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Accounts And Notes Receivable
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2017
Receivables [Abstract]  
Accounts And Notes Receivable
Accounts and Notes Receivable

Accounts and notes receivable consist of the following:

 
August 31,

 
2017
 
2016
Current Accounts and Notes Receivable:
 
 
 
 
Royalties and other trade receivables
 
$
19,571

 
$
19,994

Notes receivable from franchisees
 
1,441

 
5,531

Receivables from system funds
 
6,360

 
4,372

Other
 
7,475

 
6,507

Accounts and notes receivable, gross
 
34,847

 
36,404

Allowance for doubtful accounts and notes receivable
 
(1,089
)
 
(967
)
Current accounts and notes receivable, net
 
$
33,758

 
$
35,437


 
 

 
 

Noncurrent Notes Receivable:
 
 

 
 

Receivables from franchisees
 
$
6,810

 
$
7,170

Receivables from system funds
 
3,033

 
5,466

Allowance for doubtful notes receivable
 
(42
)
 
(74
)
Noncurrent notes receivable, net
 
$
9,801

 
$
12,562



The Company’s receivables are primarily due from franchisees, all of whom are in the restaurant business.  Substantially all of the notes receivable from franchisees are collateralized by real estate or equipment.  The decrease in current notes receivable from franchisees is due to short-term financing initiated in fiscal year 2016 for refranchised drive-ins and newly constructed drive-ins sold to franchisees that were repaid in the first and third quarters of fiscal year 2017. The receivables from system funds represent transactions in the normal course of business.  The decrease in noncurrent receivables from system funds is due to payment on notes extended in fiscal year 2016 related to the establishment of the BTF.