v3.26.1
Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 22, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information

2. Segment Information

 

The Company has three reportable segments: (i) U.S. stores; (ii) supply chain; and (iii) international franchise.

 

The Company’s operations are organized by management on the combined basis of line of business and geography. The U.S. stores segment includes operations with respect to all franchised and Company-owned stores throughout the U.S. The supply chain segment primarily includes the distribution of food and, to a lesser extent, other products, from the Company’s supply chain center operations in the U.S. and Canada. The international franchise segment includes operations related to the Company’s franchising business in foreign markets. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer, and beginning in the first quarter of 2026, he evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments and allocates resources to them based on Segment Adjusted Income from Operations which represents income from operations for the reportable segments, excluding gains and losses from the sale of assets, refranchising gains and losses and certain corporate administrative costs that have not been allocated to a reportable segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker uses Segment Adjusted Income from Operations to determine future business objectives and targets and for long-range planning for the reportable segments, as well as to evaluate their operating performance.

 

The tables below summarize the financial information, including revenues, significant segment expenses, Segment Adjusted Income from Operations, capital expenditures and depreciation and amortization, concerning the Company’s reportable segments for the first quarters ended March 22, 2026 and March 23, 2025. Intersegment revenues are comprised of sales of food and, to a lesser extent, other products, from the supply chain segment to the Company-owned stores in the U.S. stores segment. Intersegment sales prices are market based.

 

 

 

Fiscal Quarter Ended March 22, 2026

 

 

 

U.S.
Stores

 

 

Supply
Chain

 

 

International
Franchise

 

 

Total

 

U.S. Company-owned stores

 

$

82,098

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

82,098

 

U.S. franchise royalties and fees

 

 

158,014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,014

 

Supply chain

 

 

 

 

 

724,414

 

 

 

 

 

 

724,414

 

Supply chain - intersegment revenues

 

 

 

 

 

(25,441

)

 

 

 

 

 

(25,441

)

International franchise royalties and fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,980

 

 

 

80,980

 

U.S. franchise advertising

 

 

130,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

130,529

 

Segment revenues

 

$

370,641

 

 

$

698,973

 

 

$

80,980

 

 

$

1,150,594

 

Cost of sales - food

 

 

24,935

 

 

 

489,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

514,037

 

Cost of sales - labor

 

 

27,239

 

 

 

64,379

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,618

 

Cost of sales - other (1)

 

 

19,873

 

 

 

60,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,427

 

U.S. franchise advertising

 

 

130,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

130,529

 

General and administrative (2)

 

 

35,696

 

 

 

19,426

 

 

 

11,474

 

 

 

66,596

 

Segment Adjusted Income from Operations

 

$

132,369

 

 

$

65,512

 

 

$

69,506

 

 

$

267,387

 

Segment capital expenditures (3)

 

$

2,670

 

 

$

5,248

 

 

$

 

 

$

7,918

 

Segment depreciation and amortization (4)

 

$

2,558

 

 

$

9,753

 

 

$

18

 

 

$

12,329

 

 

Significant segment expenses and Segment Adjusted Income from Operations in the table below for the first quarter ended March 23, 2025 have been recast to reflect the change in the measure of segment profit used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker.

 

 

 

Fiscal Quarter Ended March 23, 2025

 

 

 

U.S.
Stores

 

 

Supply
Chain

 

 

International
Franchise

 

 

Total

 

U.S. Company-owned stores

 

$

91,598

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

91,598

 

U.S. franchise royalties and fees

 

 

151,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

151,000

 

Supply chain

 

 

 

 

 

697,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

697,910

 

Supply chain - intersegment revenues

 

 

 

 

 

(27,986

)

 

 

 

 

 

(27,986

)

International franchise royalties and fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,559

 

 

 

75,559

 

U.S. franchise advertising

 

 

123,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

123,975

 

Segment revenues

 

$

366,573

 

 

$

669,924

 

 

$

75,559

 

 

$

1,112,056

 

Cost of sales - food

 

 

27,211

 

 

 

471,616

 

 

 

 

 

 

498,827

 

Cost of sales - labor

 

 

29,181

 

 

 

61,882

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,063

 

Cost of sales - other (1)

 

 

20,520

 

 

 

58,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,019

 

U.S. franchise advertising

 

 

123,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

123,975

 

General and administrative (2)

 

 

36,755

 

 

 

14,321

 

 

 

11,815

 

 

 

62,891

 

Segment Adjusted Income from Operations

 

$

128,931

 

 

$

63,606

 

 

$

63,744

 

 

$

256,281

 

Segment capital expenditures (3)

 

$

976

 

 

$

5,510

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,486

 

Segment depreciation and amortization (4)

 

$

2,820

 

 

$

9,212

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

12,067

 

 

(1)

 

Cost of sales - other, includes delivery, occupancy costs (including rent, telephone, utilities, depreciation and amortization) and insurance expense.

 

(2)

 

General and administrative expense consists primarily of labor cost, depreciation and amortization, computer expenses, professional fees, travel and entertainment, rent, insurance and other. Gains and losses from the sale of assets and refranchising gains and losses are not included in the measurement of Segment Adjusted Income from Operations. Non-cash equity-based compensation expense is not allocated to the reportable segments.

 

(3)

 

The Company also had $8.6 million and $8.7 million of other capital expenditures not attributable to the reportable segments primarily representing capitalized software in the first quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively.

(4)

 

Segment depreciation and amortization reflects amounts included within cost of sales - other and general and administrative expenses. The Company also had $8.1 million and $8.3 million of depreciation and amortization expense included in general and administrative expense not allocated to the reportable segments in the first quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively.

 

 

The following table reconciles Segment Adjusted Income from Operations to income before provision for income taxes:

 

 

 

Fiscal Quarter Ended

 

 

 

March 22,
2026

 

 

March 23,
2025

 

Segment Adjusted Income from Operations

 

$

267,387

 

 

$

256,281

 

General and administrative - unallocated (1)

 

 

(44,810

)

 

 

(46,186

)

Gain on sale of assets

 

 

7,780

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

 

230,357

 

 

 

210,095

 

Other (expense) income

 

 

(5,990

)

 

 

24,027

 

Interest income

 

 

2,502

 

 

 

3,945

 

Interest expense

 

 

(46,227

)

 

 

(45,585

)

Income before provision for income taxes

 

$

180,642

 

 

$

192,482

 

 

(1)

 

Represents corporate administrative costs that have not been allocated to a reportable segment including labor (including non-cash equity-based compensation expense), depreciation and amortization, computer expenses, professional fees, travel and entertainment, rent, insurance and other corporate administrative costs.

 

The Company’s chief operating decision maker is not regularly provided financial information related to the assets of the reportable segments, and he does not evaluate their performance or allocate resources to them based on assets. Therefore, total assets by reportable segment are not included in the Company’s segment disclosures.