Note 10

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 10 Our three reporting units, which are also reportable segments, are Food Service, Retail Supermarkets and Frozen Beverages.

The carrying amounts of acquired intangible assets for the Food Service, Retail Supermarkets and Frozen Beverage segments as of March 28, 2020 and September 28, 2019 are as follows:

	March 28, 2020				September 28, 2019
	Gross				Gross
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying		Accumulated
	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amortization
			(in thousands)
FOOD SERVICE
Indefinite lived intangible assets
Trade names	$	10,408	$	-	$	10,408	$	-
Amortized intangible assets
Non compete agreements		670		561		858		665
Customer relationships		19,737		10,763		19,900		9,954
License and rights		1,690		1,270		1,690		1,227
TOTAL FOOD SERVICE	$	32,505	$	12,594	$	32,856	$	11,846
RETAIL SUPERMARKETS
Indefinite lived intangible assets
Trade names	$	12,750	$	-	$	12,750	$	-
Amortized Intangible Assets
Trade names		676		454		676		389
Customer relationships		7,907		4,744		7,979		4,421
TOTAL RETAIL SUPERMARKETS	$	21,333	$	5,198	$	21,405	$	4,810
FROZEN BEVERAGES
Indefinite lived intangible assets
Trade names	$	9,315	$	-	$	9,315	$	-
Distribution rights		34,900		-		6,900		-
Amortized intangible assets
Customer relationships		1,439		185		737		102
Licenses and rights		1,400		967		1,400		933
TOTAL FROZEN BEVERAGES	$	47,054	$	1,152	$	18,352	$	1,035
CONSOLIDATED	$	100,892	$	18,944	$	72,613	$	17,691

Fully amortized intangible assets have been removed from the March 28, 2020 amounts. Intangible assets of $21,769,000 were added in the frozen beverages segment from the acquisition of ICEE Distributors in the quarter ended December 28, 2019 and $6,933,000 from the acquisition of BAMA ICEE in the quarter ended March 28, 2020.

Amortizing intangible assets are being amortized by the straight-line method over periods ranging from 2 to 20 years and amortization expense is reflected throughout operating expenses. Aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets for the three months ended March 28, 2020 and March 30, 2019 was $833,000 and $831,000, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets for the six months ended March 28, 2020 and March 30, 2019 was $1,676,000 and $1,686,000, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for the next five fiscal years is approximately $3,100,000 in 2020, $2,500,000 in 2021, $2,300,000 in 2022, $2,300,000 in 2023 and $2,000,000 in 2024. The weighted amortization period of the intangible assets is 10.7 years.

Goodwill 

The carrying amounts of goodwill for the Food Service, Retail Supermarket and Frozen Beverage segments are as follows:

	Food		Retail		Frozen
	Service		Supermarket		Beverages		Total
	(in thousands)
Balance at March 28, 2020	$	61,189	$	4,146	$	57,698	$	123,033
Balance at September 28, 2019	$	61,189	$	4,146	$	37,176	$	102,511

Goodwill of $16,973,000 was added in the frozen beverages segment from the acquisition of ICEE Distributors in the quarter ended December 28, 2019 and $3,549,000 from the acquisition of BAMA ICEE in the quarter ended March 28, 2020.