Properties (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Properties



	Year End
	2014			2013
Owned:
Land	$	384,148		$	384,847
Buildings and improvements	505,218			454,805
Office, restaurant and transportation equipment	428,469			389,161
Leasehold improvements	365,441			374,586
Leased:
Capital leases (a)	44,604			36,126
	1,727,880			1,639,525
Accumulated depreciation and amortization (b)	(456,642		)	(474,038		)
	$	1,271,238		$	1,165,487

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(a)	These assets principally include buildings and improvements.


(b)	Includes $13,151 and $14,911 of accumulated amortization related to capital leases at December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, respectively.

In connection with the reimaging of restaurants as part of our Image Activation program, we recorded $19,353 and $38,190 of accelerated depreciation and amortization during the years ended December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, respectively, on certain long-lived assets to reflect their use over shortened estimated useful lives.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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