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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of provisions for income taxes
The provisions for income taxes were as follows:

 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
December 25, 2019
 
December 26, 2018
 
December 27, 2017
 
(In thousands)
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
12,421

 
$
(632
)
 
$
3,688

State and local
5,156

 
1,833

 
2,071

Foreign
1,142

 
1,042

 
961

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
9,944

 
5,432

 
10,075

State and local
6,061

 
761

 
196

(Decrease) increase of valuation allowance
(2,935
)
 
121

 
216

Total provision for income taxes
$
31,789

 
$
8,557

 
$
17,207


Schedule of reconciliation of income taxes U.S. federal statutory tax rate
The reconciliation of income taxes at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to our effective tax rate was as follows: 
 
 
December 25, 2019
 
December 26, 2018
 
December 27, 2017
Statutory provision rate
21
 %
 
21
 %
 
35
 %
State and local taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
8

 
6

 
5

Reduction in state valuation allowance
(2
)
 

 

Wage addback on income tax credits earned

 

 
2

General business credits generated
(2
)
 
(5
)
 
(5
)
Foreign tax credits generated
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
Share-based compensation
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Impact of tax reform

 

 
(3
)
Other

 
(1
)
 
1

Effective tax rate
21
 %
 
16
 %

30
 %


Schedule of deferred income tax assets or liabilities
The following table represents the approximate tax effect of each significant type of temporary difference that resulted in deferred income tax assets or liabilities.
 
 
December 25, 2019
 
December 26, 2018
 
(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Self-insurance accruals
$
4,202

 
$
4,647

Finance lease liabilities
1,263

 
2,045

Operating lease liabilities
43,497

 

Accrued exit cost
48

 
445

Interest rate swaps
11,491

 
1,157

Pension, other retirement and compensation plans
10,549

 
10,568

Deferred income
4,688

 
5,099

Other accruals

 
633

Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards

 
928

General business and foreign tax credit carryforwards - state and federal
2,945

 
11,061

Net operating loss carryforwards - state
9,621

 
13,899

Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance
88,304

 
50,482

Less: valuation allowance
(10,264
)
 
(13,199
)
Total deferred tax assets
78,040

 
37,283

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Intangible assets
(14,858
)
 
(14,631
)
Deferred finance costs
(211
)
 
(286
)
Operating lease right-of-use assets
(40,751
)
 

Fixed assets
(6,711
)
 
(5,033
)
Other accruals
(791
)
 

Total deferred tax liabilities
(63,322
)
 
(19,950
)
Net deferred tax asset
$
14,718

 
$
17,333


Summary of unrecognized tax benefits
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits:

 
December 25, 2019
 
December 26, 2018
 
(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of year
$
2,940

 
$
1,469

Increase related to current-year tax positions

 
941

(Decrease) increase related to prior-year tax positions
(1,893
)
 
530

Balance, end of year
$
1,047

 
$
2,940