Certain information required by Part III
of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference herein from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement
relating to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after
the end of the registrant's fiscal year ended September 25, 2018.
This Amendment
No.1 amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Good Times Restaurants Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 25, 2018, originally
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2018.
PART I
Our Company
Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation
formed on October 6, 1996, operates and franchises Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants (“BDBB” or “Bad Daddy’s”)
and Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard (“GTBFC” or “Good Times”) restaurants. Bad Daddy’s and
Good Times are two distinctly different, yet complementary, restaurant concepts. Each is positioned as a high-quality brand within
its respective segment of the industry. Bad Daddy’s is positioned at the upper end of the full-service casual theme restaurant
segment and Good Times is positioned at the upper end of the quick-service restaurant segment.
Through our subsidiaries, as of December
6, 2018, we own, operate, franchise, or license a total of thirty-four BDBB restaurants in six different states. We own and operate
twelve BDBB restaurants in Colorado, one BDBB restaurant in Oklahoma, thirteen BDBB restaurants in North Carolina, four BDBB restaurants
in the greater Atlanta area, one BDBB restaurant in Chattanooga, Tennessee and one in Greenville, South Carolina. Of these restaurants,
eight restaurants in North Carolina and South Carolina are operated through joint venture arrangements where we are the operating
partner and own between 23% and 75% interest in the joint venture entities. We license the Bad Daddy’s brand for the BDBB
restaurant located in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport which is owned and operated by a third- party licensee. One additional
BDBB restaurant in Greenville, S.C. is operated by a third-party franchisee. We currently own and operate or franchise thirty-five
total Good Times restaurants. Of these restaurants, thirty- three are in Colorado. Two of the restaurants are in Wyoming and are
“dual brand” concept restaurants operated by a franchisee of both Good Times and Taco John’s.
The terms “we,” “us,”
“our,” the “Company,” “Good Times” and similar terms refer to Good Times Restaurants Inc.,
a Nevada corporation, and its wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries, including Bad Daddy’s Franchise Development, LLC, Bad
Daddy’s International, LLC, Good Times Drive-Thru Inc. (“Drive Thru”) and BD of Colorado, LLC. Unless otherwise
indicated or the context otherwise requires, financial and operating data in this 10-K report reflect the consolidated business
and operations of Good Times Restaurants Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Fiscal 2018 Financial & Brand Highlights
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Our net revenues for fiscal 2018 increased
by $20,160,000 (25.5%) to $99,240,000 from $79,080,000 in fiscal year 2017, primarily due to nine new Bad Daddy’s locations
opened during the fiscal year ended September 25, 2018 (“fiscal 2018”) and a full year of operations for units opened
during the fiscal year ended September 26, 2017 (“fiscal 2017”).
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The Bad Daddy’s brand had a 0.2%
increase in same store sales for fiscal 2018. Adjusted for the impact of hurricane Florence, which had a significant impact in
late September in our North Carolina restaurants, same store sales for the year would have increased 0.8%.
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We opened nine Bad Daddy’s restaurants
in fiscal 2018. We opened one Bad Daddy’s in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and plan to open a total of five to six Bad
Daddy’s during the 2019 fiscal year.
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The Good Times brand has had eight consecutive years of same store
sales growth.
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The Good Times brand had a 4.2% increase
in same store sales for fiscal 2018 in addition to the increase in same store sales for fiscal 2017 of 2.1%.
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We closed two company-owned Good Times
restaurants in fiscal 2018. One franchisee-owned Good Times restaurant closed during fiscal 2018.
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We ended fiscal 2018 with $3.5 million
in cash and a $7.5 million balance in notes payable.
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Recent Developments
In September 2016, we entered into a $9,000,000
senior debt revolving line of credit with Cadence Bank to provide the necessary capital to fund future Bad Daddy’s and Good
Times locations as well as fund the continued remodel of existing Good Times locations and recurring capital expenditures. In September
2017, we entered into an amendment to the senior debt revolving line of credit to increase the borrowing capacity to a total of
$12,000,000. Subsequent to the end of fiscal 2018, in October 2018, we entered into an amendment to the senior debt revolving line
of credit to increase the borrowing capacity to a total of $17,000,000.
Concepts
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar operates in
the emerging “small box” better burger casual dining segment and is an upscale, chef driven, full service, full bar
concept.
There are three primary elements of the
concept that we try and differentiate for our guests:
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Artfully Crafted Food. The menu consists of items made according to chef-driven recipes and with
high quality ingredients that we believe have broad consumer appeal, yet are very distinctive within the upscale, casual dining
segment. The menu is comprised of signature burgers, salads, sandwiches, and appetizers executed in unique flavor profiles. Regular
“chef specials” are offered in each menu category that highlight unique flavor profiles whenever possible. Housemade
sauces and dressings, a brioche bun, non-beef alternatives, including buffalo, tuna, turkey and chicken, and Create Your Own Burgers
and Salads all help to differentiate Bad Daddy’s from other restaurants.
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A “Bad Ass Bar.” The food menu is complemented by a full bar that focuses on local,
craft microbrew beers and specialty craft cocktails, with craft beers offered from several breweries that are local to each restaurant’s
trade area. Two specialties are our Bad Daddy’s Amber Ale and our Bad Ass Margarita. Total alcoholic beverages account for
approximately 15-20% of sales in our Bad Daddy’s restaurants.
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Radical Hospitality. The restaurants have a high-energy yet family friendly environment with iconic,
pop culture design elements and a personal, ultra-friendly and informal service platform. BDBB’s menu, service and environment
are designed around a slightly irreverent brand personality, such as our Bad Ass Burger and Bad Ass Margarita menu items and the
iconic Farrah Fawcett and Paul Newman Cool Hand Luke posters in the men’s and women’s restrooms. We have developed
our own playlist of classic 1970’s to current classic rock n roll music that adds to the high energy atmosphere.
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The quality positioning generates an average
per person check of over $17, slightly above traditional bar and grill competitors such as Chili’s and Red Robin. The lunch
daypart represents approximately 40% and the dinner daypart represents approximately 60% of restaurant sales, with restaurants
opening daily at 11 am and closing generally between 10 pm and 11 pm, with restaurants open slightly later on weekends, depending
on the surrounding trade area.
A typical BDBB restaurant is approximately
3,500-4,000 square feet with an enclosed patio, smaller than most other casual dining restaurants. Based on average annual restaurant
sales of approximately $2.5 million (for restaurants open more than eighteen months), BDBB restaurants generate average sales per
square foot of approximately $700, which we believe is a key metric indicating the strength and expansion potential of the concept.
While sharing common design elements, each restaurant has unique features intended to create the impression that each Bad Daddy’s
is local to its trade area and serves as a further point of differentiation from the larger casual dining chains. We believe BDBBs’
innovative menu and personalized service combined with a unique, fun restaurant design enhance our customers’ experience
and differentiate BDBB from its competitors.
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard
Good Times is an upscale, quick-service
restaurant concept offering fresh, 100% all-natural, hand-crafted products. We operate 26 Good Times restaurants, and franchise
an additional 9, located primarily in the Denver market and along the front range of Colorado. We believe Good Times is the only
quick-service chain in our region, and one of a very few in the country, that offers a menu of fresh all-natural Angus beef and
all-natural chicken from animals that are humanely raised and vegetarian fed without the use of added hormones, steroids, or antibiotics.
We compete primarily on the quality of
our products and we believe that our menu items are consistent with the quality found at fast casual restaurants, with quick-service
restaurant speed. Our brand positioning is based on “Taking a Better Food Stand” supported by the marketing headline
“Happiness Made to Order” with three primary brand pillars of
Innovation, Quality, and Connectedness
. Within
Innovation
, we strive to create products and flavor profiles available only at Good Times and that challenge traditional
quick-service restaurant norms. We communicate
Quality
throughout our menu, from our made-to-order items to our fresh, all-natural,
handcrafted attributes. We strive for
Connectedness
with our customers based on strong emotional ties to our brand through
social media, appealing to an outdoor and active lifestyle, promoting high quality ingredients, by building an irreverent yet approachable
brand personality and through community support and involvement.
Our average per person check is approximately
$8.00, which we believe is lower than the average check at fast casual hamburger concepts such as Habit Burger, Five Guys, and
Smashburger, but higher than the typical quick-service restaurant average check. We do not offer a low-priced value menu like most
national and multi-regional quick-service chains, choosing to define our value proposition based on a range of price choices within
each of our menu categories and the quality of our food.
Good Times is primarily a drive-through
concept, as all our restaurants have at least one drive-through lane. Many of our restaurants have no indoor seating and consist
of one or two drive-through lanes and outdoor patio seating. Speed of service in this segment is critical for success and we average
less than three-minute transaction times, as measured from the time the customer places their order until they leave the drive-through
lane. Even in our restaurants that feature dine-in seating, a majority of our sales are conducted through the drive-thru lane.
The success of our strategy is evident
in our strong same-store sales growth (sales growth over the prior year period at restaurants open more than 18 months, also referred
to as comparable sales). Based on information from industry analysts and third-party publications, our growth in comparable restaurant
sales has outperformed the quick-service restaurant industry average over the last eight years. Fiscal 2018’s same store
sales growth of 4.2% followed comparable sales growth of 2.1% in fiscal 2017, 0.3% in fiscal 2016, 0.9% in fiscal 2015, 14.6% in
2014 and 11.9% growth in 2013.
Our Business Strengths
Our Brands Are Complementary
.
While operating in different segments of
the restaurant industry, our two brands share the following qualities:
Each is positioned at the upper end of
its respective segment with the value proposition primarily driven by quality and uniqueness. Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar is an
early entrant in the “small box” better burger casual dining segment. The menu contains chef-driven items with many
made from scratch in our kitchens. Bad Daddy’s resonates with consumers by consistently executing high-quality menu items
with unique flavor profiles that are delivered in a personalized, high-energy environment with a slightly irreverent brand personality.
We believe Good Times is the only quick-service
chain in our region with an all-natural platform. We do not offer a dollar menu that many national chains do, choosing to compete
on a market position emphasizing quality and uniqueness with a variety of price points across the menu and serving made-to-order
products with quick-service restaurant speed of service.
Our Brands Have a Common Culture
and Operating Philosophy
.
While each of our brands is led by separate
operating teams, each shares a commitment to four elements of success:
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Values.
Each brand focuses on developing
behaviors and expectations around our core values of Integrity, Respect, Continued Improvement, and Fun.
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People.
Each brand seeks to hire
high quality people throughout and provide them with comprehensive training programs designed to ensure that they deliver consistently
superior products and service. Each has an incentive program at the restaurant level based on balanced metrics that drive customer
service, personnel development, and financial performance.
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Distinctive quality.
Each brand
strives to offer unique, high quality menu items with distinctive taste profiles made with fresh, high quality ingredients.
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Excellent systems.
Each brand takes
a “best practices” approach, cross-pollinating the best ideas that are applicable to either brand. We seek to provide
the best operating systems and processes to ease the administrative burden of management, enabling them to focus on leading their
team members and operating their restaurants. Our philosophy is that systems and processes drive financial success and leadership
serves as an example and motivating force to our crew members who interact with our guests, driving sales and customer loyalty.
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Our Brands Share a Similar Customer
Demographic
.
Due to the common strategic focus on a
quality positioning, both Good Times and Bad Daddy’s appeal to a slightly higher income, more upscale consumer demographic
profile. However, there is little, if any, overlap between the brands in how consumers use them. Good Times is convenience-driven
and operates in the quick-service restaurant segment with a $8.00 per person average check deriving the majority of its sales from
the drive through occasion, while Bad Daddy’s provides a more destination-oriented, full service dining occasion with an
average per person check of over $17.
Our Brands Have Growth Potential.
We believe both of our brands are well
positioned to take advantage of consumers’ growing demand for restaurants with fresh, high-quality, all-natural products
that offer fully customizable menu choices. Consumers want to know where their food comes from, want to be able to customize menu
items to fit their individual preference and dining occasions, and place a higher value on perceived healthiness and on brands
they can trust to execute on those attributes. We believe Good Times and Bad Daddy’s are both well positioned to capitalize
on those macro-trends.
Both of our brands currently operate with
relatively small market penetration and overall development footprints, providing significant expansion potential. As we further
develop our markets, we expect to realize efficiencies in supervision and development and training of our employees, as well as
economies of scale in our supply chain cost structure. It is our goal to grow relatively contiguously from our existing operating
bases in order to maximize brand awareness and operating and distribution efficiencies.
Good Times and Bad Daddy’s operate
with a common point-of-purchase system and we have implemented a common back office system for both brands. We are also continuing
to invest in sophisticated digital training tools, making each brand’s restaurant level processes, systems, recipes and management
tools available in one commonly accessible database.
We Have Assembled a Dedicated Management
Team with Significant Experience
.
Our core Good Times management team has
worked together for over 20 years developing its concept and systems. Immediately after signing our license agreement to operate
Bad Daddy’s restaurants in Colorado, we hired a team experienced in the management and development of full-service concepts
to guide the growth of that brand and have since added experienced management and multi-unit leaders from other full-service brands.
Each of our brands are operated under separately
dedicated management teams utilizing shared support services in administration, finance, accounting, human resources, development,
marketing and information technology. We believe we have the processes and systems in place to support accelerated growth.
We Have Significant Operating Momentum
.
Same-store sales at Good Times have increased
eight consecutive years. Our compound same-store sales growth rate was approximately 45% from fiscal 2013 to fiscal 2018. We believe
this performance is largely the result of the evolution in our brand positioning, the re-imaging of several of our older restaurants,
effective broadcast and social media marketing, and consistent execution of the customer experience. We plan to continue to re-image
and remodel our remaining restaurants, innovate with new menu items in keeping with our brand strategy, and communicate our brand
story to maintain our same-store sales growth.
The Bad Daddy’s concept was started
in 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sales of the Bad Daddy’s restaurants which were open for at least 18 months averaged
$2.5 million for the fifty-two weeks ended September 25, 2018. We opened nine restaurants during fiscal 2018 in addition to the
six opened during fiscal 2017.
