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LEASES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2025
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES LEASES
Operating Leases
As of June 29, 2025 and December 29, 2024, the Company had 98 operating leases for corporate offices and for certain owned restaurant properties, respectively. The leases have remaining terms ranging from 0.3 years to 22.4 years. The Company recognized lease expense of $5.6 million and $5.4 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recognized lease expense of $10.9 million and $10.7 million for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024. The weighted average remaining lease term of the operating leases as of June 29, 2025 was 15.8 years.
Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are as follows (in millions):
June 29,
2025
December 29,
2024
Operating lease right-of-use assets$142.8 $141.9 
Operating lease liabilities$153.6 $152.5 
The operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities include obligations relating to the optional term extensions available on certain restaurant leases based on management’s intention to exercise the options. The weighted average discount rate used to calculate the carrying value of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities was 9.02% which is based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the time the lease is acquired.
The contractual future maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of June 29, 2025, including anticipated lease extensions, are as follows (in millions):
Fiscal year:
Remainder of 2025$9.2 
202620.2 
202719.8 
202817.3 
202917.5 
Thereafter216.0 
Total lease payments300.0 
Less: imputed interest146.4 
Total$153.6 
Supplemental cash flow information for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024 related to leases is as follows (in millions):
Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
June 29, 2025June 30, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases$9.1 $11.8 
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations:
Operating lease liabilities$8.8 $— 

Financing Leases

On December 1, 2023, the Company executed a financing lease for restaurant equipment for two newly constructed corporate restaurants.
Financing lease right-of-use assets and financing lease liabilities as of June 29, 2025 and December 29, 2024 were as follows (in millions):

June 29, 2025December 29, 2024
Financing lease right-of-use assets$0.8 $1.8 
Financing lease liabilities1.0 1.7 

The weighted average discount rate used to calculate the carrying value of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities was 8.3%, which is based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the time the lease is acquired.

The contractual future maturities of the Company’s financing lease liabilities as of June 29, 2025 including anticipated lease extensions are as follows (in millions):

Fiscal year:
Remainder of 2025$1.0 
Less imputed interest
— 
Total
$1.0 

Supplemental cash flow information for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024 related to leases is as follows (in millions):
Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
June 29, 2025June 30, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of financing lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from financing leases$0.7 $0.4 
Restaurant Properties Sale Leaseback
In the first quarter of 2025, we completed the sale leaseback of one newly constructed restaurant property. The restaurant property was sold at the construction cost resulting in proceeds of $4.4 million with no gain or loss. The initial term of the lease is 20 years and is accounted for as an operating lease.
LEASES LEASES
Operating Leases
As of June 29, 2025 and December 29, 2024, the Company had 98 operating leases for corporate offices and for certain owned restaurant properties, respectively. The leases have remaining terms ranging from 0.3 years to 22.4 years. The Company recognized lease expense of $5.6 million and $5.4 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recognized lease expense of $10.9 million and $10.7 million for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024. The weighted average remaining lease term of the operating leases as of June 29, 2025 was 15.8 years.
Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are as follows (in millions):
June 29,
2025
December 29,
2024
Operating lease right-of-use assets$142.8 $141.9 
Operating lease liabilities$153.6 $152.5 
The operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities include obligations relating to the optional term extensions available on certain restaurant leases based on management’s intention to exercise the options. The weighted average discount rate used to calculate the carrying value of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities was 9.02% which is based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the time the lease is acquired.
The contractual future maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of June 29, 2025, including anticipated lease extensions, are as follows (in millions):
Fiscal year:
Remainder of 2025$9.2 
202620.2 
202719.8 
202817.3 
202917.5 
Thereafter216.0 
Total lease payments300.0 
Less: imputed interest146.4 
Total$153.6 
Supplemental cash flow information for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024 related to leases is as follows (in millions):
Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
June 29, 2025June 30, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases$9.1 $11.8 
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations:
Operating lease liabilities$8.8 $— 

Financing Leases

On December 1, 2023, the Company executed a financing lease for restaurant equipment for two newly constructed corporate restaurants.
Financing lease right-of-use assets and financing lease liabilities as of June 29, 2025 and December 29, 2024 were as follows (in millions):

June 29, 2025December 29, 2024
Financing lease right-of-use assets$0.8 $1.8 
Financing lease liabilities1.0 1.7 

The weighted average discount rate used to calculate the carrying value of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities was 8.3%, which is based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the time the lease is acquired.

The contractual future maturities of the Company’s financing lease liabilities as of June 29, 2025 including anticipated lease extensions are as follows (in millions):

Fiscal year:
Remainder of 2025$1.0 
Less imputed interest
— 
Total
$1.0 

Supplemental cash flow information for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024 related to leases is as follows (in millions):
Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
June 29, 2025June 30, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of financing lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from financing leases$0.7 $0.4 
Restaurant Properties Sale Leaseback
In the first quarter of 2025, we completed the sale leaseback of one newly constructed restaurant property. The restaurant property was sold at the construction cost resulting in proceeds of $4.4 million with no gain or loss. The initial term of the lease is 20 years and is accounted for as an operating lease.