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Facility Consolidation Costs
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure
Facility Exit Costs

In September 2015, the Company approved a plan to consolidate many core restaurant and franchisee support functions at its headquarters in Glendale, California and communicated the plan to employees. In conjunction with this action, the Company has exited a significant portion of the Applebee's restaurant support facility in Kansas City, Missouri.

During the year ended December 31, 2016 the Company incurred $1.6 million of employee termination costs, primarily relocation costs associated with the consolidation. These charges were included in general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The Company also incurred $2.9 million of facility costs, of which $2.5 million related to the termination of the Company's involvement in a lease covering two floors of the facility; the remaining $0.4 million represents the present value of future lease payments, net of assumed sublease rentals, of one floor of the facility. These costs were included as closure and impairment charges in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred $4.6 million of employee termination costs, primarily severance and relocation costs associated with the consolidation. These charges were included in general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

 
 
Employee Termination Costs
 
Facility Costs
 
Total Exit Costs
 
 
(In millions )
Accrued exit costs at December 31, 2014
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

Charges
 
4.6

 
—

 
4.6

Payments
 
(1.1
)
 
—

 
(1.1
)
Accrued exit costs at December 31, 2015
 
3.5

 
—

 
3.5

Charges
 
1.6

 
2.9

 
4.5

Payments
 
(4.9
)
 
(2.5
)
 
(7.4
)
Accrued exit costs at December 31, 2016
 
0.2

 
0.4

 
$
0.6



At December 31, 2016, the $0.2 million of employee termination costs was included in accrued employee compensation and benefits and the $0.4 million of facility costs was included in other non-current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. At December 31, 2015, $3.3 million of employee termination costs was included in accrued employee compensation and benefits and $0.2 million was included in other accrued expenses in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.