Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income (loss) before taxes are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	December 31, 2016		December 26, 2015		December 27, 2014
Revenue:
Franchise segment	$	57,071	$	46,688	$	38,032
Company segment	34,288		31,281		29,417
Total segment revenue	$	91,359	$	77,969	$	67,449

Segment Profit:
Franchise segment	$	25,850	$	19,701	$	15,213
Company segment	5,526		5,737		5,471
Total segment profit	31,376		25,438		20,684
Corporate and other⁽¹⁾	2,173		5,720		2,618
Interest expense, net	4,396		3,477		3,684
Other (income) expense, net	254		396		84
Income before taxes	$	24,553	$	15,845	$	14,298



Depreciation and amortization:
Franchise segment	$	2,092	$	1,812	$	1,868
Company segment	916		870		1,036
Total depreciation and amortization	3,008		2,682		2,904



Capital expenditures:
Franchise segment	$	387	$	1,308	$	1,159
Company segment	1,669		607		351
Total capital expenditures	$	2,056	$	1,915	$	1,510

⁽¹⁾ Corporate and other includes corporate related items not allocated to reportable segments and consists primarily of transaction costs associated with the refinancings of our credit agreement and our public offerings, and management fees (discussed in Note 14).

Information on segment assets and a reconciliation to consolidated assets are as follows (in thousands):



	As of
	December 31, 2016		December 26, 2015
Segment assets:
Franchise segment	$	94,889	$	97,412
Company segment	9,864		8,715
Total segment assets	104,753		106,127
Corporate and other ⁽²⁾	7,047		14,523
Total assets	$	111,800	$	120,650

⁽²⁾Corporate and other includes corporate related items not allocated to reportable segments and consists primarily of cash and cash equivalents, advertising fund restricted assets and capitalized costs associated with the issuance of indebtedness.



Segment goodwill:
Franchise segment	$	39,930	$	39,930
Company segment	5,198		5,198
Total goodwill	$	45,128	$	45,128