Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

For the Thirteen Weeks Ended September 27, 2025, and Thirteen Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, our effective tax rate was 33.9% and 35.4%, respectively. For the Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 27, 2025, and Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, our effective tax rate was 33.6% and 35.1%, respectively. Under U.S. accounting rules for income taxes, interim effective tax rates may vary significantly depending on the actual operating results in the various tax jurisdictions, as well as changes in the valuation allowance related to the expected recovery of deferred tax assets.

The tax provision for the Thirteen Weeks Ended September 27, 2025, included $7,090 of tax expense, or 4.7 percentage points of the effective tax rate, which is associated with withholding tax expense from our business operations in the Latin America region, primarily from our Miami Export business. The tax provision for the Thirteen Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, included $4,481 of tax expense, or 3.8 percentage points of the effective tax rate, which is associated with withholding tax expense from our business operations in the Latin America region, primarily from our Miami Export business. In addition, the tax provision for the Thirteen Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, included $4,139 of tax expense, or 3.5 percentage points of the effective tax rate, due to a reduction in estimated U.S. foreign tax credit utilization in 2024.

The tax provision for the Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 27, 2025, included $14,909 of tax expense, or 4.8 percentage points of the effective tax rate, which is associated with withholding tax expense from our business operations in the Latin America region, primarily from our Miami Export business. The tax provision for the Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, included $10,407 of tax expense, or 3.7 percentage points of the effective tax rate, which is associated with withholding tax expense from our business operations in the Latin America region, primarily from our Miami Export business. In addition, the tax provision for the Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, included $1,878 of tax expense, or 0.7 percentage points of the effective tax rate, due to foreign exchange losses generated by a foreign subsidiary that is under valuation allowance. The tax provision for the Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2024, also included $5,817 of tax expense, or 2.1 percentage points of the effective tax rate, due to a reduction in estimated U.S. foreign tax credit utilization in 2024.

Our effective tax rate during these periods differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the items noted above, as well as the relative mix of earnings or losses and various tax rates, including state taxes, within the jurisdictions in which we operate, such as: (a) losses in certain jurisdictions in which we are not able to record a tax benefit; (b) changes in the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets; and (c) changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof.

At September 27, 2025, we had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $16,834 compared to $15,666 at December 28, 2024. Substantially all of the remaining gross unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would impact our effective tax rate in the period of recognition.

We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Total accruals for interest and penalties on our unrecognized tax benefits were $9,519 and $8,985 at September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively.

Our future effective tax rate will continue to be affected by changes in the relative mix of taxable income and losses and various tax rates in the tax jurisdictions in which we operate, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets or changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof. In addition, in the normal course of business, we are subject to tax examination by taxing authorities in the United States, states and over fifty foreign jurisdictions in which we operate. In our material tax jurisdictions, the statute of limitations is open, in general, for three to five years.

In the United States, our federal tax returns for the tax years from 2021 to 2022 are under audit by the IRS. It is possible that within the next twelve months, (1) ongoing tax examinations of our U.S. federal tax returns, individual states and several of our foreign jurisdictions may be resolved, (2) new tax exams may commence and (3) other issues may be effectively settled. However, we do not expect our assessment of unrecognized tax benefits to change significantly over that time.

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the United States. The OBBBA includes significant tax-related provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on our estimated annual effective tax rate in 2025, and we are currently evaluating its potential impact on our consolidated financial statements for future periods.