Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2019

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

The company operates in three reportable operating segments defined by management reporting structure and operating activities.

The Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group manufactures, sells, and distributes foodservice equipment for the restaurant and institutional kitchen industry. This business segment has manufacturing facilities in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Australia, China, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include conveyor ovens, combi-ovens, convection ovens, baking ovens, proofing ovens, deck ovens, speed cooking ovens, hydrovection ovens, ranges, fryers, rethermalizers, steam cooking equipment, food warming equipment, catering equipment, heated cabinets, charbroilers, ventless cooking systems, kitchen ventilation, induction cooking equipment, countertop cooking equipment, toasters, griddles, charcoal grills, professional mixers, stainless steel fabrication, custom millwork, professional refrigerators, blast chillers, coldrooms, ice machines, freezers, and soft serve ice cream, coffee, and beverage dispensing equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: Anets, APW Wyott, Bakers Pride, Bear Varimixer, Beech, BKI, Blodgett, Blodgett Combi, Blodgett Range, Bloomfield, Britannia, CTX, Carter-Hoffmann, Celfrost, Concordia, CookTek, Crown, Desmon, Doyon, Eswood, EVO, Firex, Follett, Frifri, Giga, Globe, Goldstein, Holman, Houno, IMC, Induc, Jade, JoeTap, Josper, L2F, Lang, Lincat, MagiKitch’n, Market Forge, Marsal, Middleby Marshall, MPC, Nieco, Nu-Vu, PerfectFry, Pitco, QualServ, SiteSage, Southbend, Star, Sveba Dahlen, Ss Brewtech, Taylor, Toastmaster, TurboChef, Ultrafryer, Wells and Wunder-Bar.

The Food Processing Equipment Group manufactures preparation, cooking, packaging food handling and food safety equipment for the food processing industry. This business segment has manufacturing operations in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Denmark, France, Germany, India and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include batch ovens, baking ovens, proofing ovens, conveyor belt ovens, continuous processing ovens, frying systems and automated thermal processing systems, grinders, slicers, reduction and emulsion systems, mixers, blenders, battering equipment, breading equipment, seeding equipment, water cutting systems, food presses, food suspension equipment, filling and depositing solutions, forming equipment, automated loading and unloading systems, food safety, food handling, freezing, defrosting and packaging equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: Alkar, Armor Inox, Auto-Bake, Baker Thermal Solutions, Burford, Cozzini, CVP Systems, Danfotech, Drake, Emico, Glimek, Hinds-Bock, Maurer-Atmos, MP Equipment, M-TEK, RapidPak, Scanico, Spooner Vicars, Stewart Systems, Thurne and Ve.Ma.C.

The Residential Kitchen Equipment Group manufactures, sells and distributes kitchen equipment for the residential market. This business segment has manufacturing facilities in California, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, Wisconsin, France, Ireland, Romania and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group are ranges, cookers, stoves, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, cooktops, wine coolers, ice machines, ventilation equipment and outdoor equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: AGA, AGA Cookshop, Brigade, EVO, Fired Earth, Heartland, La Cornue, Leisure Sinks, Lynx, Marvel, Mercury, Rangemaster, Rayburn, Redfyre, Sedona, Stanley, TurboChef, U-Line and Viking.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The chief operating decision maker evaluates individual segment performance based on operating income.

Net Sales Summary

(dollars in thousands)



	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	Jun 29, 2019				Jun 30, 2018				Jun 29, 2019				Jun 30, 2018
	Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent
Business Segments:
Commercial Foodservice	$	513,279	67.4	%	$	414,117	62.0	%	$	970,810	67.1	%	$	774,021	61.8	%
Food Processing	97,853		12.9		93,649		14.0		190,327		13.1		182,221		14.5
Residential Kitchen	149,872		19.7		160,362		24.0		286,669		19.8		296,686		23.7
Total	$	761,004	100.0	%	$	668,128	100.0	%	$	1,447,806	100.0	%	$	1,252,928	100.0	%

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the company's business segments (in thousands):



	Commercial Foodservice		Food Processing		Residential Kitchen		Corporate and Other ⁽¹⁾			Total
Three Months Ended June 29, 2019
Net sales	$	513,279	$	97,853	$	149,872	$	—		$	761,004
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	111,572		18,542		20,599		(11,106		)	139,607
Depreciation and amortization expense	16,410		2,423		5,336		452			24,621
Net capital expenditures	7,240		1,376		2,515		2,404			13,535

Six Months Ended June 29, 2019
Net sales	$	970,810	$	190,327	$	286,669	$	—		$	1,447,806
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	208,383		31,128		39,370		(38,213		)	240,668
Depreciation and amortization expense	32,590		5,947		10,695		903			50,135
Net capital expenditures	13,213		2,077		3,936		2,404			21,630

Total assets	$	3,190,584	$	528,008	$	1,136,859	$	31,218		$	4,886,669

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
Net sales	$	414,117	$	93,649	$	160,362	$	—		$	668,128
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	100,008		14,648		16,520		(19,866		)	111,310
Depreciation and amortization expense	7,349		3,129		7,652		468			18,598
Net capital expenditures	2,929		460		2,744		1,418			7,551

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
Net sales	$	774,021	$	182,221	$	296,686	$	—		$	1,252,928
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	182,554		25,326		23,109		(32,687		)	198,302
Depreciation and amortization expense	15,349		7,176		15,161		936			38,622
Net capital expenditures	8,706		6,956		7,642		904			24,208

Total assets	$	2,889,677	$	497,439	$	1,133,356	$	81,731		$	4,602,203

(1)Includes corporate and other general company assets and operations.

(2)Non-operating expenses are not allocated to the operating segments. Non-operating expenses consist of interest expense and deferred financing amortization, foreign exchange gains and losses and other income and expense items outside of income from operations.

(3)Restructuring expenses are allocated in operating income by segment. See note 17 for further details.

Geographic Information

Long-lived assets, not including goodwill and other intangibles (in thousands):



	Jun 29, 2019		Jun 30, 2018
United States and Canada	$	280,360	$	262,382
Asia	14,219		12,575
Europe and Middle East	175,745		128,584
Latin America	6,895		679
Total international	$	196,859	$	141,838
	$	477,219	$	404,220