Note 15. Business Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Revenue by Segment

	Third Quarter		First Nine Months
	2016	2015	2016	2015
Operating Businesses:
Restaurant Operations:
Steak n Shake ...................................................	$    206,248	$    204,837	$    609,974	$    606,138
Western ...........................................................	3,197	3,511	10,475	10,577
Total Restaurant Operations ...............................	209,445	208,348	620,449	616,715
First Guard ..........................................................	5,841	4,391	17,071	11,762
Maxim ...............................................................	1,446	5,704	6,567	17,750
	$    216,732	$    218,443	$    644,087	$    646,227

Schedule of earnings (loss) before income taxes by segment

	Third Quarter		First Nine Months
	2016	2015	2016	2015
Operating Businesses:
Restaurant Operations:
Steak n Shake .....................................................	$      10,443	$      10,826	$      30,949	$      30,876
Western ..............................................................	542	708	1,965	1,806
Total Restaurant Operations ..................................	10,985	11,534	32,914	32,682
First Guard .............................................................	1,177	1,302	4,602	3,101
Maxim ..................................................................	(2,810)	(4,211)	(9,646)	(14,270)
Other ....................................................................	139	108	404	255
Total Operating Businesses ......................................	9,491	8,733	28,274	21,768
Corporate and Investments:
Corporate ............................................................	(2,304)	(2,019)	(7,688)	(11,463)
Investment partnership gains (losses) ..................	(108,614)	5,302	21,602	22,710
Total Corporate and Investments ..........................	(110,918)	3,283	13,914	11,247
Interest expense on notes payable and other borrowings ..........	(2,831)	(2,966)	(8,626)	(8,969)
	$  (104,258)	$        9,050	$      33,562	$      24,046