16 Facts About Collins Foods

Collins Foods Limited is a publicly-listed Australian company focused in restaurant operations.

Collins Foods International was a publicly traded American company with more than 240 Sizzler and KFC stores in the United States and Australia.

Collins Foods International began selling off 209 United States-based KFC stores to PepsiCo in 1990.

Collins Foods was renamed as Sizzler International as efforts were increasingly focused on its Sizzler business.

At the time of fiscal announcement in 2015, Collins Foods had 26 company-owned Sizzler restaurants across Australia and 61 franchised Sizzler restaurants around Asia.

Related searches

Collins Foods began to close a limited number of Sizzler restaurants in Australia, with greater focus directed to their KFC operations.

In 2016, Collins Foods had operated 21 Sizzler restaurants in Australia, a decrease of two stores compared to financial year 2016.

Collins Foods had operated 65 Sizzler restaurants in Asia during the same year, an increase of 5 stores compared to the previous financial year.

In 2020, Collins Foods closed its six remaining Sizzler stores in China due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October 2020, Collins Foods announced that it would be closing all nine remaining Australian Sizzler restaurants by 15 November 2020, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on revenues.

Collins Foods said of the three restaurant brands that it operates, Sizzler had been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In November 2013, Collins Foods acquired the 44 KFC restaurants owned by Competitive Foods Australia for $55.

In May 2016 Collins Foods further acquired 13 KFC restaurants in New South Wales and Victoria.

On 31 October 2016 Collins Foods announced that its German subsidiary, Collins Foods Germany, entered into a binding agreement to acquire 11 KFC restaurants in Stuttgart and Dusseldorf, Germany for €12.

On 6 September 2018, Collins Foods announced that it has purchased the franchise rights to Taco Bell in Australia.

Collins Foods now has plans to roll out 50 Taco Bell stores across Australia over the next 5 years.