2.4.0.82101100 - Disclosure - Basis Of Presentation (Notes)truefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000809248duration2012-12-31T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;">Basis of Presentation</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Business Description. At June 30, 2013 Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. ("Carrols Restaurant Group") operated, as franchisee, 566 restaurants under the trade name “Burger King ®” in 13 Northeastern, Midwestern and Southeastern states. The Company operates its business as one operating and one reportable segment. </div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Basis of Consolidation. Carrols Restaurant Group is a holding company and conducts all of its operations through Carrols Corporation (“Carrols”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The unaudited consolidated financial statements presented herein include the accounts of Carrols Restaurant Group and its wholly-owned subsidiary Carrols. Any reference to “Carrols LLC” refers to Carrols’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Carrols LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Unless the context otherwise requires, Carrols Restaurant Group, Carrols and the direct and indirect subsidiaries of Carrols are collectively referred to as the “Company.” All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Burger King Acquisition. On May 30, 2012, the Company acquired 278 of Burger King Corporation's ("BKC") company-owned Burger King® restaurants located in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia (the "acquired restaurants"). </div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company finalized its allocation of the purchase price for this acquisition to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction. The prior year periods presented in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been recast to reflect the impact of the fair value adjustments for the acquisition as if they had originally been recorded on May 30, 2012. The impact of these adjustments for the three and six months ended July 1, 2012 included a reduction of rent expense of $47 and a reduction of depreciation expense of $197. See Note 2—Acquisition for further information.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Spin-Off. On May 7, 2012, the Company completed the spin-off of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. ("Fiesta"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Carrols, through a pro-rata dividend to the stockholders of Carrols Restaurant Group of all of the outstanding shares of Fiesta's common stock (the "Spin-off"). As a result of the Spin-off, the results of operations and cash flows of Fiesta (including the Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana segments) have been presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented. See Note 3—Discontinued Operations for further information. </div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Fiscal Year. The Company uses a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the Sunday closest to December 31. The fiscal year ended December 30, 2012 contained 52 weeks. The three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and July 1, 2012 each contained thirteen and twenty-six weeks, respectively.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and July 1, 2012 have been prepared without an audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and do not include certain of the information and the footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of such financial statements have been included. The results of operations for three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and July 1, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2012. The December 30, 2012 balance sheet data is derived from those audited financial statements.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Fair Value of Financial Instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. In determining fair value, the accounting standards establish a three level hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 inputs are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; and Level 3 inputs are unobservable and reflect our own assumptions. The fair value of the Carrols Restaurant Group 11.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018 is based on recent trading values, which is considered Level 1, and at June 30, 2013 was approximately $168.8 million. See Notes 2 and 5 for a discussion of the fair value measurement of non-financial assets.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Use of Estimates. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant items subject to such estimates include: acquisition accounting, insurance liabilities, evaluation for impairment of goodwill, long-lived assets and franchise rights, lease accounting matters, accrued occupancy costs and valuation of deferred income tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">Subsequent Events. The Company conducted an evaluation of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure through the issuance date of the financial statements.</div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 46R -Paragraph 4, 14, 15 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. 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