We believe that the strength of the Bad
Daddy’s unit economic model provides us with significant expansion potential, both in our existing markets of the Southeastern
U.S., and in new markets. We anticipate that most of our growth in the next two fiscal years will be in the Southeast and Midwest
regions of the U.S.
Business Strategies
We are focused on continuing to improve
the profitability of Drive Thru and developing additional Good Times restaurants in our home state of Colorado while developing
the Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar concept with company-owned restaurants in Colorado, Oklahoma and North Carolina in addition to
other markets in the U.S. We believe that there are significant opportunities to develop new units, grow customer traffic and increase
awareness of our brands. The following sets forth the key elements of our growth strategy:
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Pursue disciplined growth of Company-operated Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants
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We own the Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar brand, including all associated intellectual property. We have opened one new Bad Daddy’s
restaurant subsequent to September 25, 2018 in Decatur, Georgia and have additional restaurants under development to open in fiscal
2019. We are in various stages of lease negotiation for additional sites for development in 2019 and 2020 as we continue our expansion
primarily in the Southeast region of the country in fiscal 2019. We expect five to six openings in fiscal 2019, including the already
opened restaurant in Georgia. We intend to follow a disciplined strategy of initially developing restaurants in other metropolitan
areas in the Southeast and other regions of the country with favorable regulatory and legislative environments, and that meet our
demographic, real estate and investment criteria in order to maximize management efficiencies, including multi-unit supervision,
overall brand management, and product distribution.
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We believe that the broad appeal
of Bad Daddy’s concept and the high-sales generated per square foot make it attractive to developers and provide us with
the opportunity for continued expansion in other new markets across the country. We seek sites in upper middle-income suburban
areas in proximity to upscale retail developments, theaters and high levels of daytime employment.
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Improve operational efficiencies and expense management.
We continue to focus on
managing our expenses in the operation of our restaurants and in our general and administrative functions, with a particular focus
on cost of sales, labor and operating expense controls and efficiencies while not adversely impacting our overall quality and service
proposition. Macroeconomic, state legislative increases to wages and other external factors have resulted in upward trends in certain
of these operating costs. We have implemented multiple programs to mitigate the impact of these external factors including optimization
of our supply and distribution channels, labor productivity tools and a new accounting software platform in fiscal 2017 for improved
access to data by our restaurant operations teams. We anticipate that general and administrative expenses will continue to decline
as a percentage of revenues as we continue to grow and as we gain further efficiencies in supervision and support services costs.
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Increase same-store sales in both brands
. We intend to continue to focus on
increasing our same-store sales. We plan to further strengthen our fresh, handcrafted, all-natural brand position at Good
Times with menu innovation and targeted merchandising around each of our menu categories and focus around consumer price choice
instead of deep discounts. We also expect to continue our broadcast advertising program while expanding our digital advertising
and social media presence to elevate our online consumer facing conversation around the attributes of our all-natural platform
for each of our core products. We intend to increase Bad Daddy’s same store sales through continual innovation in both
ongoing menu engineering and chef-special limited time menu offerings that we believe drive increased customer visits as well as
the per person average check. We also plan to promote our selection of 18 to 24 craft and local draft beers available at
each restaurant and provide innovation in our craft cocktail lineup. Bad Daddy’s advertising is targeted to individual
trade areas, community involvement and in-store, “four-wall” marketing activities that focus on optimizing the guests’
food, bar and service experience.
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Expansion
strategy and site selection
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
Our development of the Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar concept in company-owned restaurants will focus on urban and suburban upper income demographic areas with median household
incomes over $60,000, with a high concentration of daytime employment, upscale retail and movie theaters. We believe
the Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar concept has expansion potential in vibrant, growing, upper scale demographic markets, as additional
restaurants are developed.
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar locations
are primarily end-cap locations in new and existing shopping center developments using approximately 3,500 to 4,000 square feet. While
our Good Times restaurants are free standing and require extensive site development and entitlement processes, Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar restaurants can be developed much more quickly due to the requirement for only a building permit, signage approvals
and liquor license without the need for extensive on- and off-site development or land and zoning submittals and modifications.
We estimate that it will take approximately 100 to 120 days to develop a Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar from the time a building
permit is issued. We expect that most, if not all, of the Company’s unit growth will be through the development of additional
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar locations.
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard
We do not have explicit plans to develop
additional Good Times restaurants, as we believe that our highest return on investment opportunity is through the development of
Bad Daddy’s locations. However, we expect that any opportunistic development in Good Times locations would be through a lens
of growth in Colorado and potentially surrounding states, which would preserve operating and marketing efficiencies created by
the geographic concentration of our existing base of restaurants.
Any development of new Good Times restaurants
will involve our new prototype restaurant design on sites that are on or adjacent to big box or grocery store anchored shopping
centers or in high activity and employment areas. Our site selection for new restaurants is oriented toward slightly
higher income demographic areas than many of our urban locations and most of our targeted trade areas are in relatively high growth
areas of the Denver and northern Colorado markets.
We lease all of our sites. When
we do purchase and develop a site, we intend to ultimately sell the developed site into the sale-leaseback market under a long-term
lease. Our primary site objective is to secure a suitable site, with the decision to buy or lease as a secondary objective. Our
site selection process includes evaluating several criteria, including a mix of substantial daily traffic, density of at least
30,000 people within a three-mile radius, strong daytime population and employment base, retail and entertainment traffic generators,
good visibility and easy access.
Restaurant locations
As of December 6, 2018, we operate, franchise
or license a total of thirty-four Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar locations. The location in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport
is operated pursuant to a License Agreement.
Additionally, we operate or franchise a
total of thirty-five Good Times restaurants.
Company-Owned/Co-Developed/Joint Venture
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Good Times Burgers
& Frozen Custard
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Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar
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Total
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2018
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2017
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2018
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2017
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2018
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2017
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|
Colorado
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26
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|
|
|
28
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|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
38
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|
|
|
40
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Georgia
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|
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0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4
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|
|
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0
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|
North Carolina
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
11
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|
Oklahoma
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|
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0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
South Carolina
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Tennessee
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0
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|
Total
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|
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26
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|
28
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32
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24
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|
|
58
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|
|
52
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Franchise/License
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Good Times Burgers
& Frozen Custard
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Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar
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Total
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2018
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2017
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
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|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
Colorado
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
North Carolina
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
South Carolina
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
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|
Wyoming
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|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
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|
Total
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|
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9
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|
|
10
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|
|
|
2
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|
|
|
2
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|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
We opened nine company-owned or joint-venture
Bad Daddy’s restaurants during fiscal 2018. In fiscal 2018, two company-owned and one franchise Good Times restaurants in
Colorado closed their operations.
Menu
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
We take great pride in offering a menu
at Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar consisting of high quality, handcrafted all-Angus beef burgers with unique toppings such as buttermilk
country-fried bacon, housemade American cheese, scratch made pesto and our specialty Bad Daddy’s sauce. The customizable
menu options also include artisanal cheeses, tuna, turkey, buffalo and chicken sandwiches. We also offer recipe or customizable
chopped salads, a full gluten free menu and regional menu items that incorporate local flavors. We also offer appetizers, hand-cut
fries, housemade potato chips, hand-spun ice cream milk shakes and desserts. We offer a variety of craft beers from local breweries
and a full bar serving spirits, cocktails, and wine.
Signature recipes include the Bad Ass Burger,
Sam I Am Burger and Emilio’s Chicken Sandwich. Chopped Salads include the Texican Chicken Salad, and the Stella’s
Greek Salad. A unique element to Bad Daddy’s menu is the option for full customization through the Create Your Own Burger
or Salad with choices of bun, protein, vegetables and over sixty toppings. The craft beer and cocktail menus include local craft
microbrews in each market. We’ve partnered with Full Sail Brewing Company for our own Bad Daddy’s Amber Ale. We offer
a cocktail menu that uses fresh-squeezed housemade sours and fresh garnishes including the Bad Ass Margarita, Bad Betty and Daddy’s
Dragonberry.
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar strives to
provide proprietary flavors and recipes available nowhere else with fresh, handcrafted quality throughout the menu, including rotating
chef specials with flavor profiles unique to Bad Daddy’s.
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard
The menu of a Good Times restaurant is
limited to all natural hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, french fries, onion rings, fresh lemonades,
soft drinks and frozen custard products plus a breakfast menu consisting of breakfast burritos, breakfast sandwiches, orange juice
and coffee and a kid’s meal menu consisting of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken tenders, mac n’ cheese, french fries,
and apple sauce. Each menu item is made to order at the time the customer places the order and is not pre-prepared.
Our hamburger patties are made with Meyer
all-natural, all-Angus beef. Our chicken products are sourced from Springer Mountain Farms, which provides all-natural, antibiotic
free, humanely-raised chicken. All-natural Angus beef and chicken are raised without the use of any hormones, antibiotics or animal
byproducts that are normally used in the open market. We believe that all-natural beef and chicken deliver a better tasting product
and, because of the rigorous protocols and testing that are a part of the Meyer all-natural, all-Angus Beef and Springer Mountain
Farms Chicken processes, may also minimize the risk of any food-borne bacteria-related illnesses. We also believe that the use
of premium, all-natural beef and chicken products help us to differentiate our concept in a crowded quick-service segment of the
restaurant industry.
Our fresh frozen custard is a premium ice
cream (requiring in excess of 10% butterfat content and 1.4% egg yolks) with a proprietary vanilla blend that is prepared from
highly specialized equipment that minimizes the amount of air that is added to the mix and that creates smaller ice crystals than
other frozen dairy desserts The resulting product is smoother, creamier and thicker than typical soft serve or hard-packed
ice cream products. We serve the frozen custard as vanilla and a flavor of the month in cups and cones, specialty sundaes
and Spoonbenders, a mix of custard and toppings.
The breakfast menu is centered around Hatch
Valley Green Chile Burritos made with our own proprietary green chile recipe using Hatch Valley, New Mexico roasted green chiles,
eggs, potatoes, and cheese offered with the choice of bacon, sausage or chorizo. We have expanded our breakfast menu to include
a double egg breakfast sandwich, offered with bacon and cheddar or tomato and pesto, and served on an artisan bun. We also offer
a premium coffee made by Daz Bog, a Colorado-based coffee roaster, and pure 100% orange juice.
Marketing & Advertising
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
Our marketing strategy for Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar focuses on iconic, in-store merchandising materials and local store marketing to the surrounding trade area around each
restaurant, including public relations and community-based events. We generally do not focus on market-wide promotions
or advertising, but on the in-store customer experience, building word-of-mouth reputation and recommendations and local public
relations based on prior and recent awards and recognitions received by Bad Daddy’s. We utilize social media, public relations,
and trade area specific direct mail materials, particularly in support of new restaurant openings, to drive trial and initial awareness.
We have developed an expanded menu of rotating chef specials featuring unique taste profiles and local ingredients for burgers,
salads, sandwiches and appetizers, supported by trade area specific beer offerings and bar promotions.
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard
Our marketing strategy for Good Times focuses
on: 1) driving same store restaurant sales through attracting new customers and increasing the frequency of visits by current customers;
2) communicating specific product news and attributes to build strong points of difference from competitors; and 3) communicating
a unique, strong and consistent brand personality.
Media is an important component of building
our brand awareness and distinctiveness. We spent most of our broadcast advertising dollars on cable television media
during fiscal 2017 and 2018. We augment our cable television advertising with a social media presence that affords
us a higher level of engagement with current customers and an increased level of product giveaways to support high sales opportunity
products. Further, we have begun to explore more sophisticated digital marketing through which we expect to be able to more directly
measure in-store traffic generated by specific digital ads.
Operations
We maintain separate operating teams for
each of our concepts and have extensive operating, training and quality control systems in place.
Restaurant Management
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar was developed
as a chef-driven concept and utilizes a team of four to six managers in our operations at each restaurant. Managers are trained
in back of the house skills (prep, kitchen positions and line management), front of the house service positions (host, server and
bar) and all management functions. As a full-service concept, the experience, qualifications and compensation differ from Good
Times and we maintain a separate operating team for Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar operations, with separate recruiting and training
functions. Our managers participate in a bonus pool for each restaurant based on a combination of restaurant sales, income, and
specific financial and operational objectives.
Each Good Times restaurant employs a general
manager, two to four assistant managers, up to four hourly shift managers and approximately 10 to 20 non-management employees,
most of whom work part-time during three shifts. An eight to ten-week training program is utilized to train restaurant managers
on all phases of the operation. Ongoing training is provided as necessary. We believe that incentive compensation of our restaurant
managers is essential to the success of our business. Accordingly, in addition to a salary, managerial employees may be paid a
bonus based upon proficiency in meeting financial, customer service and quality performance objectives tied to a monthly scorecard
of measures. Most of our managers participate in a bonus plan based on their performance against their monthly financial, operating,
customer and people development scorecard metrics.
Operational and Management Systems
and Processes
We have implemented highly-effective operating
systems and processes relative to those in the industry for both of our concepts. Detailed processes have been developed
for hourly, daily, weekly and monthly responsibilities that drive consistency across our system of restaurants and performance
against our standards within different day parts. We utilize a combination of industry-leading labor programs and proprietary
algorithms to determine optimal staffing needs of each restaurant based on its actual customer flow and demand. We also
employ several additional operational tools to continuously monitor and improve speed of service, food waste, food quality, sanitation,
financial performance and employee development. The order system at each Good Times restaurant is equipped with an internal
timing device that displays and records the time each order takes to prepare and deliver.
We use several sources of customer feedback
to evaluate each restaurant’s service and quality performance, including an extensive secret shopper program, telephone surveys,
website comments and a customer feedback tool that aggregates all social media comments as well as store by store surveys each
week for each restaurant. We believe that information will assist us in evaluating opportunities for improved execution of the
customer experience.
