges and acquires New York Fries

2013

An agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings makes Prime Restaurants a subsidiary of CARA, bringing East Side Mario’s, Bier Markt, Prime Pubs and Casey’s into the organization

2010

CARA exits the airline catering business with the sale of CARA Airline Solutions

2004

The Phelan family re-privatizes CARA

2002

CARA completes purchases of Milestone’s, Montana’s and Kelsey’s restaurant brands

1977

CARA purchases Foodcorp Limited including Swiss Chalet and Harvey’s

1968

CARA is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange

1961

The company merges Canada Railway News and Aero Caterers under the name ‘CARA’, derived from the first two letters of ‘Canada Railway’

1954

The first Swiss Chalet opens its doors in Toronto, Ontario serving Rotisserie Chicken as the only entrée

1944

Aero Caterers Limited is launched to harness the growth in the catering and foodservice business

1941

The company innovates further opening the first Tea Wing air terminal restaurant in Montreal’s Dorval Airport

1930

Airline travel starts to take off and the company begins selling catered meals for passengers

1883

The Canada Railway News Company is founded

1850

Thomas Patrick Phelan began selling apples and newspapers to passengers on the Niagara steamboats