INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTEES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES AND INVESTEES

NOTE 4. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTEES

Investments in unconsolidated investees in which we have a 20% to 50% interest or otherwise exercise significant influence are carried at cost and adjusted for the Company’s proportionate share of their undistributed earnings or losses under the equity method of accounting.

Investments in unconsolidated investees consist of the following:

	Percentage ownership as of
	March 31, 2016			March 31, 2015
Gruppa Florentina, LLC		20.00	%		20.00	%

Gruppa Florentina, LLC is the sole shareholder of Milano Restaurants International Corporation, (“Milano”) which operates 33 pizza parlors under the trade name “Me-N-Ed’s Pizza Parlors” and four pizza parlors operating under the trade name “Blast 825 Pizza”, located primarily in Central and Northern California. Milano has a 100% ownership interest in Siena Corp, which operates two grills under the trade names “Me-N-Ed’s Victory Grill” and “Me-N-Ed’s Coney Island Grill”. Milano has a 100% ownership interest in Piazza del Pane, Inc., which operates two restaurants located in Central California. Milano also has 23 franchised locations, including two operating, under the trade name Angelo & Vito’s Pizzerias.

The following is a summary of the financial position and results of operations from our investees (dollars in thousands):

As of March 31,	2016			2015
Real estate, net of accumulated depreciation	$	13,620		$	1,981
Notes receivable		8,657			7,528
Other assets		29,494			29,163
Notes payable		(10,555	)		(10,132	)
Other liabilities		(5,146	)		(6,182	)
Shareholders’ equity		(36,071	)		(32,358	)

For the Three Months Ended March 31,	2016			2015
Revenue	$	13,414		$	12,790
Depreciation		(288	)		(288	)
Operating expenses		(12,235	)		(11,598	)
Interest expense		(205	)		(201	)
Net income (loss)	$	687		$	703
Company’s proportionate share of income (loss)	$	137		$	141