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Third-Party Production Prepayments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 26, 2022
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Third-Party Production Prepayments | E. Third-Party Production Prepayments During the thirteen weeks ended March 26, 2022 and March 27, 2021, the Company brewed and packaged approximately 66% and 57%, respectively, of its volume at Company-owned breweries. I n the normal course of its business, the Company has historically entered into various production arrangements with other brewing companies. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company generally supplies raw materials and packaging to those brewing companies, and incurs conversion fees for labor at the time the liquid is produced and packaged. The Company has made payments for capital improvements at these third-party brewing facilities that it expenses over the period of the contracts. As a result of lower than anticipated demand for certain Truly brand styles and packages, the Company has adjusted its volume plans for production at certain third-party facilities beginning in the third quarter of 2021 and into 2022. The Company has terminated relationships with some of its third-party production suppliers and incurred contract termination costs in doing so. During the thirteen weeks ended March 26, 2022 the Company recorded $4.8 million of contract termination costs relating to the termination of a third-party production contract. During fiscal 2021, the Company amended its master transaction agreement with City Brewing Company, LLC ("City Brewing") to ensure access to capacity at a new location and continued access at certain existing locations. The amendment became effective during the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, upon the closing of the purchase of the new location by City Brewing. As part of the master transaction agreement, the Company paid $10.0 million for capital improvements at the new location during the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 and an additional $17.9 million to ensure access to capacity during the fourth quarter of 2021. The agreement additionally includes monthly shortfall fees beginning January 1, 2023. Total third-party production prepayments were $80.6 million and $88.3 million as of March 26, 2022 and December 25, 2021, res pectively. The Company will expense the total prepaid amount of $80.6 million, all of which relates to the master transaction agreement described above and other agreements with City Brewing, as a component of cost of goods sold over the contractual period ending December 31, 2025. At current production volume projections, the Company believes that it will fall short of its future annual volume commitments at certain third-party production facilities, including those that are part of the master transaction agreement described above, and will incur shortfall fees. The Company will expense the shortfall fees during the contractual period when such fees are incurred as a component of cost of goods sold. As of March 26, 2022, if volume for the remaining term of the production arrangements was zero, the contractual shortfall fees would total approximately $198 million over the duration of the contracts which have expiration dates through December 31, 2031. At current volume projections the Company anticipates that it will recognize approximately $40 million of shortfall fees and expects to record those expenses as follows:
|  | Expected Shortfall Fees to be Incurred |
|  | (in millions) |
Remainder of 2022 |  | $ | 6 |
2023 |  |  | 16 |
2024 |  |  | 12 |
2025 |  |  | 6 |
Total shortfall fees expected to be incurred |  | $ | 40 |

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