Training
We strive to maintain quality and consistency
in each of our restaurants for both Good Times and Bad Daddy’s through the careful training and supervision of all our employees
at all levels and the establishment of, and adherence to, high standards relating to personnel performance, food and beverage preparation
and maintenance of our restaurants. Each manager must complete an eight to ten-week training program, be certified on
several core processes and is then closely supervised to show both comprehension and capability before they are allowed to manage
autonomously. All of our training and development is based upon a “train, test, certify, re-train” cycle
around standards and operating processes at all levels. We have a defined weekly and monthly goal setting process around
service, employee development, financial management and store maintenance goals for every restaurant. Additionally,
we have a library of video training tools to drive training efficiencies and consistency at both brands.
Prior to opening a new restaurant, a training
and opening team travels to the new restaurant location to prepare for an intensive training program for all team members hired
for the new restaurant opening. Part of the training team remains on-site for a period after the opening of the restaurant while
an additional team provides several weeks of support following opening.
Recruiting and Retention
We seek to hire experienced restaurant
managers and operating partners. We support employees by offering competitive wages and benefits, including a 401(k)
plan, medical insurance, and incentive plans at every level that are tied to performance against key goals and objectives. We
motivate and prepare our employees by providing them with opportunities for increased responsibilities and advancement. We
also provide various other incentives, including vacations, car allowances, monthly performance bonuses and monetary rewards for
managers who develop future managers for our restaurants. We have implemented an online screening and hiring tool that
has proven to reduce hourly employee turnover.
Franchising
For Good Times, we have prepared forms
of area rights and franchise agreements and advertising material to be utilized in soliciting prospective franchisees. We have
historically sought to attract franchisees that are experienced restaurant operators, are well capitalized and have demonstrated
the ability to develop one to five restaurants. We review sites selected for franchises and monitor performance of franchise
units. Currently, we are not actively soliciting new franchisees and anticipate any near-term growth would more likely
occur through the opportunistic development of additional company-owned Good Times restaurants.
We estimate that it will cost a Good Times
franchisee on average approximately $1,000,000 to $1,300,000 to open a restaurant with dining room seating, including pre-opening
costs and working capital, assuming the land is leased. A franchisee typically will pay a royalty of 4% of net sales, an advertising
materials fee of at least 1.5% of net sales, plus participation in regional advertising up to an additional 4% of net sales, or
a higher amount approved by the advertising cooperative, and initial development and franchise fees totaling $25,000 per restaurant. Among
the services and materials that we provide to franchisees are site selection assistance, plans and specifications for construction
of the Good Times restaurants, an operating manual, which includes product specifications and quality control procedures, training,
on-site opening supervision and advice from time to time relating to operation of the franchised restaurants.
After a Good Times franchise agreement
is signed, we actively work with and monitor our franchisees to ensure successful franchise operations as well as compliance with
our systems and procedures. During the development phase, we assist in the selection of sites and the development of
prototype and building plans, including all required changes by local municipalities and developers. We provide an opening
team of trainers to assist in the opening of the restaurant. We advise the franchisee on menu, management training and
marketing. On an ongoing basis we conduct standards reviews of all franchise restaurants in key areas including product
quality, service standards, restaurant cleanliness and sanitation and food safety.
We have entered into seven Good Times franchise
agreements in the greater Denver metropolitan area and two dual-branded franchised restaurants operate in Gillette and Sheridan,
Wyoming. In addition, seven joint-venture restaurants are operating in the Denver metropolitan area media market.
For Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, we have
previously prepared form of area rights and franchise agreements, and presently have one existing franchise agreement in-force.
We anticipate that a franchisee will typically pay a royalty of 4% to 5% of net sales and will participate in an advertising fund
and local advertising by contributing up to 2% of net sales. Initial development and franchise fees are projected
to be $35,000 per restaurant. We estimate that it will cost a Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar franchisee $590,000 to $1,382,000
to open a 3,500 to 4,000 square foot restaurant in an in-line or end-cap retail center, based on our knowledge of the development
costs of the existing Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants. We currently have one franchise agreement for one restaurant in
South Carolina and a license agreement for a location in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Currently, we are not actively
soliciting new Bad Daddy’s franchisees.
Management Information Systems
The systems in our restaurants are designed
in a manner to minimize the amount of time our managers spend on administrative tasks. We utilize up-to-date versions of a leading
point-of-sale system in each of our company-owned restaurants that captures transaction-level data required to support information
about sales, product mix, and average check. All product-level information, including pricing, is programmed into each restaurant
system by staff at our home office.
We use a cloud-based back-office solution
across both brands that collects sales, labor and cash data from the restaurant point-of-sale system in near real-time and is the
primary source of capture for inventory and supply chain management information. This back-office solution directly
interfaces with our primary financial accounting systems and provides all levels of management with relevant daily, weekly and
monthly reports across substantially all store-level income and expense categories.
Food Preparation, Quality Control
& Purchasing
We believe that we have excellent food
quality standards relative to the industry. Our systems are designed to protect our food supply throughout the preparation
process. We inspect specific qualified manufacturers and work together with those manufacturers to provide specifications
and quality controls. Our operations management teams are trained in a comprehensive safety and sanitation course provided
by the National Restaurant Association. Minimum cook temperature requirements and line checks throughout the day ensure
the safety and quality of both burgers and other items we use in our restaurants.
We currently purchase 100% of the food
and paper supplies for our Good Times restaurants and the majority of the food and paper supplies for our Colorado Bad Daddy’s
restaurants from Food Services of America. Outside of Colorado, our Bad Daddy’s restaurants purchase the majority of our
food and paper supplies from US Foods. In addition, we maintain multiple approved suppliers for all key components of our menu
to mitigate risk and ensure supply. Suppliers are chosen based upon their ability to provide (i) a continuous supply
of product that meets all safety and quality specifications, (ii) logistics expertise and freight management, (iii) product innovation
and differentiation, (iv) customer service, (v) transparency of business relationships and (vi) competitive pricing. Specified
products are distributed to all restaurants through Food Services of America or US Foods under negotiated contracts directly to
our restaurants two to four times per week depending on restaurant requirements. We do not believe that the current
reliance on these distributors will have any long-term material adverse effect since we believe that there are a sufficient number
of other suppliers from which food and paper supplies could be purchased with little or no interruption in service. We
do not anticipate any difficulty in continuing to obtain an adequate quantity of food and paper supplies of acceptable quality
and at acceptable prices. We monitor the primary commodities we purchase and extend contract positions when applicable in order
to minimize the impact of fluctuations in price and availability. However, certain commodities, primarily ground beef, remain subject
to market price fluctuations.
Employees
At September 25, 2018, we had approximately
2,368 employees of which 2,084 are hourly employees and 284 are salaried employees working full time. We consider our employee
relations to be good. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Competition
The restaurant industry, including both
limited service and full-service segments, is highly competitive. Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar competes with both local and national
grill and bar concepts and gourmet, “better burger” concepts. As the concept is expanded, Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar will compete against concepts such as Red Robin, Chili’s, Burger Lounge, The Counter, Bobby’s Burger Palace
and other full service and limited service better burger restaurants. There are other burger-centric fast casual concepts
such as Five Guys Burgers & Fries and Smashburger that operate at a lower average customer check than Bad Daddy’s Burger
Bar and others such as Zinburger, Bare Burger and Five Napkin Burger that operate with a higher average customer check. We
believe that Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar has an advantage in the handcrafted quality of our food, unparalleled ability for guest
to customize their order, distinctiveness of its atmosphere and uniqueness of its menu offerings. Nevertheless, Bad
Daddy’s Burger Bar may be at a competitive disadvantage to other restaurant chains with greater name recognition.
Good Times competes with many other hamburger-oriented
quick-service restaurants in the areas in which it operates. Many of these restaurants are owned and operated by regional and national
restaurant chains, many of which have greater financial resources and experience than we do. Restaurant companies that currently
compete with Good Times in the Denver market include McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Carl’s Jr., Sonic, Jack
in the Box and Freddy’s. In-N-Out, a California-based, burger-focused quick-service restaurant concept, announced its intention
to begin expansion into the Colorado market, including Colorado Springs and Denver, but specific details about those plans have
not been publicly released. Double drive-through restaurant chains such as Rally’s Hamburgers and Checker’s Drive-In
Restaurants, which currently operate a total of over 850 double drive-through restaurants in various markets in the United States,
are not currently operating in Colorado. Culver’s and Freddy’s are the only significant competitors offering frozen
custard as a primary menu item operating in the Denver and Colorado Springs markets and both have a significant presence in Midwestern
markets that may be targeted for expansion. Additional “fast casual” hamburger restaurants are being developed in the
Colorado market, such as Smashburger and Five Guys; however, they do not have drive-through service and generate an average per
person check that is approximately 50% higher than the average check at a Good Times restaurant.
We believe that Good Times may have a competitive
advantage in terms of quality of product compared to traditional quick-service hamburger chains. Early development of
our double drive-through concept in Colorado has given us an advantage over other double drive-through chains that may seek to
expand into Colorado because of our brand awareness and present restaurant locations. Nevertheless, we may be at a competitive
disadvantage to other restaurant chains with greater name recognition and marketing capability. Furthermore, most of
our competitors in the fast-food business operate more restaurants, have been established longer, and have greater financial resources
and name recognition than we do. There is also active competition for management personnel, as well as for attractive
commercial real estate sites suitable for restaurants.
Intellectual Property
We have registered our mark “Good
Times” federally. We received approval of our federal registration of “Good Times” in 2003. In
addition, we own trademarks or service marks that have been registered, or for which applications are pending, with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office including but not limited to: “Big Daddy Bacon Cheeseburger,” “Chicken Dunkers,”
“Happiness Made To Order,” “Mighty Deluxe.” Our trademarks expire between 2019 and 2027.
We have registered the mark “Bad
Daddy’s Burger Bar” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Government Regulation
Each of our restaurants is subject to the
regulations of various health, sanitation, safety and fire agencies in the jurisdiction in which the restaurant is located. Difficulties
or failures in obtaining the required licenses or approvals could delay or prevent the opening of a new restaurant. Federal
and state environmental regulations have not had a material effect on our operations. More stringent and varied requirements of
local governmental bodies with respect to zoning, land use and environmental factors could delay or prevent development of new
restaurants in particular locations. We are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs such matters as minimum
wages, overtime, and other working conditions. In addition, we are subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which
requires restaurants and other facilities open to the public to provide for access and use of facilities by the handicapped. Management
believes that we are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Beginning in 2015, we became subject to the Affordable
Care Act which requires us to have the required health insurance benefits for eligible employees.
We are also subject to federal and state
laws regulating franchise operations, which vary from registration and disclosure requirements in the offer and sale of franchises
to the application of statutory standards regulating franchise relationships. Many state franchise laws impose restrictions on
the franchise agreements, including limitations on non-competition provisions and the termination or non-renewal of a franchise.
Some states require that franchise materials be registered before franchises can be offered or sold in that state.
In addition, each Bad Daddy’s Burger
Bar restaurant requires a liquor license and adherence to the attendant laws and requirements regulating the serving and consumption
of alcohol. Alcoholic beverage control regulations govern various aspects of these restaurants’ daily operations,
including the minimum age of patrons and employees, hours of operation, advertising, wholesale purchasing and inventory control,
handling and storage. Typically, licenses to sell alcoholic beverages will require annual renewal and may be suspended
or revoked at any time for cause, the definition of which varies by locality.
Segment Reporting
We operate as two reportable business segments:
Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard restaurants and Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants. Refer to Note 9,
Segment Reporting
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in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for more information.
Available Information
Our Internet website address is goodtimesburgers.com.
We make available free of charge through our website’s investor relations information section our Annual Reports on Form
10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed with or furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under applicable securities laws as soon as reasonably practical
after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. Our website information is not part of or incorporated
by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 10-K may include “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such statements are subject
to the safe harbors created thereby. A forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future events. We try,
whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements by using words such as "anticipate," "assume,"
"believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "may,"
"will," "would," and similar expressions. Certain forward-looking statements are included in this Form 10-K,
principally in the sections captioned "Business," and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations." Forward-looking statements are related to, among other things:
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the Company’s unit growth will be through the development of additional Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar locations;
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Although we believe that the expectations
reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such expectations may prove to be materially incorrect
due to known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
In some cases, information regarding certain
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements appears together with
such statement. In addition, the factors described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Part II, Item 7, and Risk
Factors in Part I, Item 1A, as well as other possible factors not listed, could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following: concentration of restaurants in certain
markets and lack of market awareness in new markets; changes in disposable income; consumer spending trends and habits; increased
competition in the quick-service restaurant market; costs and availability of food and beverage inventory; our ability to attract
qualified managers, employees, and franchisees; changes in the availability of capital or credit facility borrowings; costs and
other effects of legal claims by employees, franchisees, customers, vendors, shareholders and others, including settlement of those
claims; effectiveness of management strategies and decisions; weather conditions and related events in regions where our restaurants
are operated; and changes in accounting standards, policies and practices or related interpretations by auditors or regulatory
entities.
All forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date made. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf,
are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to
update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence
of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances.
You should consider carefully the following
risk factors before making an investment decision with respect to our securities. You are cautioned that the risk factors discussed
below are not exhaustive.
Risk Related to the Company
We have accumulated losses and expect
losses in the future.
We have incurred losses in 27 of our 31
years since inception. As of September 25, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $25,414,000. We expect
to have a loss for the fiscal year ending September 24, 2019.
If we are unable to continue to increase
same store sales at existing restaurants, our ability to attain profitability may be adversely affected.
We have increased same-store sales for
the past eight consecutive years at Good Times. We have operated Bad Daddy’s for a shorter period of time, but
in the most recent year had slightly positive same store sales for that concept. Additional same-store sales increases will depend
in part on the success of our advertising and promotion of new and existing menu items and consumer acceptance. We cannot
assure that our advertising and promotional efforts will in fact be successful. If our same-store sales decrease, and
our other operating costs increase, our ability to attain profitability will be adversely affected.
New restaurants, when and if opened,
may not be profitable, if at all, for several months.
