Revenue Disclosures

8 Months Ended

Sep. 10, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Disclosures

6. Revenue Disclosures

Contract Liabilities

Contract liabilities primarily consist of deferred franchise fees and deferred development fees. Deferred franchise fees and deferred development fees of $5.3 million and $5.5 million were included in current other accrued liabilities as of September 10, 2023 and January 1, 2023, respectively. Deferred franchise fees and deferred development fees of $20.7 million and $22.7 million were included in long-term other accrued liabilities as of September 10, 2023 and January 1, 2023, respectively.

Changes in deferred franchise fees and deferred development fees for the three fiscal quarters of 2023 and the three fiscal quarters of 2022 were as follows:

	Three Fiscal Quarters Ended
	September 10,			September 11,
	2023			2022
Deferred franchise fees and deferred development fees, beginning of period	$	28,225		$	29,694
Revenue recognized during the period		(4,680	)		(4,688	)
New deferrals due to cash received and other		2,456			3,774
Deferred franchise fees and deferred development fees, end of period	$	26,001		$	28,780

Advertising Fund Assets

As of September 10, 2023, advertising fund assets, restricted of $151.5 million consisted of $136.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, $9.7 million of accounts receivable and $5.2 million of prepaid expenses. As of September 10, 2023, advertising fund cash and cash equivalents included $4.2 million of cash contributed from U.S. Company-owned stores that had not yet been expended.

As of January 1, 2023, advertising fund assets, restricted of $162.7 million consisted of $143.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, $13.1 million of accounts receivable and $6.0 million of prepaid expenses. As of January 1, 2023, advertising fund cash and cash equivalents included $4.8 million of cash contributed from U.S. Company-owned stores that had not yet been expended.

Change in Advertising Fund Contributions and Technology Fees

Beginning in the second quarter of 2023, as of March 27, 2023, Domino's National Advertising Fund Inc., the Company’s consolidated not-for-profit advertising subsidiary, effectuated a temporary reduction of 0.25% to its standard 6.0% advertising contribution, which is anticipated to be in effect for at least one year from the effective date. Concurrently, the Company also increased the U.S. digital per-transaction technology fees that are recognized as the related U.S. franchise retail sales occur by $0.08 to $0.395 for the same time period.

Partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber)

During the third quarter of 2023, the Company entered into a new global agreement with Uber (NYSE:UBER) to allow customers to order Domino’s products through the Uber Eats and Postmates apps with delivery by the Company and its franchisees’ delivery experts. The Company expects the U.S. rollout of this agreement to be enabled by the end of fiscal 2023.