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Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
Note 1. Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Good Times Restaurants Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries as well as one partnership in which the Company is the general partner. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The Company owns a 50% interest in a limited partnership which owns six Good Times restaurants, is the sole general partner, and receives a management fee from the partnership. Because the Company exercises complete management control over all decisions for the partnership, except for certain veto rights, the financial statements of the partnership are consolidated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company operates and licenses full-service restaurants under the brand Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar (“Bad Daddy’s”) that are primarily located in Colorado and in the Southeast region of the United States.

 

The Company operates and franchises drive-thru fast-food hamburger restaurants under the brand Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard (“Good Times”), all of which are located in Colorado and Wyoming.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices of the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all of the normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2026 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods presented. Operating results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending September 29, 2026. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2026 is derived from the audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

 

Fiscal Year – The Company’s fiscal year is a 52/53-week year ending on the last Tuesday of September. In a 52-week fiscal year, each of the Company’s quarterly periods consist of 13 weeks. The additional week in a 53-week fiscal year is added to the first quarter, making such quarter consist of 14 weeks. Fiscal 2026 contains 52 weeks and fiscal 2025 contained 53 weeks. The quarters ended June 30, 2026 and July 1, 2025 each consisted of 13 weeks.

 

Reclassification – Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. Such reclassifications had no effect on the net income.

 

Advertising Costs – The company utilizes Advertising Funds to administer certain advertising programs for both the Bad Daddy’s and Good Times brands. For the Good Times brand, the programs benefit both us and our franchisees. We and our franchisees are required to contribute a percentage of gross sales to the fund. The contributions to these funds are designated and segregated for advertising. We consolidate the Advertising Funds into our financial statements whereby contributions from franchisees, when due to the Good Times Advertising Fund upon the generation of sales by a franchisee restaurant, are recorded and included as a component of franchise revenues. Contributions to the Good Times Advertising Fund from our franchisees were $50,000 and $52,000 for the three quarters ended June 30, 2026 and July 1, 2025 respectively.

 

Receivables – Our receivables typically consist of royalties and other fees due to us from independent franchisees of our brands as well as product rebates and other incentives due to us under agreements with our food and beverage vendors, payments due from third party delivery and online ordering partners, and payments due to us for sales of gift cards to third party retailers.

 

Receivables consist of the following (in thousands) as of:

 

    June 30, 2026     September 30, 2025  
Vendor rebates and incentives   $ 332     $ 309  
Third party delivery partners     326       291  
Franchise and other     97       131  
Third party retailers     78       64  
Total   $ 833     $ 795