Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale

Assets Held for Sale

Assets held for sale include the net book value of property and equipment and goodwill for Company-operated restaurants that the Company plans to sell within the next year to new or existing franchisees, as well as the net book value of owned property that the Company plans to sell and lease back within the next year. Long-lived assets that meet the held for sale criteria are held for sale and reported at the lower of their carrying value or fair value, less estimated costs to sell. Gains and losses realized on sale-leaseback transactions are recognized immediately. If the determination is made that the Company no longer expects to sell an asset within the next year, the asset is reclassified out of assets held for sale.

Schedule of Property and Equipment Estimated Useful Lives

Estimated useful lives for property and equipment are as follows:



Buildings		20–35 years
Leasehold improvements		Shorter of useful life (typically 20 years) or lease term
Buildings under finance leases		Shorter of useful life (typically 20 years) or lease term
Restaurant and other equipment		3–15 years

Property and equipment, net at December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2019 consisted of the following, excluding amounts related to properties classified as held for sale (in thousands):



	December 31, 2019			January 1, 2019
Land	$	1,927		$	1,929
Buildings	4,569			4,335
Restaurant and other equipment	92,025			87,767
Leasehold improvements	116,177			121,409
Buildings under finance leases	871			3,390
Restaurant property leased to others	10,899			991
Construction-in-progress	11,680			10,697
	238,148			230,518
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(81,227		)	(69,089		)
Property and equipment, net	$	156,921		$	161,429

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, and issued additional clarifications and improvements during 2018. This guidance amends and simplifies existing guidance in order to allow companies to more accurately present the economic effects of risk management activities in the financial statements. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those years. There was no material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements and related disclosures as a result of adopting this standard.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), along with related clarifications and improvements. This guidance results in the simplification of the goodwill impairment test. ASU 2017-04 eliminates the second step of the two-step goodwill impairment test, which required entities to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill in order to measure goodwill impairment. Instead, goodwill impairment is measured based on the excess of a reporting unit's carrying value over its fair value. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019; however, the Company early adopted the standard during the fifty-two weeks ended December 31, 2019. Refer to Note 6 for further discussion of the impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements as a result of adopting this standard.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), along with related clarifications and improvements. This guidance results in key changes to lease accounting and aims to bring leases onto balance sheets to give investors, lenders, and other financial statement users a more comprehensive view of a company's long-term financial obligations as well as the assets it owns versus leases. The pronouncement requires lessees to recognize a liability for lease obligations, which represents the discounted obligation to make future lease payments, and a corresponding right-of-use asset on the balance sheet. The Company adopted the requirements of the new lease standard effective January 2, 2019, the first day of fiscal year 2019, electing the optional transition method to apply the standard as of the effective date and therefore will not apply the standard to the comparative periods presented in the Company's financial statements. During the process of adoption, the Company made the following elections:


•	The Company elected the package of practical expedients which allowed the Company to not reassess:


•	Whether existing or expired contracts contain leases under the new definition of a lease;


•	Lease classification for existing or expired leases; and


•	Initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases to determine if they would qualify for capitalization under ASC 842.


•	The Company did not elect the hindsight practical expedient, which permits the use of hindsight when determining lease term and impairment of operating lease assets.


•	The Company did not elect the land easement practical expedient, which permits an entity to continue applying its current policy for accounting for land easements that existed as of, or expired before, the effective date of Topic 842.


•	The Company elected to make the accounting policy election for short-term leases, permitting the Company to not apply the recognition requirements of this standard to short-term leases with terms of 12 months or less.

Upon adoption of ASU 2016-02, the Company recorded operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities and derecognized all landlord funded assets, deemed landlord financing liabilities, deferred rent liabilities and favorable lease assets and unfavorable lease liabilities upon transition. Upon adoption, the Company recorded operating lease liabilities of approximately $230.6 million based on the present value of the remaining rental payments using discount rates as of the effective date. In addition, the Company recorded corresponding operating lease right-of-use assets of approximately $218.9 million, calculated as the initial amount of the Company's operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepaid and deferred rent, unamortized favorable lease assets and unamortized unfavorable lease liabilities, liabilities associated with lease termination costs and impairment of right-of-use assets recognized in retained earnings as of January 1, 2019. At the beginning of the period of adoption, the Company recorded the cumulative effect of adoption of $1.9 million to retained earnings. Beginning in fiscal 2019, leases historically treated as deemed landlord financing liabilities will be treated as operating leases resulting in an increase in occupancy and other expense and a decrease to depreciation expense and interest expense.

The impact of the adoption of ASC 2016-02 on the consolidated balance sheet was as follows:



	January 1, 2019		Effect of Adoption of Topic 842 (Leases)			January 2, 2019
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,153	$	—		$	7,153
Accounts and other receivables, net	3,167		—			3,167
Inventories	2,932		—			2,932
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4,935		(2,564		)	2,371
Assets held for sale	14,794		—			14,794
Total current assets	32,981		(2,564		)	30,417
Property and equipment, net	161,429		(13,839		)	147,590
Operating lease right-of-use assets	—		218,855			218,855
Goodwill	321,531		—			321,531
Trademarks	220,300		—			220,300
Intangible assets, net	18,507		(7,576		)	10,931
Other assets, net	4,208		—			4,208
Total assets	$	758,956	$	194,876		$	953,832
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	19,877	$	—		$	19,877
Other accrued liabilities	34,785		(425		)	34,360
Current portion of finance lease obligations and deemed landlord finacing liabilities	1,033		(547		)	486
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	—		17,303			17,303
Total current liabilities	55,695		16,331			72,026
Long-term debt, finance lease obligations and deemed landlord financing liabilities, excluding current portion, net	178,664		(19,040		)	159,624
Operating lease liabilities	—		213,313			213,313
Deferred income taxes	69,471		708			70,179
Other non-current liabilities	32,852		(18,348		)	14,504
Total liabilities	336,682		192,964			529,646
Shareholders' equity:						—
Preferred stock	—		—			—
Common stock	4		—			4
Additional paid-in capital	336,941		—			336,941
Accumulated other comprehensive income	180		—			180
Retained earnings	85,149		1,912			87,061
Total shareholders' equity	422,274		1,912			424,186
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	758,956	$	194,876		$	953,832