Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2017

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The provisions for income taxes were as follows:



	Fiscal Year Ended
	December 27, 2017		December 28, 2016		December 30, 2015
	(In thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	3,688	$	4,270	$	1,622
State and local	2,071		2,316		1,382
Foreign	961		912		873
Deferred:
Federal	10,075		8,225		12,264
State and local	196		619		1,742
Increase (release) of valuation allowance	216		132		(130		)
Total provision for income taxes	$	17,207	$	16,474	$	17,753

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The reconciliation of income taxes at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to our effective tax rate was as follows:



	December 27, 2017		December 28, 2016		December 30, 2015
Statutory provision rate	35	%	35	%	35	%
State and local taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	5		9		6
Wage addback on income tax credits earned	2		3		2
General business credits generated	(5	)	(9	)	(6	)
Foreign tax credits generated	(2	)	(12	)	(2	)
Pension plan liquidation	—		18		—
Share-based compensation	(3	)	—		—
Impact of tax reform	(3	)	—		—
Other	1		2		(2	)
Effective tax rate	30	%	46	%	33	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The following table represents the approximate tax effect of each significant type of temporary difference that resulted in deferred income tax assets or liabilities.



	December 27, 2017			December 28, 2016
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Self-insurance accruals	$	4,364		$	7,791
Capitalized leases	1,718			2,298
Accrued exit cost	487			1,074
Interest rate swaps	566			294
Pension, other retirement and compensation plans	10,328			12,378
Other accruals	443			386
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards	3,534			3,534
General business credit carryforwards - state and federal	13,355			13,541
Net operating loss carryforwards - state	14,096			11,753
Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance	48,891			53,049
Less: valuation allowance	(13,078		)	(12,567		)
Total deferred tax assets	35,813			40,482
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(14,578		)	(22,073		)
Deferred finance costs	(111		)	(125		)
Fixed assets	(4,179		)	(601		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(18,868		)	(22,799		)
Net deferred tax asset	$	16,945		$	17,683

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits:



	December 27, 2017		December 28, 2016
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of year	$	1,180	$	—
Increases related to prior-year tax positions	289		1,180
Balance, end of year	$	1,469	$	1,180