v3.22.4
Note Q - Leases
9 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Leases, Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE Q – LEASES

 

The Company is party as lessee to various leases for its Company-owned restaurants and lessee/sublessor to one franchised location property, including land and buildings, as well as leases for its corporate office and certain office equipment.

 

Company as lessee

 

The components of the net lease cost for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended December 25, 2022 and December 26, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Thirteen weeks ended

   

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

 
                                 

Operating lease cost

  $ 378     $ 378     $ 1,214     $ 1,223  

Variable lease cost

    396       57       1,246       1,023  

Less: Sublease income, net

    (22 )     (41 )     (64 )     (62 )
                                 

Total net lease cost

  $ 752     $ 394     $ 2,396     $ 2,184  

 

The following table presents the components of the net lease cost on the Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended December 25, 2022 and December 26, 2021 (in thousands):

 

   

Thirteen weeks ended

   

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

 
                                 

Restaurant operating expenses

  $ 589     $ 243     $ 1,908     $ 1,713  

General and administrative expenses

    185       192       552       533  

Less: Other income, net

    (22 )     (41 )     (64 )     (62 )
                                 

Total net lease cost

  $ 752     $ 394     $ 2,396     $ 2,184  

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Thirteen weeks ended

   

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

 
                                 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

  $ 216     $ 187     $ 950     $ 544  

 

 

The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for operating leases as of December 25, 2022 were as follows:

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years):

    5.6  
         

Weighted average discount rate:

    8.868 %

 

Future lease commitments to be paid and received by the Company as of December 25, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Payments

   

Receipts

         
   

Operating Leases

   

Subleases

   

Net Leases

 
                         
Fiscal year:                        

2023 (a)

  $ 383     $ 42     $ 341  

2024

    1,782       271       1,511  

2025

    1,687       274       1,413  

2026

    1,717       278       1,439  

2027

    1,726       281       1,445  

Thereafter

    2,036       624       1,412  

Total lease commitments

  $ 9,331     $ 1,770     $ 7,561  

Less: Amount representing interest

    1,921                  

Present value of lease liabilities (b)

  $ 7,410                  

 

 

(a)

Represents future lease commitments to be paid and received by the Company for the remainder of the 2023 fiscal year. Amount does not include $1,216 of lease commitments paid and received by the Company for the thirty-nine week period ended December 25, 2022.

     
 

(b)

The present value of minimum operating lease payments of $1,827 and $5,583 are included in “Current portion of operating lease liabilities” and “Long-term operating lease liabilities,” respectively on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 

Company as lessor

 

The components of lease income for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended December 25, 2022 and December 26, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Thirteen weeks ended

   

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

   

December 25,

2022

   

December 26,

2021

 
                                 

Operating lease income, net

  $ 22     $ 41     $ 64     $ 62