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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Fiscal Year
The Company operates and reports financial information on a 52- or 53-week year with the fiscal year ending on the last Saturday in December and fiscal quarters ending on the 13th Saturday of each quarter (or 14th Saturday when applicable with respect to the fourth fiscal quarter). The three months ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025 each consisted of 13 weeks.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim financial data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for the fair statement of the results of operations, balance sheet, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity for the interim periods presented. The adjustments include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated balance sheet at December 27, 2025 was derived from audited annual financial statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements. The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the financial statements included within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2025, filed with the SEC on May 19, 2026 (the “Annual Report”).
On February 24, 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its U.S. Car Wash business to Express Wash Operations, LLC dba Whistle Express Car Wash. On April 10, 2025, the Company completed the sale of the U.S. Car Wash business. On November 27, 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its International Car Wash (“ICW”) business to Neptune Acquisition Bidco Limited. On January 27, 2026, the Company completed the sale of the ICW business. The net assets and operations of each disposal group met the criteria to be classified as “discontinued operations” and are reported as such in all periods presented unless otherwise noted.
The consolidated statements of cash flows include cash flows from discontinued operations. Refer to Note 12 for more information regarding discontinued operations.
Restatement of Previously Issued Consolidated Financial Statements
During preparation of the year-end 2025 consolidated financial statements, certain errors were identified in the previously issued consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024 (“fiscal year 2024”) and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 (“fiscal year 2023”) contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2024 (the “2024 Form 10-K”), and in the previously issued unaudited consolidated financial statements for each of the quarterly and year-to-date periods within fiscal year 2024 as well as the quarterly and year-to-date periods for the periods ended September 27, 2025, June 28, 2025 and March 29, 2025 contained in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and concluded that such financial statements should not be relied upon and required restatement. Refer to Note 3 for additional information.
Use of Estimates    
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements. Significant items that are subject to estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to, valuation of intangible assets and goodwill, income taxes, allowances for credit losses, valuation of derivatives, self-insurance claims, and share-based compensation. The Company evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis and may employ outside experts to assist in its evaluations. Changes in such estimates, based on historical experience, current conditions, and various other additional information, may affect amounts reported in future periods. Actual results could differ due to uncertainty inherent in the nature of these estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Financial assets and liabilities are categorized, based on the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to the quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. Observable market data, when available, is required to be used in making fair value measurements. When inputs used to measure fair value fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the level within which the fair value measurement is categorized is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The Company classifies and discloses assets and liabilities carried at fair value in one of the following three categories:
Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; or
Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.
The Company estimates the fair value of financial instruments using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. The carrying amount for cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, inventory, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of their short maturities. The held to maturity notes receivable carrying values approximate fair value using interest rates that approximate market rates for agreements with similar maturities and credit quality.
The fair value of the Company’s foreign currency derivative instruments is derived from valuation models, which use Level 2 observable inputs such as quoted market prices, interest rates, and forward yield curves. The fair value of long-term debt is estimated based on Level 2 inputs using discounted cash flows and market-based expectations for interest rates, credit risk and contractual terms of the debt agreements.
Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 28, 2026 and December 27, 2025 are summarized as follows:
Items Measured at Fair Value at March 28, 2026
(in thousands)Level 1Level 2Total
Derivative assets, recorded in other assets$— $4,397 $4,397 
Derivative liabilities, recorded in accrued expenses and other liabilities— 101 101 
Items Measured at Fair Value at December 27, 2025
(in thousands)Level 1Level 2Total
Derivative assets, recorded in other assets$— $4,313 $4,313 
Derivative liabilities, recorded in accrued expenses and other liabilities— 5,732 5,732 
The carrying value and estimated fair value of total long-term debt were as follows:
March 28, 2026December 27, 2025
(in thousands)Carrying ValueEstimated Fair ValueCarrying ValueEstimated Fair Value
Long-term debt$1,711,450 $1,580,340 $2,188,435 $2,151,705 
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (“ASU 2025-05”). This ASU provides a practical expedient permitting entities to assume current conditions (as of the last balance sheet date) remain unchanged over the remaining life of current accounts receivable and current contract assets. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company adopted ASU 2025-05 effective December 28, 2025 on a prospective basis and elected the practical expedient. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses and in January 2025, the FASB subsequently issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date, which clarified the effective date of ASU 2024-03. ASU 2024-03 includes amendments that require entities to bifurcate specified expense line items on the income statement into underlying components, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization and depletion, as applicable. Qualitative descriptions of the remaining components are required. These enhanced disclosures are required for both interim and annual periods. Selling expenses must also be separately disclosed for both interim and annual periods, along with an annual qualitative description of the composition of selling expenses. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for the annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with the option to early adopt at any time prior to the effective date and should be applied either prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40). The amendments in this update improve the operability of the guidance by removing all references to software development project stages so that the guidance is neutral to different software development methods. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, including interim periods within those fiscal years, though early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.