We anticipate that our new restaurants,
when and if opened, will generally take several months to reach normalized operating levels due to inefficiencies typically associated
with new restaurants, including lack of market awareness, the need to hire and train a sufficient number of employees, operating
costs which are often materially greater during the first several months of operation than thereafter, preopening costs and other
factors. In addition, restaurants opened in new markets may open at lower average weekly sales volumes than restaurants
opened in existing markets and may have higher restaurant level operating expense ratios than in existing markets. Sales
at restaurants opened in new markets may take longer to reach average annual company-owned restaurant sales, if at all, thereby
affecting the profitability of these restaurants.
Our operations are susceptible to
the cost of and changes in food availability which could adversely affect our operating results.
Our profitability depends in part on our
ability to anticipate and react to changes in food costs. Various factors beyond our control, including adverse weather
conditions, governmental regulation, production, availability, recalls of food products and seasonality may affect our food costs
or cause a disruption in our supply chain. We enter into annual contracts with our chicken and other miscellaneous suppliers. Our
contracts for chicken are fixed price contracts. Our contracts for beef are generally based on current market prices
plus a processing fee. Changes in the price or availability of our all-natural chicken or beef supply or other commodities
could materially adversely affect our profitability. We cannot predict whether we will be able to anticipate and react
to changing food costs by adjusting our purchasing practices and menu prices, and a failure to do so could adversely affect our
operating results. In addition, we may not be able to pass along higher costs through price increases to our customers.
Macroeconomic conditions could affect
our operating results.
If the economy experiences an economic
downturn or there are uncertainties regarding economic recovery, consumer spending and the unemployment rate may be affected, which
may adversely affect our sales in the future. A proliferation of heavy discounting by our major competitors may also
negatively affect our sales and operating results.
Price increases may impact customer
visits.
We may make price increases on selected
menu items in order to offset increased operating expenses we believe will be recurring. Although we have not experienced
significant consumer resistance to our past price increases, future price increases may deter customers from visiting our restaurants
or affect their purchasing decisions.
The hamburger restaurant market is
highly competitive.
The hamburger restaurant market is highly
competitive. Our competitors in the quick-service restaurant segment include many recognized national and regional fast-food
hamburger restaurant chains, such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Carl’s Jr., Sonic, Jack in the Box, Freddy’s
and Culver’s. In-N-Out has announced plans to expand into the state of Colorado, the primary state in which we operate, although
minimal information about that expansion is known. We also compete with small regional and local hamburger and other fast-food
restaurants, many of which feature drive-through service. Most of our competitors have greater financial resources, marketing programs
and name recognition than we do. Discounting by our quick-service restaurant competitors may adversely affect the revenues and
profitability of our restaurants.
While Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar operates
in the “better burger” restaurant segment, it offers a relatively broad menu and competes with other full-service restaurants
such as Chili’s, Red Robin and other local and regional full-service restaurants. Additionally, customers of both
our Good Times restaurants and Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants are also customers of fast casual hamburger restaurants
such as Five Guys Burgers & Fries and Smashburger. Further, changes in customer taste preferences, dietary trends, and preference
for delivery and/or carry-out options often affect the restaurant business. If we are unable to continue to compete effectively
with other restaurant concepts, our traffic, sales, and restaurant-level profitability could be negatively affected.
Sites for new restaurants may be
difficult to acquire.
Locating our restaurants in high-traffic
and readily accessible areas is an important factor for our success. Our Good Times drive-through restaurants require
sites with specific characteristics and there are a limited number of suitable sites available in our geographic markets. We
intend to continue to locate Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants in leased in-line and end-cap retail locations in contrast
to freestanding locations for Good Times locations. Since suitable locations are in great demand, in the future we may
not be able to obtain optimal sites for either of our restaurant concepts at a reasonable cost or at all. In addition,
we cannot assure you that the sites we do obtain will be successful.
Our franchisees could take actions
that could harm our business.
Franchisees are independent contractors
and are not our employees. We provide training and support to franchisees; however, franchisees operate their restaurants
as independent businesses. Consequently, the quality of franchised restaurant operations may be diminished by any number
of factors beyond our control. Moreover, franchisees may not successfully operate restaurants in a manner consistent with
our standards and requirements or may not hire and train qualified managers and other restaurant personnel. Our image
and reputation, and the image and reputation of other franchisees, may suffer materially, and system-wide sales could significantly
decline, if our franchisees do not operate successfully.
We depend on key management employees.
We believe our current operations and future
success depend largely on the continued services of our management employees, in particular Boyd Hoback, our President and Chief
Executive Officer; Ryan Zink, our Chief Financial Officer; Susan M. Knutson, our Controller and Corporate Secretary; and Scott
LeFever, our Vice President of Operations for Good Times Drive-Thru Inc. Although we have entered into employment agreements with
Messrs. Hoback, Zink, LeFever and Ms. Knutson, they may voluntarily terminate their employment with us at any time. In addition,
we do not currently maintain key-person insurance on the lives of Messrs. Hoback, Zink, LeFever or Ms. Knutson. The loss of Messrs.
Hoback’s, Zink’s, LeFever’s and Ms. Knutson’s services, or other key management personnel, could have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Labor shortages could slow our growth
or harm our business.
Our success depends in part upon our ability
to attract, motivate and retain a sufficient number of qualified, high-energy employees. Qualified individuals needed
to fill these positions are in short supply in some areas. The inability to recruit and retain these individuals may
delay the planned openings of new restaurants or result in high employee turnover in existing restaurants, which could harm our
business. Additionally, competition for qualified employees could require us to pay higher wages to attract enough employees,
which could result in higher labor costs. Most of our employees are paid market wages on an hourly basis that are influenced
by applicable minimum wage regulations. Accordingly, any increase in the minimum wage, whether state or federal, could
have a material adverse impact on our business.
Security breaches of confidential
customer information in connection with our electronic processing of credit and debit card transactions may adversely affect our
business.
The majority of our restaurant sales are
by credit or debit cards. Other restaurants and retailers have experienced security breaches in which credit and debit card information
of their customers has been stolen. We may in the future become subject to lawsuits or other proceedings for purportedly fraudulent
transactions arising out of the actual or alleged theft of our customers’ credit or debit card information. In addition,
most states have enacted legislation requiring notification of security breaches involving personal information, including credit
and debit card information. Any such claim, proceeding, or mandatory notification could cause us to incur significant unplanned
expenses, which could have an adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. Further, adverse publicity resulting
from these allegations may have a material adverse effect on us and our restaurants.
We are subject to extensive government
regulation that may adversely hinder or impact our ability to govern various aspects of our business including our ability to expand
and develop our restaurants.
The restaurant industry is subject to various
federal, state and local government regulations, including those relating to the sale of food. Our failure to maintain necessary
governmental licenses, permits and approvals, including food licenses, could adversely affect our operating results. Difficulties
or failures in obtaining the required licenses and approvals could delay, or result in our decision to cancel, the opening of new
restaurants. Local authorities may suspend or deny renewal of our food licenses if they determine that our conduct does
not meet applicable standards or if there are changes in regulations.
Various federal and state labor laws govern
our relationship with our employees and affect operating costs. These laws govern minimum wage requirements, overtime
pay, meal and rest breaks, unemployment tax rates, workers’ compensation rates, citizenship or residency requirements, child
labor regulations and sales taxes. Additional government-imposed increases in minimum wages, overtime pay, paid leaves
of absence and mandated health benefits may increase our operating costs. Several states, including Colorado where most of our
restaurants are located, have legislation passed which provides for several annual increases in their respective minimum wage and
additional states may raise their respective minimum wage in the future. This could impact the profitability of existing
restaurants as well as impact development opportunities in those states.
The federal Americans with Disabilities
Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations and employment. Although our restaurants
are designed to be accessible to the disabled, we could be required to make modifications to our restaurants to provide service
to, or make reasonable accommodations for, disabled persons.
We are also subject to federal and state
laws that regulate the offer and sale of franchises and aspects of the licensor-licensee relationship. Many state franchise
laws impose restrictions on the franchise agreement, including limitations on non-competition provisions and the termination or
non-renewal of a franchise. Some states require that franchise materials be registered before franchises can be offered
or sold in the state.
Our Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants
are also subject to state and local laws that regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverage control regulations
govern various aspects of these restaurants’ daily operations, including the minimum age of patrons and employees, hours
of operation, advertising, wholesale purchasing and inventory control, handling and storage. Typically, licenses to
sell alcoholic beverages require annual renewal and may be suspended or revoked at any time for cause, the definition of which
varies by locality. The failure of any of our Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants to timely obtain and maintain
any required licenses, permits or approvals to serve alcoholic beverages could delay or prevent the opening of a new restaurant
or prevent regular day-to-day operations, including the sale of alcoholic beverages, at a restaurant that is already operating,
any of which would adversely affect our business.
Health concerns relating to the consumption
of beef, chicken or other food products could affect consumer preferences and could negatively impact our results of operations.
Like other restaurant chains, consumer
preferences could be affected by health concerns about the avian influenza, also known as bird flu, or the consumption of beef,
the key ingredient in many of our menu items, or negative publicity concerning food quality, illness and injury generally, such
as negative publicity concerning E. coli, “mad cow” or “foot-and-mouth” disease, publication of government
or industry findings concerning food products served by us, or other health concerns or operating issues stemming from one restaurant
or a limited number of restaurants. This negative publicity may adversely affect demand for our food and could result
in a decrease in customer traffic to our restaurants. If we react to the negative publicity by changing our concept
or our menu, we may lose customers who do not prefer the new concept or menu, and we may not be able to attract a sufficient new
customer base to produce the revenue needed to make our restaurants profitable. In addition, we may have different or
additional competitors for our intended customers as a result of a concept change and may not be able to compete successfully against
those competitors. A decrease in customer traffic to our restaurants as a result of these health concerns or negative
publicity or as a result of a change in our menu or concept could materially harm our business.
Our ability to succeed with the Bad
Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurant concept will require significant capital expenditures and management attention.
We believe that new openings of Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar restaurants are likely to serve as the primary contributor of our new unit growth and increased profitability over the
longer term based on the unit economics of that concept. Our ability to succeed with this new concept will require significant
capital expenditures and management attention and is subject to certain risks in addition to those of opening a new Good Times
restaurant, including customer acceptance of and competition with the Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar concept. If the “ramp-up”
period for new Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants does not meet our expectations, our operating results may be adversely
affected. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully develop and grow the Bad Daddy’s Burger
Bar concept to a point where it will become profitable or generate positive cash flow. We may not be able to attract
enough customers to meet targeted levels of performance at new Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants because potential customers
may be unfamiliar with the concept or the atmosphere or menu might not be appealing to them. If we cannot successfully
execute our growth strategies for Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.
Our growth, including the development
of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants, may strain our management and infrastructure.
In addition to new openings of Bad Daddy’s
Burger Bar restaurants, we also plan to remodel and reimage existing Good Times restaurants. In addition, we believe
there may be opportunities to open or franchise new Good Times restaurants from time to time although we are not actively soliciting
new Good Times franchisees. Any growth of our business would increase our operating complexity and place increased
demands on our management and infrastructure, including our current restaurant management systems, financial and management controls,
and information systems. If our infrastructure is insufficient to support our growth, our ability to open new restaurants,
including the development of the Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar concept, would be adversely affected.
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar is subject
to all of the risks of a relatively new business, including competition, and there is no guarantee of a return on our capital investment.
The Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar concept
has been in existence for approximately eleven years. Existing restaurants are currently located in Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Because of the small number of existing Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
restaurants and the relatively short period of time that they have been in operation, there is substantial uncertainty that additional
restaurants in other locations will be successful. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in offering Bad
Daddy’s Burger Bar franchises throughout the U.S. or that, if and when such franchises are granted, the restaurants developed
by franchisees will be successful. There is also substantial uncertainty that the franchising business will be successful
in view of the facts that we have sold only two Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurant franchises to date and that the restaurant
franchising business is very competitive.
We do not have a proven track record
of operating in the “small box” better burger casual dining segment.
We have historically operated in the quick-service
restaurant segment, while BDBB operates in the “small box” better burger casual dining segment. We have operated a
limited number of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants since February 2014 and thus do not have a proven track record of operating
in the “small box” better burger casual dining. Realizing the contemplated benefits from expanding into a new segment
of casual dining may take significant time and resources and may depend upon our ability to successfully develop familiarity in
the “small box” better burger casual dining segment.
Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Common Stock
Our business could be negatively
affected as a result of significant shareholders or potential shareholders attempting to effect changes or acquire control over
our company, which could cause us to incur significant expense, hinder execution of our business strategy and impact the trading
value of our securities.
Shareholders may from time to time attempt
to effect changes, engage in proxy solicitations or advance shareholder proposals. Responding to proxy contests and other actions
by activist shareholders can be costly and time-consuming, disrupting our operations and diverting the attention of our board of
directors and senior management from the pursuit of business strategies. Any of these impacts could materially and adversely affect
our business and operating results. Further, the market price of our common stock could be subject to significant fluctuation or
otherwise be adversely affected by the events, risks and uncertainties described above.
Future changes in financial accounting
standards may cause adverse unexpected operating results and affect our reported results of operations.
Changes in accounting standards can have
a significant effect on our reported results and may affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change is effective.
See Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion. New pronouncements and varying interpretations of pronouncements
have occurred and may occur in the future. Changes to existing rules or differing interpretations with respect to our current practices
may adversely affect our reported financial results.
Compliance with changing regulation
of corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.
Keeping abreast of, and in compliance with,
changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, new SEC regulations and The NASDAQ Market rules, has required an increased amount of management attention and expense.
We remain committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, we intend to invest
all reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards, and this investment has resulted in and will continue to
result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating
activities to compliance activities.
If our internal controls are not
adequate, we may discover errors in our financial and other reporting that will require significant resources to remedy and could
subject us to additional fines.
Public companies in the United States are
required to review their internal controls as set forth in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. It should be noted that any system of
controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the
system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of
future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will
succeed in achieving our stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote. If the internal controls
put in place by us are not adequate or in conformity with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC, we may be forced to restate our financial statements and take other actions which will take
significant financial and managerial resources, as well as be subject to fines and other government enforcement actions.
