Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 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, 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, Varimixer, 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, Pennsylvania, 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, Pacpro, 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								Nine Months Ended
	Sep 28, 2019				Sep 29, 2018				Sep 28, 2019				Sep 29, 2018
	Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent
Business Segments:
Commercial Foodservice	$	500,990	69.2	%	$	471,598	66.1	%	$	1,471,800	67.8	%	$	1,245,619	63.3	%
Food Processing	89,147		12.3		88,257		12.4		279,474		12.9		270,478		13.8
Residential Kitchen	133,877		18.5		153,476		21.5		420,546		19.3		450,162		22.9
Total	$	724,014	100.0	%	$	713,331	100.0	%	$	2,171,820	100.0	%	$	1,966,259	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 September 28, 2019
Net sales	$	500,990	$	89,147	$	133,877	$	—		$	724,014
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	105,099		13,349		17,850		(14,953		)	121,345
Depreciation and amortization expense	17,643		3,774		5,310		410			27,137
Net capital expenditures	5,852		3,212		3,125		—			12,189

Nine Months Ended September 28, 2019
Net sales	$	1,471,800	$	279,474	$	420,546	$	—		$	2,171,820
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	313,482		44,477		57,220		(53,166		)	362,013
Depreciation and amortization expense	50,233		9,721		16,005		1,313			77,272
Net capital expenditures	19,065		5,289		7,061		2,404			33,819

Total assets	$	3,162,315	$	606,186	$	1,129,935	$	30,092		$	4,928,528

Three Months Ended September 29, 2018
Net sales	$	471,598	$	88,257	$	153,476	$	—		$	713,331
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	102,091		13,831		9,489		(17,734		)	107,677
Depreciation and amortization expense	17,558		2,209		7,606		460			27,833
Net capital expenditures	7,665		318		1,779		(1,418		)	8,344

Nine Months Ended September 29, 2018
Net sales	$	1,245,619	$	270,478	$	450,162	$	—		$	1,966,259
Income (loss) from operations ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	284,645		39,157		32,598		(50,421		)	305,979
Depreciation and amortization expense	32,907		9,385		22,767		1,396			66,455
Net capital expenditures	16,371		7,274		9,421		(514		)	32,552

Total assets	$	2,907,387	$	492,151	$	1,111,546	$	67,525		$	4,578,609

(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):



	Sep 28, 2019		Sep 29, 2018
United States and Canada	$	309,117	$	268,952
Asia	21,668		12,291
Europe and Middle East	139,486		119,732
Latin America	8,030		654
Total international	$	169,184	$	132,677
	$	478,301	$	401,629