Acquisition (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 03, 2016

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

Since the beginning of 2015, the Company has acquired an aggregate of 67 restaurants from other franchisees in the following transactions:

Closing Date		Number of Restaurants	Purchase Price		Number of Fee-Owned Restaurants (1)	Market Location
2015:
March 31, 2015		4	$	794		Northern Vermont
August 4, 2015		5	663			Charlotte, North Carolina
October 1, 2015	(2)	5	5,044		1	Wheeling, West Virginia
October 20, 2015		1	709			Kalamazoo, Michigan
November 17, 2015		2	618			Evansville, Indiana
November 17, 2015	(2)	6	10,945		5	Evansville, Indiana
December 1, 2015	(2)	23	26,175		10	Detroit, Michigan
December 8, 2015		9	7,802			Northern New Jersey
2016:
February 23, 2016	(2)	12	7,127			Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
		67	$	59,877	16

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company's unaudited pro forma operating results:

	Three Months Ended
	April 3, 2016		March 29, 2015
Restaurant sales	$	224,674	$	213,150
Net income (loss)	$	2,621	$	(8,155	)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share	$	0.06	$	(0.23	)