Because we currently qualify as a “smaller reporting
company,” our non-financial and financial information are less than is required by non-smaller reporting companies.
Currently we qualify as a “smaller
reporting company.” The “smaller reporting company” category includes companies that 1) have a common equity
public float of less than $250 million or 2) have less than $100 million in annual revenues and either no common equity public
float or common equity public float of less than $700 million. A smaller reporting company prepares and files SEC reports and registration
statements using the same forms as other SEC reporting companies, though the information required to be disclosed may differ and
be less comprehensive. Regulation S-X contains the SEC requirements for financial statements, while Regulation S-K contains
the non-financial disclosure requirements.
To locate the scaled disclosure requirements,
smaller reporting companies will refer to the special paragraphs labeled “smaller reporting companies” in Regulation
S-K. As an example, smaller reporting companies are not required to include risk factor disclosure in Item 1A of Form 10-K. Other
disclosure required by non-smaller reporting companies can be omitted in Form 10-K and Form 10-Q by smaller reporting companies.
We cannot predict whether investors will
find our common stock less attractive because of our reliance on any of the reduced disclosure requirements available to smaller
reporting companies. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market
for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
The price of our common stock may
fluctuate significantly.
The trading price of our shares of common
stock has from time-to-time fluctuated widely and, in the future may be subject to similar fluctuations. This volatility may affect
the price at which you could sell your common stock. The market price of our common stock is likely to continue to be volatile
and may fluctuate significantly in response to many factors, including:
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operating results that vary from the expectations of management, securities
analysts and investors;
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developments in our business;
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the operating and securities price performance of companies that investors
consider to be comparable to us;
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announcements of implementation of strategic transactions or developments
and other material events by us or our competitors;
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negative economic conditions that adversely affect the economy, commodity
prices, the job market and other factors that may affect the markets in which we operate;
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publication of research reports about us or the sectors in which we
operate generally;
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changes in market valuations of similar companies;
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additions or departures of key management personnel;
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actions by institutional shareholders;
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speculation in the press or investment community; and
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the realization of any of the other risk factors included in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Holders of our common stock will be subject
to the risk of volatile and depressed market prices of our common stock. In addition, many of the factors listed above are beyond
our control. These factors may cause the market price of our common stock to decline, regardless of our financial condition, results
of operations, business or prospects. It is impossible to assure investors in our common stock that the market price of our common
stock will not fall in the future.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common
stock in the public market by our existing shareholders could cause our stock price to fall.
Sales of a substantial number of shares
of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our
common stock and could impair our ability to raise adequate capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We are unable
to predict the effect that sales may have on the prevailing market price of our common stock.
There may be future sales or other
dilution of our equity, which may adversely affect the market price of the shares of our common stock and/or dilute the value of
shares of our common stock.
We are not restricted from issuing, and
shareholder approval is not required in order to issue, additional shares of common stock, including securities that are convertible
into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, shares of common stock, except any shareholder approval required
by The NASDAQ Capital Markets. We have in the past, and may in the future, sell such equity and equity-linked securities. Sales
of a substantial number of shares of our common stock or other equity-related securities in the public market could depress the
market price of our shares of common stock. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our common stock or other equity-related
securities would have on the market price of our shares of common stock. The market price of our common stock may be adversely
affected if we issue additional shares of our common stock.
You may not receive dividends on
the shares of our common stock.
Holders of our common stock are only entitled
to receive such dividends as our board of directors may declare out of funds legally available for such payments. We have no plans
to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. For additional information, see “Dividend Policy”
in Part II, Item 5 of this Form 10-K.
Provisions in our articles of incorporation
and bylaws and provisions of Nevada law may prevent or delay an acquisition of our company, which could decrease the trading price
of our common stock.
We are subject to anti-takeover laws for
Nevada corporations. These anti-takeover laws prevent a Nevada corporation from engaging in a business combination with
any shareholder, including all affiliates and associates of the shareholder, who is the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the
corporation’s outstanding voting stock, for two years following the date that the shareholder first became the beneficial
owner of 10% or more of the corporation’s voting stock, unless specified conditions are met. If those conditions
are not met, then after the expiration of the two-year period the corporation may not engage in a business combination with such
shareholder unless certain other conditions are met.
Our articles of incorporation and our bylaws
contain several provisions that may deter or impede takeovers or changes of control or management. These provisions:
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authorize our board of directors to establish
one or more series of preferred stock the terms of which can be determined by the board of directors at the time of issuance;
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do not allow for cumulative voting in
the election of directors unless required by applicable law. Under cumulative voting a minority shareholder holding
a sufficient percentage of a class of shares may be able to ensure the election of one or more directors;
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state that special meetings of our shareholders
may be called only by the chairman of the board of directors, the president or any two directors and must be called by the president
upon the written request of the holders of 25% of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at such special meeting;
and
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provide that the authorized number of directors is no more than five,
as determined by our board of directors.
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These provisions, alone or in combination
with each other, may discourage transactions involving actual or potential changes of control, including transactions that otherwise
could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices to shareholders for their common stock.
We may issue debt and equity securities
or securities convertible into equity securities, any of which may be senior to our common stock as to distributions and liquidation.
In the future, we may issue debt or equity
securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities, or we may enter debt-like financing that is unsecured
or secured by any or all of our properties. Such securities may be senior to our common stock with respect to distributions. In
addition, in the event of our liquidation, our lenders and holders of our debt and preferred securities would receive distributions
of our available assets before distributions to the holders of our common stock.
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ITEM 1B.
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UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
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None.
We currently lease approximately 8,568
square feet of space for our executive offices in Lakewood, Colorado for approximately $190,000 per year under a lease agreement
which expires in February 2020. Most of our existing Good Times restaurants are a combination of free-standing structures containing
approximately 880 to 1,000 square feet for the double drive thru format and approximately 2,100 to 2,400 square feet for our prototype
building with a 45 to 70 seat dining room. We do not own any of the land underlying these restaurants and either lease the land
or the land and building. In November 2017 we closed on a sale lease-back transaction of the land and building associated with
the Brighton, CO Good Times restaurant. These assets are listed as assets held for sale as of September 26, 2017 on the Consolidated
Balance Sheets accompanying this report. In addition, we have several restaurants that are conversions from other concepts in various
sizes ranging from 1,700 square feet to 3,500 square feet. The buildings are situated on lots of approximately 18,000 to 50,000
square feet. Certain restaurants serve as collateral for the underlying debt financing arrangements as discussed in the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report. We intend to acquire new sites both through ground leases and purchase
agreements supported by mortgage and leasehold financing arrangements and through sale-leaseback agreements.
Our Bad Daddy’s restaurants are leased
spaces of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 square feet in retail developments located in Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina,
Tennessee and South Carolina. We intend to lease additional in-line and end-cap spaces in retail developments for new Bad Daddy’s
locations.
All of the restaurants are regularly maintained
by our repair and maintenance staff as well as by outside contractors, when necessary. We believe that all of our properties are
in good condition and that there will be a need for periodic capital expenditures to maintain the operational and aesthetic integrity
of our properties for the foreseeable future, including recurring maintenance and periodic capital improvements. All of our properties
are covered up to replacement cost under our property and casualty insurance policies and in the opinion of management are adequately
covered by insurance.
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ITEM 3.
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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We are not involved in any material legal
proceedings. We are subject, from time to time, to various lawsuits in the normal course of business. These lawsuits are not expected
to have a material impact.
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ITEM 4.
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MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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Not applicable.
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
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Current maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
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$
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17
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$
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17
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Accounts payable
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3,774
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3,311
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Deferred income
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92
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41
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Other accrued liabilities
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4,452
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3,547
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Total current liabilities
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8,335
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6,916
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
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Maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations due after
one year
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7,472
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5,339
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Deferred and other liabilities
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7,922
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5,614
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Total long-term liabilities
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15,394
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10,953
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 5)
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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
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Good Times Restaurants Inc. stockholders’ equity:
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Preferred stock, $.01 par value;
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5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding, and
outstanding as of Sept. 25, 2018 and Sept. 26, 2017, respectively
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Common stock, $.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized
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12,481,162 and 12,427,280 shares issued and outstanding
as of September 25, 2018 and September 26, 2017, respectively
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12
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12
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Capital contributed in excess of par value
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59,385
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58,939
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Accumulated deficit
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(25,414
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)
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(24,380
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Total Good Times Restaurants Inc. stockholders' equity
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33,983
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34,571
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Non-controlling interests
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3,238
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2,713
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Total stockholders’ equity
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37,221
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37,284
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$
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60,950
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$
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55,153
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(
In thousands, except share and per share data
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Fiscal
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2018
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2017
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NET REVENUES:
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Restaurant sales
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$
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98,564
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$
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78,395
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Franchise royalties
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676
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685
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Total net revenues
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99,240
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79,080
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RESTAURANT OPERATING COSTS:
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Food and packaging costs
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30,256
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24,900
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Payroll and other employee benefit costs
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35,653
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28,274
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Restaurant occupancy costs
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7,261
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5,759
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Other restaurant operating costs
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9,283
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7,084
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Preopening costs
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2,784
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2,588
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Depreciation and amortization
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3,705
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2,897
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Total restaurant operating costs
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88,942
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71,502
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General and administrative costs
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7,857
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7,002
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Advertising costs
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1,991
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1,694
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Franchise costs
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41
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108
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Asset impairment costs
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72
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219
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Gain on restaurant asset sale
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(35
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(23
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)
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INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS
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372
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(1,422
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)
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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
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Interest income
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4
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9
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Interest expense
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|
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(392
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)
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(191
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)
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Other expense
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(1
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)
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(1
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Total other expenses, net
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(389
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)
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(183
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NET LOSS
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$
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(17
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)
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$
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(1,605
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)
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Income attributable to non-controlling interests
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$
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(1,017
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)
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$
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(650
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)
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NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
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$
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(1,034
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)
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$
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(2,255
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)
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BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE:
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Net loss attributable to common shareholders
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$
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(.08
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)
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$
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(.18
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)
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
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Basic and Diluted
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12,463,760
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12,320,909
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For the period from September 28, 2016 through September 25, 2018
(
In thousands, except share and per share data
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Preferred
Stock
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Common
Stock
|
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|
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Issued
Shares
|
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Par
Value
|
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Issued
Shares
|
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Par
Value
|
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Capital
Contributed in
Excess
of Par
Value
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Non-
Controlling
Interest
In
Partnerships
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Accumulated
Deficit
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Total
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BALANCES, September 28, 2016
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-
|
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$
|
-
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12,282,625
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$
|
12
|
|
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$
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58,191
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$
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1,720
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$
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(22,125
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)
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$
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37,798
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
748
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
748
|
|
Restricted stock grant
vesting
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
144,655
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock option exercise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-controlling interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
650
|
|
Contributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,421
|
|
Distributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,043
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,043
|
)
|
Acquired through acquisition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
Net Loss attributable to
Good Times
Restaurants Inc. and comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,255
|
)
|
|
|
(2,255
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCES, September 26, 2017
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
12,427,280
|
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
58,939
|
|
|
$
|
2,713
|
|
|
$
|
(24,380
|
)
|
|
$
|
37,284
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
417
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
417
|
|
Restricted stock grant
vesting
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock option exercise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,397
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
Non-controlling interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,017
|
|
Contributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
933
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
933
|
|
Distributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,425
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,425
|
)
|
Net Loss attributable to
Good Times
Restaurants Inc and comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,034
|
)
|
|
|
(1,034
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCES, September 25, 2018
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
12,481,162
|
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
59,385
|
|
|
$
|
3,238
|
|
|
$
|
(25,414
|
)
|
|
$
|
37,221
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements
Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(
In thousands, except share and per share data
)
|
|
Fiscal
|
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss
|
|
$
|
(17
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,605
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
3,951
|
|
|
|
3,101
|
|
Accretion of deferred rent
|
|
|
653
|
|
|
|
636
|
|
Amortization of lease incentive obligation
|
|
|
(431
|
)
|
|
|
(314
|
)
|
Gain on disposal of assets
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
(23
|
)
|
Asset impairment costs
|
|
|
72
|
|
|
|
219
|
|
Stock based compensation expense
|
|
|
417
|
|
|
|
748
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase) decrease in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other receivables
|
|
|
(1,161
|
)
|
|
|
(148
|
)
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(157
|
)
|
|
|
(216
|
)
|
Deposits and other assets
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
(Decrease) increase in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
|
777
|
|
Deferred liabilities
|
|
|
1,932
|
|
|
|
1,413
|
|
Accrued and other liabilities
|
|
|
975
|
|
|
|
360
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
6,504
|
|
|
|
4,983
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments for the purchase of property and equipment
|
|
|
(10,444
|
)
|
|
|
(14,513
|
)
|
Proceeds from sale leaseback transactions
|
|
|
1,397
|
|
|
|
1,927
|
|
Payment to repurchase non-controlling interest
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(54
|
)
|
Payments received on loans to franchisees and to others
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(9,034
|
)
|
|
|
(12,628
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments on notes payable, capital leases, and long-term debt
|
|
|
(1,617
|
)
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
Borrowings on notes payable and long-term debt
|
|
|
3,750
|
|
|
|
5,300
|
|
Proceeds from stock option exercises
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Contributions from non-controlling interests
|
|
|
933
|
|
|
|
1,421
|
|
Distributions to non-controlling interests
|
|
|
(1,425
|
)
|
|
|
(1,043
|
)
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
1,670
|
|
|
|
5,652
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
(860
|
)
|
|
|
(1,993
|
)
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year
|
|
|
4,337
|
|
|
|
6,330
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year
|
|
$
|
3,477
|
|
|
$
|
4,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
320
|
|
|
$
|
115
|
|
Non-cash additions of property and equipment
|
|
$
|
269
|
|
|
$
|
660
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial statements
(Tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|
1.
|
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
|
Organization
– Good Times Restaurants Inc.
