Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2018

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The provisions for income taxes were as follows:



	Fiscal Year Ended
	December 26, 2018			December 27, 2017		December 28, 2016
	(In thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	(632	)	$	3,688	$	4,270
State and local	1,833			2,071		2,316
Foreign	1,042			961		912
Deferred:
Federal	5,432			10,075		8,225
State and local	761			196		619
Increase of valuation allowance	121			216		132
Total provision for income taxes	$	8,557		$	17,207	$	16,474

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 26, 2018		December 27, 2017		December 28, 2016
Statutory provision rate	21	%	35	%	35	%
State and local taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	6		5		9
Wage addback on income tax credits earned	—		2		3
General business credits generated	(5	)	(5	)	(9	)
Foreign tax credits generated	(2	)	(2	)	(12	)
Pension plan liquidation	—		—		18
Share-based compensation	(3	)	(3	)	—
Impact of tax reform	—		(3	)	—
Other	(1	)	1		2
Effective tax rate	16	%	30	%	46	%

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 26, 2018			December 27, 2017
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Self-insurance accruals	$	4,647		$	4,364
Capitalized leases	2,045			1,718
Accrued exit cost	445			487
Interest rate swaps	1,157			566
Pension, other retirement and compensation plans	10,568			10,328
Deferred income	5,099			609
Other accruals	633			—
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards	928			3,534
General business and foreign tax credit carryforwards - state and federal	11,061			13,355
Net operating loss carryforwards - state	13,899			14,096
Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance	50,482			49,057
Less: valuation allowance	(13,199		)	(13,078		)
Total deferred tax assets	37,283			35,979
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(14,631		)	(14,578		)
Deferred finance costs	(286		)	(111		)
Fixed assets	(5,033		)	(4,179		)
Other accruals	—			(166		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(19,950		)	(19,034		)
Net deferred tax asset	$	17,333		$	16,945

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies

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



	December 26, 2018		December 27, 2017
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of year	$	1,469	$	1,180
Increases related to current-year tax positions	941		—
Increases related to prior-year tax positions	530		289
Balance, end of year	$	2,940	$	1,469