Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 26, 2023
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 513,916	$ 527,049
Costs and expenses:
General and administrative expenses	58,459	51,944
Depreciation and amortization	17,674	14,721
Total costs and expenses	480,198	489,253
Operating income	33,718	37,796
Net interest expense	(11,063)	(9,021)
Income before income taxes	22,655	28,775
Income tax expense	7,741	6,229
Net income before attribution to noncontrolling interests	14,914	22,546
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(278)	(170)
Net income attributable to the Company	$ 14,636	$ 22,376
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.66
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.44	$ 0.65
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	32,644	34,155
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	32,909	34,324
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.42
Domestic Company-owned restaurants
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 176,224	$ 179,866
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below):	138,753	147,784
North America franchising
Revenues:
Total revenues	35,697	36,072
North America commissaries
Revenues:
Total revenues	203,287	212,566
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below):	185,199	196,415
International
Revenues:
Total revenues	40,708	31,463
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below):	28,346	17,311
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	58,000	67,082
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below):	$ 51,767	$ 61,078