(Good Times or the Company) is a Nevada corporation. The Company operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries Good Times Drive
Thru, Inc. (“Drive Thru”), BD of Colorado, LLC (“BD of Colo”), Bad Daddy’s Franchise Development,
LLC (“BDFD”), and Bad Daddy’s International, LLC (“BDI”).
Drive Thru commenced operations in 1986 and as of September
25, 2018, operates nineteen Company-owned and seven joint venture drive-thru fast food hamburger restaurants under the name Good
Times Burgers & Frozen Custard. Drive Thru’s restaurants are located in Colorado. In addition, Drive Thru has nine franchises,
with seven operating in Colorado and two in Wyoming.
BD of Colo commenced operations in 2013 and as of September
25, 2018, operates thirteen Company-owned full-service upscale casual dining restaurants under the name Bad Daddy’s Burger
Bar, twelve of which are located in Colorado and one located in Norman, Oklahoma.
BDI and BDFD were acquired on May 7, 2015. As of September
25, 2018, BDI operates ten Company-owned and eight joint venture full-service upscale casual dining restaurants, also under the
name Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, thirteen of which are located in North Carolina, three are located in Georgia, and one each
are located in Tennessee and South Carolina. BDFD has one franchise operating in South Carolina.
We follow accounting standards set by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, commonly referred to as the “FASB”. The FASB sets generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
that we follow to ensure we consistently report our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
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 comprise 13 weeks. The additional week in a 53-week fiscal year is added to the fourth quarter, making such quarter consist
of 14 weeks.
Fiscal year 2018 began September 27, 2017 and ended September
25, 2018; fiscal year 2017 began September 28, 2016 and ended September 26, 2017.
Principles of Consolidation
– The consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of Good Times, its subsidiaries, one limited partnership in which the Company exercises
control as general partner, and eight limited liability companies, in which the Company exercises control as managing member. The
Company owns an approximate 54% interest in the Drive Thru limited partnership, is the sole general partner, and receives a management
fee prior to any distributions to the limited partner. Because the Company owns an approximate 54% interest in the partnership
and 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 financial statements. The Company owns an approximate 50%
to 58% interest in seven of the Bad Daddy’s limited liability companies and a 23% interest in one. The Company is the managing
member and receives a royalty fee and management fee prior to any distributions to the other members. Because the Company exercises
complete management control over all decisions for the eight companies, except for certain veto rights, the financial statements
of the limited liability companies are consolidated into the Company’s financial statements. The equity interests of the
unrelated limited partner and members are shown on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet in the stockholders’ equity
section as a non-controlling interest and is adjusted each period to reflect the limited partners’ and members’ share
of the net income or loss as well as any cash distributions to the limited partners and members for the period. The limited partners’
or members’ share of the net income or loss in the entities is shown as non-controlling interest income or expense in the
accompanying consolidated statement of operations. All inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Advertising Costs
– We utilize Advertising
Funds to administer certain advertising programs for both the Good Times and Bad Daddy’s brands that benefit both us and
our franchisees. Advertising costs are expensed when the related advertising begins. We and our franchisees are required
to contribute a percentage of gross sales to the fund. As the contributions to these funds are designated and segregated
for advertising, we act as an agent for the franchisees with regard to these contributions. We consolidate the Advertising
Funds into our financial statements on a net basis, whereby contributions from franchisees, when received, are recorded as offsets
to reported advertising expenses. Contributions to the Advertising Funds from our franchisees were $342,000 and $365,000
for the fiscal years ended September 25, 2018 and September 26, 2017, respectively.
Accounting Estimates
– The preparation of
consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles requires management to make
estimates of and assumptions related to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Examples include provisions for bad debts and inventory reserves, accounting for business combinations, valuation of reporting
units for purposes of assessing goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment, valuation of asset groups
for impairment testing, accruals for employee benefits, and certain contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience,
market participant fair value considerations, projected future cash flows, and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable
under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
– The Company
considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an initial maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents at financial institutions with balances that generally exceed the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured limits of up to $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses related
to such accounts and management believes that the Company is not exposed to any significant risks on these accounts. Certain
of the Company’s accounts exceeded the FDIC insured limits as of September 25, 2018.
Accounts Receivable
– Accounts receivable
include uncollateralized receivables from our franchisees, due in the normal course of business, generally requiring payment within
thirty days of the invoice date. Additionally, accounts receivable includes payments due from property landlords related to tenant
improvement allowances. On a periodic basis the Company monitors all accounts for delinquency and provides for estimated losses
of uncollectible accounts. There were no allowances for unrecoverable accounts receivable at September 25, 2018 or September 26,
2017.
Inventories
– Inventories are stated at
the lower of cost or market, determined by the first-in first-out method, and consist of restaurant food items and related packaging
supplies.
Property and Equipment
– Property and equipment
are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally
three to eight years. Property and equipment under capital leases are stated at the present value of minimum lease payments and
are amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold
improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the term of the lease or the estimated useful life
of the asset.
Assets are classified as held for sale if they meet the
criteria outlined in ASC 360,
Property, Plant and Equipment
. We had classified $1,221,000 of assets as held for sale at
September 26, 2017 which are related to an existing Good Times restaurant in Brighton, Colorado. In November 2017 the assets were
sold in a sale-leaseback transaction with net proceeds of approximately $1,397,000.
Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred,
and expenditures for major improvements are capitalized. When assets are retired, or otherwise disposed of, the property accounts
are relieved of costs and accumulated depreciation with any resulting gain or loss credited or charged to income.
Trademarks
– Trademarks have been determined
to have an indefinite life. We evaluate our trademarks for impairment annually and on an interim basis as events and circumstances
warrant by comparing the fair value of the trademarks with their carrying amount. No trademark impairment charges were recognized
during 2018 or 2017.
Goodwill
– Goodwill represents the excess
of cost over fair value of the assets of businesses the Company acquired. Goodwill is not amortized; but rather, the Company is
required to test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or whenever indications of impairment arise. The Company considers
its operations to be comprised of two reporting units: (1) Good Times restaurants and (2) Bad Daddy’s restaurants. As of
September 25, 2018, the Company had $96,000 of goodwill associated with the Good Times reporting unit and $15,054,000 of goodwill
associated with its Bad Daddy’s reporting unit. No goodwill impairment charges were recognized during 2018 or 2017.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
– We review
our long-lived assets including land, property and equipment for impairment when there are factors that indicate that the carrying
amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We assess recovery of assets at the individual restaurant level and typically include
an analysis of historical cash flows, future operating plans, and cash flow projections in assessing whether there are indicators
of impairment. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by comparing the net book value of the assets of an individual
restaurant to the fair value of those assets. This impairment process involves significant judgment in the use of estimates and
assumptions pertaining to future projections and operating results.
On January 30, 2018 the Company closed one Good Times
restaurant in Aurora, Colorado. A non-cash impairment charge of $219,000 related to this restaurant was previously taken in the
fiscal year ended September 26, 2017 and no additional loss from disposal of these assets has been recognized in the current year,
nor is any additional loss expected. The Company is currently marketing the property and intends to sublease the property to a
suitable tenant over the approximate 17-year remaining term of the lease. The Company expects to be able to sublease this property
at or above its contractual lease rate but does not expect such sublease commencement until fiscal 2019. As such, we recorded non-cash
rent of approximately $48,000 reflecting the expected fair value of future lease costs, net of sublease income, associated with
the closing of this restaurant.
Given the results of our analysis at March 27, 2018,
we identified one restaurant where the expected future cash flows would not be sufficient to recover the carrying value of the
associated assets. This restaurant, an additional Good Times restaurant in Aurora, Colorado, was closed on April 22, 2018. We recorded
a non-cash charge of $72,000 related to the impairment of this restaurant during the quarter ending March 27, 2018. No additional
loss from disposal of assets is expected associated with this property. Prior to its closure, on April 6, 2018, the Company entered
into a sublease of this property, the terms of which will provide sublease income substantially equal to the lease costs over the
approximate five remaining years of the lease.
Sales of Restaurants and Restaurant Equity Interests
– Sales of restaurants or non-controlling equity interests in restaurants developed by the Company are recorded under either
the full accrual method or the installment method of accounting. Under the full accrual method, a gain is not recognized until
the collectability of the sales price is reasonably assured and the earnings process is virtually complete without further contingencies.
When a sale does not meet the requirements for income recognition, the related gain is deferred until those requirements are met.
Under the installment method, the gain is incrementally recognized as principal payments on the related notes receivable are collected.
If the initial payment is less than specified percentages, use of the installment method is followed.
The Company accounts for the sale of restaurants when
the risks and other incidents of ownership have been transferred to the buyer. Specifically, a) no continuing involvement by the
Company exists in restaurants that are sold, b) sales contracts and related income recognition are not dependent on the future
successful operations of the sold restaurants, and c) the Company is not involved as a guarantor on the purchasers’ debts.
Deferred Liabilities
– Rent expense is reflected
on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease for all leases containing step-ups in base rent. An obligation representing
future payments (which totaled $2,253,000 as of September 25, 2018) is reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet
as a deferred liability.
Lease incentives are recorded as a deferred liability
when received and subsequently credited to rent expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease. The balance of the
lease incentive obligations at September 25, 2018 was $5,309,000 and is reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet
as a deferred liability. Also included in the $7,922,000 deferred and other liabilities balance are other long-term liabilities
of $8,000 and a $351,000 deferred gain on the sale of the building and improvements of two Company-owned Good Times restaurants
in sale leaseback transactions. The building and improvements were subsequently leased back from the third-party purchaser. The
gain will be recognized in future periods in proportion to the rents paid on the twenty-year lease.
Revenue Recognition
–
Restaurant Sales: Revenue from Company restaurant sales
is recognized when the food and beverage products are sold and are presented net of sales taxes.
Franchise and Area Development Fees: Individual franchise
fee revenue is deferred when received and is recognized as income when the Company has substantially performed all of its obligations
under the franchise agreement and the franchisee has commenced operations. The Company’s commitments and obligations pursuant
to the franchise agreements consist of a) development assistance; including site selection, building specifications and equipment
purchasing, and b) operating assistance; including training of personnel and preparation and distribution of manuals and operating
materials. All of these obligations are effectively complete upon the opening of the restaurant at which time the franchise fee
and the portion of any development fee allocable to that restaurant is recognized. There are no additional material commitments
or obligations.
The Company has not recognized any franchise fees that
have not been collected. The Company segregates initial franchise fees from other franchise revenue in the statement of operations.
Revenues and costs related to Company-owned restaurants are segregated from revenues and costs related to franchised restaurants
in the statement of operations.
Continuing royalties from franchisees, which are a percentage
of the gross sales of franchised operations, are recognized as income when earned. Franchise development expenses, which consist
primarily of legal costs and restaurant opening expenses associated with developing and opening franchise restaurants, are expensed
against the related franchise fee income.
Preopening Costs
– Restaurant opening costs
are expensed as incurred.
Income Taxes
– We account for income taxes
under the liability method whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on differences between
the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will
be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company provides a valuation allowance, if necessary, to reduce
deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value. The deferred tax assets are reviewed periodically for recoverability,
and valuation allowances are adjusted as necessary. We believe it is more likely than not that the recorded deferred tax assets
will be realized.
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax and
income tax in multiple U.S state jurisdictions. The Company continues to remain subject to examination by federal authorities and
state jurisdictions generally for fiscal years after 2014. The Company believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions
will be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material adverse effect on the Company's
financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been
recorded. The Company's practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.
No accrual for interest and penalties was considered necessary as of September 25, 2018.
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share
– Basic
Earnings per Share is calculated by dividing the income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number
of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other
contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. Options and restricted stock units for 784,261 and
796,961 shares of common stock were not included in computing diluted EPS for the annual periods ending September 25, 2018 and
September 26, 2017, respectively, because their effects were anti-dilutive.
Financial Instruments and Concentrations of Credit
Risk
– Credit risk represents the accounting loss that would be recognized at the reporting date if counterparties failed
completely to perform as contracted. Concentrations of credit risk (whether on or off-balance sheet) that arise from financial
instruments exist for groups of customers or counterparties when they have similar economic characteristics that would cause their
ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in economic or other conditions. Financial instruments
with off-balance-sheet risk to the Company include lease liabilities whereby the Company is contingently liable as a guarantor
of certain leases that were assigned to third parties in connection with various sales of restaurants to franchisees (see Note
5).
Financial instruments potentially subjecting the Company
to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of receivables. At September 25, 2018 notes receivable totaled $46,000 and
is due from three entities. Additionally, the Company has other current receivables totaling $1,735,000, which includes $84,000
of franchise receivables, $1,014,000 related to lease incentives, $355,000 due from non-controlling interest members, and $282,000
for miscellaneous receivables which are all due in the normal course of business. The Company believes it will collect fully on
all notes and receivables.
The Company purchases most of its restaurant food and
paper from two vendors. The Company believes a sufficient number of other suppliers exist from which food and paper could be purchased
to prevent any long-term, adverse consequences.
The Company operates in two industry segments, quick
service restaurants and casual dining restaurants. A geographic concentration exists because the Company’s customers are
generally located in Colorado and the Southeast region of the U.S., most significantly in North Carolina.
Stock-Based Compensation
– Stock-based compensation
is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the requisite
service period (generally the vesting period of the grant). See Note 7 for additional information.
Variable Interest Entities
– Once an entity
is determined to be a variable interest entity (VIE), the party with the controlling financial interest, the primary beneficiary,
is required to consolidate it. The Company has three franchisees with notes payable to the Company. These franchisees are VIE’s;
however, the owners of the franchise operations are the primary beneficiaries of the entities, not the Company. Therefore, they
are not required to be consolidated.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
– Fair
value, is defined under a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles and enhances disclosures
about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair
value maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The following three levels of inputs may be used to measure
fair value and require that the assets or liabilities carried at fair value are disclosed by the input level under which they were
valued.
