#PutOutYourCheeseToasts: Sizzler’s 22 Aussie Stores Are On The Chopping Block

Remember the good old days when we’d all pile into the rusty wagon and head on down to Sizzler? We’d peer through the smudged sneeze trays at vats of oily bolognese and endless mounds of jelly, at wilting lettuce topped with hacked-up capsicum (red and green thank you very much).

Remember the sugar-crazed young’uns flicking ice-cubes and smarties at each other while their parents stared off into space, shovelling corn chips into their mouths, dripping salsa onto the mock-oak tabletops? So many competing flavours yet so much family unity. Remember Cheese Toast™? Well, those salad days are over my friends. According to news.com.au, Sizzler has been cut off by its parent company like a misbehaving child. 

Yep, Collins Foods (who own Sizzler and KFC) announced last year that since Sizzler is a “non-core business” they wouldn’t be giving any growth capital to the 22 remaining Sizzlers in the country. (Yes, there are still 22 Sizzlers left in Australia.)

And despite the popularly of KFC returning Collins Foods to profit this year, that decision seems pretty final. The company told news.com.au: “We’ll continue to monitor our remaining restaurants closely and take appropriate action when necessary”.

Those words sound like the fading hiss of the final sizzle. Hope you’ve had all you can eat.