Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2021

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenues for the years ended December 29, 2021, December 30, 2020 and December 25, 2019 disaggregated by revenue source and market (in thousands):

		December 29,		December 30,	December 25,
		2021		2020	2019
Core Market(1):
Company-operated restaurant revenue	$	371,067	$	346,662	$	351,624
Franchise revenue		16,062		14,216		14,918
Franchise advertising fee revenue		12,017		10,632		11,049
Total core market	$	399,146	$	371,510	$	377,591
Non-Core Market(2):
Company-operated restaurant revenue	$	23,666	$	27,402	$	39,488
Franchise revenue		17,667		15,202		13,901
Franchise advertising fee revenue		13,884		11,973		11,350
Total non-core market	$	55,217	$	54,577	$	64,739
Total revenue	$	454,363	$	426,087	$	442,330

(1) Core Market includes markets with existing company-operated restaurants at the time of the Company’s Initial Public Offering ("IPO") on July 28, 2014.

(2) Non-Core Market includes markets entered into by the Company subsequent to the IPO date.

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by geographic market for the years ended December 29, 2021, December 30, 2020 and December 25, 2019:

	December 29, 2021		December 30, 2020		December 25, 2019
Greater Los Angeles area market	70.9	%	71.3	%	70.5	%
Other markets	29.1	%	28.7	%	29.5	%
Total	100	%	100	%	100	%

Schedule of Estimated Revenue to be Recognized Related to Performance Obligations

The following table illustrates the estimated revenue to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of December 29, 2021:

Franchise revenues:
2022	$	641
2023		569
2024		477
2025		433
2026		410
Thereafter		3,798
Total	$	6,328

Loyalty reward program

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Schedule of Change in Franchise Contract Liability Balances

Changes in the loyalty rewards program liability included in other within other accrued expenses and current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets were as follows (in thousands):

	December 29,		December 30,		December 25,
	2021		2020		2019
Loyalty rewards liability, beginning balance	$	900	$	1,084	$	1,048
Revenue deferred		2,677		2,463		2,395
Revenue recognized		(2,890)		(2,647)		(2,359)
Loyalty rewards liability, ending balance	$	687	$	900	$	1,084

Gift card liability

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Schedule of Change in Franchise Contract Liability Balances

The gift card liability included in other accrued expenses and current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets was as follows (in thousands):

	December 29,		December 30,
	2021		2020
Gift card liability	$	4,622	$	4,008

Revenue recognized from the redemption of gift cards that was included in other accrued expenses and current liabilities at the beginning of the year was as follows (in thousands):

	December 29,		December 30,		December 25,
	2021		2020		2019
Revenue recognized from gift card liability balance at the beginning of the year	$	1,218	$	1,028	$	871

Franchise revenue

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Schedule of Change in Franchise Contract Liability Balances

The following table provides information about the change in the franchise contract liability balances during the year ended December 29, 2021 and December 30, 2020 (in thousands):

December 25, 2019	$	6,317
Revenue recognized - beginning balance		(1,082)
Additional contract liability		398
Revenue recognized - additional contract liability		(5)
December 30, 2020	$	5,628
Revenue recognized - beginning balance		(680)
Additional contract liability		1,380
December 29, 2021	$	6,328