Level 1:
|
Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
|
Level 2:
|
Observable inputs other than defined in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets
that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the
full term of the assets or liabilities.
|
Level 3:
|
Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by observable market data.
|
Non-controlling Interests
- The equity interests
of the unrelated limited partners and members are shown on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet in the stockholders’
equity section as a non-controlling interest and is adjusted each period to reflect the limited partners’ and members’
share of the net income or loss as well as any cash distributions or contributions to the limited partners and members for the
period. The limited partners’ and members’ share of the net income or loss in the partnership is shown as non-controlling
interest income or expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. All inter-company accounts and transactions
are eliminated.
Our non-controlling interests consist of one joint venture
partnership involving Good Times restaurants and eight joint venture partnerships involving eight Bad Daddy’s restaurants,
including three Bad Daddy’s restaurants opened during fiscal 2018.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
–
In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-09
, “Compensation – Stock Compensation
(Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting
.” (ASU 2016-09). ASU 2016-09 includes provisions
intended to simplify various aspects related to how share-based payments are accounted for and presented in the financial statements.
The areas for simplification include income tax consequences, forfeitures, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities
and classification on the statement of cash flows. In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09,
“Compensation –
Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting.”
This pronouncement provides clarity in guidance in
the instance of a change in the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award. Both pronouncements are effective for annual
periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted for financial
statements that have not been previously issued. The Company adopted both ASUs effective with its 2018 fiscal year; such adoption
did not have a material impact on our financial position or results from operations.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,
“Revenue
from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).”
This update was issued to replace the current revenue recognition guidance,
creating a more comprehensive five-step model. In March 2016, the FASB issued No. ASU 2016-04, “Liabilities – Extinguishments
of Liabilities: Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products.” This pronouncement provides guidance
for the derecognition of prepaid stored-value product liabilities, consistent with the breakage guidance in Topic 606. These amendments
are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those fiscal years. We adopted these
ASUs effective as of September 26, 2018. The adoption of these new standards will not have a material impact to our revenue recognition
related to Company-owned restaurant sales, recognition of royalty fees from our franchise agreement, or impact from recognition
of gift card breakage.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,
“Leases
(Topic 842)”
, (ASU 2016-02), which replaces the existing guidance in Accounting Standard Codification 840, Leases. ASU
2016-02 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018. This pronouncement
requires a dual approach for lessee accounting under which a lessee would account for leases as finance leases or operating leases.
Both finance leases and operating leases will result in the lessee recognizing a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability.
Subsequently FASB has issued several other Accounting Standards Updates, including ASU 2018-11 and ASU 2018-12, which among other
things provide for a practical expedient related to the recognition of the cumulative effective on retained earnings resulting
from the adoption of the pronouncements. We expect to adopt these ASU’s effective September 25, 2019 and expect that the
adoption of these standards will result in a significant increase in our long-term assets and liabilities given we have a significant
number of leases.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04,
“Intangibles
– Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) – Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment,”
which eliminates Step 2
from the impairment test applied to goodwill. Under the new standard, goodwill impairment tests will compare the fair value of
a reporting unit with it’s carrying amount. An impairment charge will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying
amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill. This pronouncement is effective
for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and should be applied on a prospective basis. We do not expect
that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our financial position or results from operations.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-16
“Intangibles—Goodwill
and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud
Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract,”
which provides guidance for the accounting for implementation costs
of hosting arrangements that are considered service contracts. This pronouncement is effective for annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2020 and interim periods within annual periods after December 15, 2021. The Company generally believes that its accounting
is consistent with the guidance provided within the pronouncement and as such does not believe that the adoption of this pronouncement
will have a material impact on our financial position or results from operations.
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2.
|
Goodwill and Intangible Assets:
|
The following table presents goodwill and intangible
assets as of September 25, 2018 and September 26, 2017 (in thousands):
|
|
September 25, 2018
|
|
|
September 26, 2017
|
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
|
Net
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
|
Net
Carrying
Amount
|
|
Intangible assets subject to
amortization:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Franchise rights
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
|
(81
|
)
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
|
58
|
|
Non-compete agreements
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
$
|
131
|
|
|
$
|
(96
|
)
|
|
$
|
35
|
|
|
$
|
131
|
|
|
$
|
(70
|
)
|
|
$
|
61
|
|
Indefinite-lived intangible
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trademarks
|
|
$
|
3,900
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
3,900
|
|
|
$
|
3,900
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
3,900
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
$
|
4,031
|
|
|
$
|
(96
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,935
|
|
|
$
|
4,031
|
|
|
$
|
(70
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,961
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
15,150
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
15,150
|
|
|
$
|
15,150
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
15,150
|
|
The Company had no goodwill impairment losses in the
periods presented in the above table.
There were no impairments to intangible assets during
the fiscal years ended September 25, 2018 and September 26, 2017. The aggregate amortization expense related to intangible assets
subject to amortization was $25,000 and $28,000 in each of the fiscal years ended September 25, 2018 and September 26, 2017, respectively.
The estimated aggregate future amortization expense as
of September 25, 2018 is as follows (in thousands):
|
3.
|
Debt and Capital Leases
:
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
Cadence Bank credit facility
|
|
|
7,450
|
|
|
|
5,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes payable with Ally Financial with payments of principal and interest
(approximately 5%) due monthly. The loans are secured by vehicles.
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
|
7,489
|
|
|
|
5,356
|
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
|
(17
|
)
|
Long term portion
|
|
$
|
7,472
|
|
|
$
|
5,339
|
|
Cadence Credit Facility
On September 8, 2016, the Company entered into a credit
agreement with Cadence Bank (“Cadence”) pursuant to which Cadence agreed to loan the Company up to $9,000,000 (the
“Cadence Credit Facility”). On September 11, 2017, the Cadence Credit Facility was amended to increase the loan maximum
to $12,000,000 and extend the maturity date to December 31, 2020 (the “2017 Amendment”). As of September 25, 2018,
the Cadence Credit Facility accrues commitment fees on the daily unused balance of the facility at a rate of 0.25%. All borrowings
under the Cadence Credit Facility bear interest at a variable rate based upon the Company’s election of (i) 3.0% plus the
base rate, which is the highest of the (a) Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, (b) the Cadence bank publicly announced prime rate, and
(c) LIBOR plus 1.0%, or (ii) LIBOR, with a 0.125% floor, plus 4.0%. Interest is due at the end of each calendar quarter if the
Company selects to pay interest based on the base rate and at the end of each LIBOR period if it selects to pay interest based
on LIBOR. As of September 25, 2018, the weighted average interest rate applicable to borrowings under the Cadence Credit Facility
was 6.1229%.
The Cadence Credit Facility contains certain affirmative
and negative covenants and events of default that the Company considers customary for an agreement of this type, which as of September
25, 2018 include covenants setting a maximum leverage ratio of 5.35:1, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.25:1, and minimum
liquidity of $2,500,000. As of September 25, 2018, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Cadence Credit Facility.
As a result of entering into the Cadence Credit Facility
and the 2017 Amendment, the Company paid loan origination costs including professional fees of approximately $197,000 and is amortizing
these costs over the term of the credit agreement.
The obligations under the Cadence Credit Facility are
collateralized by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets.
As of September 25, 2018, the outstanding balance on
borrowings against the facility was $7,450,000.
Availability of the Cadence Credit Facility for borrowings
is reduced by the outstanding face value of any letters of credit issued under the facility. As of September 25, 2018, the outstanding
face value of such letters of credit was $157,500.
As of September 25, 2018, principal payments on debt become due as follows:
Periods Ending September,
2019
|
|
|
17
|
|
2020
|
|
|
11
|
|
2021
|
|
|
7,460
|
|
2022
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,489
|
|
As disclosed in Note 10 to these financial statements,
the Cadence Credit Facility was amended subsequent to the end of fiscal 2018. This amendment extended the Cadence Credit Facility’s
maturity, which resulted in the principal payments associated with it being due during fiscal 2022 rather than during fiscal 2021
as reflected above.
Total interest expense on notes payable and capital leases was $392,000 and
$191,000 for fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, respectively.
|
4.
|
Other Accrued Liabilities
:
|
Other accrued liabilities consist of the following:
|
|
September 25,
2018
|
|
|
September 26,
2017
|
|
Wages and other employee benefits
|
|
$
|
2,075
|
|
|
$
|
1,551
|
|
Taxes, other than income tax
|
|
|
1,516
|
|
|
|
1,394
|
|
Other
|
|
|
861
|
|
|
|
602
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
4,452
|
|
|
$
|
3,547
|
|
|
5.
|
Commitments and Contingencies
:
|
As of September 25, 2018, the Company had total commitments
outstanding of $451,000 related to construction contracts for Bad Daddy’s restaurants currently under development. We anticipate
these commitments will be funded out of existing cash or future borrowings against the Cadence Bank credit facility.
The Company’s office space and the land and buildings
related to the Drive Thru and Bad Daddy’s restaurant facilities are classified as operating leases and expire over the next
19 years. Some leases contain escalation clauses over the lives of the leases. Most of the leases contain one to three five-year
renewal options at the end of the initial term. Certain leases include provisions for additional contingent rent payments if sales
volumes exceed specified levels. The Company paid $83,000 and $55,000 in contingent rentals for fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, respectively.
Following is a summary of operating lease activity for
the fiscal years ended September 25, 2018 and September 26, 2017:
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
Minimum rentals
|
|
$
|
5,972
|
|
|
$
|
4,755
|
|
Less sublease rentals
|
|
|
(404
|
)
|
|
|
(388
|
)
|
Net rent paid
|
|
$
|
5,568
|
|
|
$
|
4,367
|
|
As of September 25, 2018, future minimum rental commitments required under
the Company’s operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancellable lease terms in excess of one year are as follows:
Years Ending September
2019
|
|
$
|
6,707
|
|
2020
|
|
|
6,194
|
|
2021
|
|
|
5,721
|
|
2022
|
|
|
5,587
|
|
2023
|
|
|
5,242
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
19,936
|
|
|
|
|
49,387
|
|
Less sublease rentals
|
|
|
(1,124
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
48,263
|
|
The Company is contingently liable on the sublease rentals
disclosed above. The subleased and assigned leases expire between 2019 and 2024. In the past the Company has never been required
to pay any significant amount in connection with its guarantees. Currently we have not been notified nor are we aware of any leases
in default by the franchisees; however, there can be no assurance that there will not be such defaults in the future which could
have a material effect on our future operating results.
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following at the period
end:
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
Current
|
|
|
Long-Term
|
|
|
Current
|
|
|
Long-Term
|
|
Deferred assets (liabilities):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax effect of net operating loss carry-forward
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
3,605
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
4,084
|
|
General business credits
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,264
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,378
|
|
Partnership/joint venture basis differences
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(126
|
)
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
Property and equipment basis differences
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,444
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(859
|
)
|
Intangibles basis differences
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(803
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(705
|
)
|
Other accrued liability and asset difference
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
1,055
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
1,454
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
4,725
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
5,301
|
|
Less valuation allowance*
|
|
|
(128
|
)
|
|
|
(4,725
|
)
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
(5,301
|
)
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
*
|
The valuation allowance decreased by $565,000 during the year ended September 25, 2018.
|
The Company has net operating loss carry-forwards available
for future periods, as discussed below, of approximately $4,129,000 from 2018, $2,601,000 from 2017, and $9,249,000 from 2016 and
prior for income tax purposes. The net operating loss carry-forwards from periods prior to 2018 expire between 2025 and 2037. Based
on the change in control, which occurred in 2011, the utilization of the loss carry-forwards incurred for periods prior to 2012
is limited to approximately $160,000 per year. The Company has general business tax credits of $2,264,000 from 2015 through 2018
which expire from 2034 through 2038.
The Company continually reviews the realizability of
its deferred tax assets, including an analysis of factors such as future taxable income, reversal of existing taxable temporary
differences, and tax planning strategies. The Company assessed whether a valuation allowance should be recorded against its deferred
tax assets based on consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard. In assessing the
need for a valuation allowance, the Company considered both positive and negative evidence related to the likelihood of realization
of deferred tax assets. In making such assessment, more weight was given to evidence that could be objectively verified, including
recent cumulative losses. Future sources of taxable income were also considered in determining the amount of the recorded valuation
allowance. Based on the Company’s review of this evidence, management determined that a full valuation allowance against
all of the Company’s deferred tax assets was appropriate.
Total income tax expense for the years ended September 25, 2018 and September
26, 2017 differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. Federal statutory tax rates to pre-tax income as follows:
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
Total benefit computed by applying statutory federal rate
|
|
$
|
(299
|
)
|
|
$
|
(789
|
)
|
State income tax, net of federal tax benefit
|
|
|
(41
|
)
|
|
|
(68
|
)
|
FICA/WOTC tax credits
|
|
|
(612
|
)
|
|
|
(432
|
)
|
Tax Reform Impact
|
|
|
1,305
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Effect of change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(565
|
)
|
|
|
1,194
|
|
Permanent differences
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
119
|
|
Other
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
|
(24
|
)
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”)
was signed into law, significantly impacting several sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The enactment date occurred prior to
the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2018 and therefore the federal statutory tax rate changes stipulated by the TCJA were reflected
in the second quarter. Effective January 1, 2018, the U.S. corporate federal statutory income tax rate was reduced from 35% to
21%. The Company’s statutory federal income tax rate is 28.1% for fiscal year 2018 representing a blended tax rate for the
current fiscal year based on the number of days in the fiscal year before and after the effective date. For the fiscal year ended
September 26, 2017, the Company’s statutory federal tax rate was 35.0% and will be 21.0% for fiscal year 2019 and thereafter.
The Company remeasured its existing deferred tax assets
and liabilities at the rate the Company expected to be in effect when those deferred taxes would be realized. The Company has assessed
a full valuation allowance against the deferred taxes, and therefore applied the 21% tax rate applicable to fiscal years 2019 and
beyond. The impact of this remeasurement was tax expense of $1.3 million, exclusive of the assessment of a valuation allowance.
