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LEASES
9 Months Ended
Jul. 05, 2026
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES LEASES
Nature of leases — The Company owns restaurant sites and also leases restaurant sites from third parties. Some of these owned or leased sites are leased and/or subleased to franchisees. Initial terms of our real estate leases are generally 20 years, exclusive of options to renew, which are generally exercisable at our sole discretion for 1 to 20 years. In some instances, our leases have provisions for contingent rentals based upon a percentage of defined revenues. Many of our restaurants also have rent escalation clauses and require the payment of property taxes, insurance, and maintenance costs. Variable lease costs include contingent rent, cost-of-living index adjustments, and payments for additional rent such as real estate taxes, insurance, and common area maintenance, which are excluded from the measurement of the lease liability.
As lessor, our leases and subleases primarily consist of restaurants that have been leased to franchisees in connection with refranchising transactions. Revenues from leasing arrangements with our franchisees are presented in “Franchise rental revenues” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of earnings (loss), and the related expenses are presented in “Franchise occupancy expenses.”
The following table presents rental income for the periods presented (in thousands):
QuarterYear-to-date
July 5,
2026
July 6,
2025
July 5,
2026
July 6,
2025
Operating lease income - franchise$52,594 $53,836 $176,244 $179,438 
Variable lease income - franchise20,416 22,695 66,259 80,793 
Amortization of sublease assets and liabilities, net23 23 
Franchise rental revenues$73,017 $76,538 $242,526 $260,254 
Operating lease income - closed restaurants and other (1)
$1,812 $1,266 $5,995 $4,378 
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(1)Includes closed restaurant properties included in “Other operating (income) expense, net,” in our condensed consolidated statements of earnings (loss).