CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 16, 2024	Jun. 18, 2023	Jun. 16, 2024		Jun. 18, 2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net Income (Loss)	$ 141,978	$ 109,380	$ 267,802		$ 214,150
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	20,349	18,561	40,218		36,731
Refranchising loss	25	0	158		149
Loss on sale/disposal of assets	237	127	327		402
Amortization of debt issuance costs			2,475		2,578
Benefit for deferred income taxes			(6,246)		(7,596)
Non-cash equity-based compensation expense	10,686	9,527	22,024		17,065
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation			(20,238)		(133)
Provision for losses on accounts and notes receivable			111		1,166
Unrealized loss on investments			7,301		14,964
Changes in operating assets and liabilities			(31,660)		(33,794)
Changes in advertising fund assets and liabilities, restricted			(8,122)		(3,391)
Net cash provided by operating activities			274,150		242,291
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures			(43,683)		(37,980)
Other			(1,277)		(1,211)
Net cash used in investing activities			(44,960)		(39,191)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt and finance lease obligations			(14,764)		(27,186)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options			31,467		1,051
Purchases of common stock			(25,000)		(120,847)
Tax payments for restricted stock upon vesting			(9,260)		(3,068)
Payments of common stock dividends and equivalents			(53,100)		(42,930)
Net cash used in financing activities			(70,657)		(192,980)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash			(990)		494
Change in cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents			157,543		10,614
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			114,098	[1]	60,356
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			200,870	[1]	191,289
Cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, beginning of period			88,165		143,559
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, beginning of period			403,133		395,204
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	283,699	77,020	283,699		77,020
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period	197,019	189,694	197,019		189,694
Cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, end of period	79,958	139,104	79,958		139,104
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, end of period	$ 560,676	$ 405,818	$ 560,676		$ 405,818

[1] The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.