In December 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission
provided guidance allowing registrants to record provisional amounts, during a specified measurement period, when the necessary
information is not available, prepared, or analyzed in reasonable detail to account for the impact of the TCJA. Due to the continued
determination that a full valuation allowance was appropriate to the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities, these
changes were offset by equal and offsetting change in the valuation allowance. As of September 25, 2018, we have completed our
analysis of the revaluation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, the discrete impact of such as identified above. We continue
to assess the impacts of the TCJA on future fiscal years and monitor the Internal Revenue Service guidance intended to interpret
the most complex provisions of the TCJA.
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7.
|
Stockholders’ Equity
:
|
Preferred Stock
The Company has the authority to issue 5,000,000 shares
of preferred stock. The Board of Directors has the authority to issue such preferred shares in series and determine the rights
and preferences of the shares as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
Common Stock
The Company has the authority to issue 50,000,000 shares
of common stock, par value $.001, as of September 25, 2018 there were 12,481,162 shares outstanding.
Stock Plans
The Company has an Omnibus Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan (the “2008 Plan”), approved by shareholders in fiscal 2008, which is the successor equity compensation plan to
the Company’s 2001 Stock Option Plan (the “2001 Plan”). Pursuant to stockholder approval in September 2012, February
2014 and February 2016 the total number of shares available for issuance under the 2008 Plan was increased to 1,500,000. The 2008
Plan expired in 2018 and the Company established a new plan, the 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”),
during the third fiscal quarter of 2018, pursuant to shareholder approval. Under the 2018 Plan, the total number of shares available
for issuance was set at 750,000 shares. As of September 25, 2018, 499,605 shares were available for future grants of nonqualified
stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares,
performance units and stock-based awards.
The 2018 Plan serves as the successor to our 2008 Plan,
as amended (the “Predecessor Plan”), and no further awards shall be made under the Predecessor Plan from and after
the effective date of the 2018 Plan. All outstanding awards under the Predecessor Plan continue to be governed by the Predecessor
Plan, each such award shall continue to be governed solely by the terms and conditions of the instrument evidencing such grant
or issuance, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in the 2018 Plan or by the Committee that administers the 2008 and 2018
Plans, no provision of either Plan shall affect or otherwise modify the rights or obligations of holders of such incorporated awards.
Stock-based compensation is measured at the grant date,
based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period (generally the
vesting period of the grant). The Company recognizes the impact of forfeitures as forfeitures occur.
The Company recorded $417,000 and $748,000 in total stock
option and restricted stock compensation expense during fiscal years 2018 and 2017, respectively, that was classified as general
and administrative costs.
Stock Option Awards
The Company measures the compensation cost
associated with stock option awards by estimating the fair value of the award as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes pricing
model. The Company believes that the valuation technique and the approach utilized to develop the underlying assumptions are appropriate
in calculating the fair values of the Company’s stock options and stock awards granted during fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017.
Estimates of fair value are not intended to predict actual future events or the value ultimately realized by the employees who
receive equity awards.
During the fiscal year ended September 25,
2018, the Company granted a total of 18,274 incentive stock options, from available shares under its 2008 Plan, as amended, with
exercise prices between $2.70 and $2.73 and per-share weighted average fair values between $1.65 and $1.95. Additionally, during
the fiscal year ended September 25, 2018, the Company granted a total of 129,381 incentive and non-statutory stock options, from
available shares under its 2018 Plan, with an exercise prices between $3.55 and $4.25 and a per-share weighted average fair value
between $2.08 and $2.52.
Subsequent to receiving stockholder approval, the Company
completed a value-for-value stock option exchange program on July 23, 2018 ("Exchange Program"). The Exchange Program
was open to all associates of the Company who held qualified and non-qualified stock options with an exercise prices ranging from
$7.79 to $9.17 per share ("Eligible Awards"). Pursuant to the Exchange Program, 129,025 stock options were canceled and
replaced with 49,491 stock options ("Replacement Options") at an exercise price equal to the Company's closing stock
price on the grant date (July 23, 2018), which was $4.25. The exchange ratio was calculated such that the value of the Replacement
Options would approximately equal the value of the canceled Eligible Awards, determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes option
valuation model, with no incremental cost incurred by the Company. The estimate of fair value for options granted as part of the
Exchange program was $2.08, calculated using an expected volatility of 53.71% and a risk-free interest rate of 2.83%, and a five-year
expected term. On the exchange date of July 23, 2018 all of the Eligible Awards were 100% vested and the Replacement Options were
issued as 100% vested as of July 23, 2018 with a ten-year exercisable life beginning on the date of grant. The other terms and
conditions of each Replacement Option grant are substantially similar to those of the tendered Eligible Awards it replaced. Each
Replacement Option was granted under the 2018 Plan. Of the 129,025 tendered Eligible Awards, 129,025 shares were canceled in the
2008 Plan.
During the fiscal year ended September 26,
2017, the Company granted a total of 163,992 incentive stock options, from available shares under its 2008 Plan, as amended, with
exercise prices between $3.05 and $3.45 and per-share weighted average fair values between $2.17 and $2.49.
In addition to the exercise and grant date prices of
the stock option awards, certain weighted average assumptions that were used to estimate the fair value of stock option grants
are listed in the following table:
|
|
Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock Options
|
|
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
|
2018*
|
|
2017
|
Expected term (years)
|
|
7.5
|
|
6.5 to 7.5
|
Expected volatility
|
|
75.09% to 80.70%
|
|
75.38% to 80.70%
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
1.49% to 2.80%
|
|
1.49% to 2.40%
|
Expected dividends
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
*Excluding options issued in the exchange program
We estimate expected volatility based on historical weekly
price changes of our common stock for a period equal to the current expected term of the options. The risk-free interest rate is
based on the United States treasury yields in effect at the time of grant corresponding with the expected term of the options.
The expected option term is the number of years we estimate that options will be outstanding prior to exercise considering vesting
schedules and our historical exercise patterns.
The following table summarizes stock option activity for fiscal year 2018
under all plans:
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life (Yrs.)
|
Outstanding-beg of year
|
|
|
681,922
|
|
|
$
|
4.25
|
|
|
|
Options granted
(1)
|
|
|
147,655
|
|
|
$
|
3.68
|
|
|
|
Options exercised
|
|
|
(9,398
|
)
|
|
$
|
3.05
|
|
|
|
Forfeited/Canceled
(1)
|
|
|
(182,599
|
)
|
|
$
|
6.76
|
|
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
(2,933
|
)
|
|
$
|
17.25
|
|
|
|
Outstanding Sept 25, 2018
|
|
|
634,647
|
|
|
$
|
3.36
|
|
|
6.4
|
Exercisable Sept 25, 2018
|
|
|
422,229
|
|
|
$
|
3.24
|
|
|
5.3
|
(1)
In connection with the Exchange Program, 129,025 options
to purchase common stock were canceled and 49,491 Replacement Options were granted.
As of September 25, 2018, the aggregate intrinsic value
of the outstanding and exercisable options was $787,000. Only options whose exercise price is below the current market price of
the underlying stock are included in the intrinsic value calculation.
As of September 25, 2018, the total remaining unrecognized
compensation cost related to non-vested stock options was $431,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period
of approximately 2.35 years.
There were 9,397 stock options exercised during the fiscal year
ended September 25, 2018 with proceeds of $29,000. There were no stock options exercised during the fiscal year ended September
26, 2017.
Restricted Stock Units
During the fiscal year 2018, the Company granted a total
of 37,037 restricted stock units from available shares under its 2008 Plan, as amended. The shares were issued with a grant date
fair market value of $2.70 which is equal to the closing price of the stock on the date of the grant. Additionally, the Company
granted a total of 60,507 shares of restricted stock during the fiscal year 2018 from available shares under its 2018 Plan. The
shares were issued with grant date fair market value of $3.55 which is equal to the closing price of the stock on the date of the
grants. All restricted stock units issued under both Plans during the fiscal year 2018 vest over three years following the grant
date.
During the fiscal year 2017, the Company granted a total
of 103,440 shares of restricted stock from available shares under its 2008 Plan, as amended. The shares were issued with grant
date fair market values of $3.15 and $3.20 which is equal to the closing price of the stock on the date of the grants. The restricted
stock units vest between three months and three years following the grant date.
A summary of the status of non-vested restricted stock
as of September 25, 2018 and changes during fiscal 2018 is presented below:
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Grant Date Fair
Value Per Share
|
Non-vested shares at beg of year
|
|
|
115,039
|
|
|
$3.15 to $8.60
|
Granted
|
|
|
97,544
|
|
|
$2.70 to $3.55
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(18,493
|
)
|
|
$3.15 to $8.60
|
Vested
|
|
|
(44,476
|
)
|
|
$3.15 to $4.18
|
Non-vested shares at Sept 25, 2018
|
|
|
149,614
|
|
|
$3.15 to $4.18
|
As of September 25, 2018, there was $341,000 of total
unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average
period of approximately 1.6 years.
Non-controlling Interests
The equity interests of the unrelated limited partners
and members are shown on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet in the stockholders’ equity section as a non-controlling
interest and is adjusted each period to reflect the limited partners’ and members’ share of the net income or loss
as well as any cash distributions to the limited partners and members for the period. The limited partners’ and members’
share of the net income or loss in the partnership is shown as non-controlling interest income or expense in the accompanying consolidated
statement of operations. All inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated.
The following table summarizes the activity in non-controlling
interests during the year ended September 25, 2018 (in thousands):
|
|
Good Times
|
|
|
Bad Daddy’s
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Balance at September 26, 2017
|
|
$
|
434
|
|
|
$
|
2,279
|
|
|
$
|
2,713
|
|
Income
|
|
$
|
382
|
|
|
$
|
635
|
|
|
$
|
1,017
|
|
Contributions
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
933
|
|
|
$
|
933
|
|
Distributions
|
|
$
|
(439
|
)
|
|
$
|
(986
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,425
|
)
|
Balance at September 25, 2018
|
|
$
|
377
|
|
|
$
|
2,861
|
|
|
$
|
3,238
|
|
Our non-controlling interests consist of one joint venture
partnership involving Good Times restaurants and eight joint venture partnerships involving eight Bad Daddy’s restaurants,
including three Bad Daddy’s restaurants that opened during fiscal 2018.
The Company sponsors a qualified defined contribution
401(k) plan for employees meeting certain eligibility requirements. Under the plan, employees are entitled to make contributions
on both a pre-tax basis or on an after-tax basis (Roth Contributions). In fiscal 2015 the Company modified the plan to include
a provision to make a Safe Harbor Matching Contribution to all participating employees. The Company will match, on a dollar-for-dollar
basis, the first 3% of eligible pay contributed by employees. The Company will also match 50% of each dollar contributed between
3% and 5% of eligible pay contributed by employees. The Company may, at its discretion, make additional contributions to the
Plan or change the matching percentage. The Company’s matching contribution expense in fiscal 2018 and 2017 was $201,000
and $122,000, respectively. The matching contribution typically is contributed to the plan in the fiscal year subsequent
to the year in which the expense is recognized.
All of our Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard restaurants
(Good Times) compete in the quick-service drive-through dining industry while our Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar restaurants (Bad
Daddy’s) compete in the full-service upscale casual dining industry. We believe that providing this additional financial
information for each of our brands will provide a better understanding of our overall operating results. Income (loss) from operations
represents revenues less restaurant operating costs and expenses, directly allocable general and administrative expenses, and other
restaurant-level expenses directly associated with each brand including depreciation and amortization, pre-opening costs and losses
or gains on disposal of property and equipment. Unallocated corporate capital expenditures are presented below as reconciling items
to the amounts presented in the consolidated financial statements.
The following tables present information about our reportable
segments for the respective periods:
|
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good Times
|
|
$
|
31,460
|
|
|
$
|
31,013
|
|
Bad Daddy’s
|
|
|
67,780
|
|
|
|
48,067
|
|
|
|
$
|
99,240
|
|
|
$
|
79,080
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good Times
|
|
$
|
496
|
|
|
$
|
322
|
|
Bad Daddy’s
|
|
|
281
|
|
|
|
(1,104
|
)
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(405
|
)
|
|
|
(640
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
372
|
|
|
$
|
(1,422
|
)
|
Capital Expenditures
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good Times
|
|
$
|
342
|
|
|
$
|
4,778
|
|
Bad Daddy’s
|
|
|
10,082
|
|
|
|
9,416
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
319
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,444
|
|
|
$
|
14,513
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property & Equipment, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good Times
|
|
$
|
5,234
|
|
|
$
|
7,061
|
|
Bad Daddy’s
|
|
|
29,642
|
|
|
|
22,133
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
369
|
|
|
|
496
|
|
|
|
$
|
35,245
|
|
|
$
|
29,690
|
|
On October 31, 2018 the Cadence Credit Facility was amended
to increase the loan maximum to $17,000,000, extend the maturity date to December 31, 2021, and modify pricing and covenants under
the facility (the “2019 Amendment”). As amended by the 2019 Amendment, the Cadence Credit Facility accrues commitment
fees on the daily unused balance of the facility at a rate of 0.25%. All borrowings under the Cadence Credit Facility, as amended,
bear interest at a variable rate based upon the Company’s election of (i) 2.5% plus the base rate, which is the highest of
the (a) Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, (b) the Cadence bank publicly-announced prime rate, and (c) LIBOR plus 1.0%, or (ii) LIBOR,
with a 0.250% floor, plus 3.5%. Interest is due at the end of each calendar quarter if the Company selects to pay interest based
on the base rate and at the end of each LIBOR period if it selects to pay interest based on LIBOR.
As amended by the 2019 Amendment, the Cadence Credit
Facility contains certain affirmative and negative covenants and events of default that the Company considers customary for an
agreement of this type, including covenants setting a maximum leverage ratio of 5.35:1, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of
1.25:1 and minimum liquidity of $2,000,000. Under the 2019 Amendment, there is no longer a 0.25 incurrence test on new borrowings.
The Company incurred a minimal amount of loan origination
costs associated with the amendment.
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