The Tucson, Arizona Sizzler locations were part of the Sizzler chain, which was founded by Del and Helen Johnson, then later sold to Jim Collins and other investors in a management-led buyout of the U.S. business in 2011.

Ownership history

  • Original owners: Del and Helen Johnson founded Sizzler in 1958.
  • Later U.S. ownership: Jim Collins was part of the group that acquired Sizzler’s U.S. operations in 2011.
  • Corporate status: Sizzler USA operates as a mix of company-owned and franchised restaurants.

Tucson-specific note

I did not find a Tucson-location-by-location owner name in the results I have here, so the safest answer is that Tucson Sizzlers were either company-owned or franchised under the Sizzler USA umbrella rather than independently owned as a separate local chain.

TL;DR: Sizzler itself was originally founded by the Johnsons and later controlled in the U.S. by a management/investor group led by Jim Collins, but the exact Tucson franchise owner would depend on which specific restaurant and time period you mean.