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Other Charges (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2021
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
Summary of other charges
Other charges consist of the following (in thousands):
Year Ended
December 26, 2021December 27, 2020December 29, 2019
Restaurant closures and refranchising costs (gains)$6,276 $19,846 $(1,187)
Asset impairment7,052 26,940 15,094 
Litigation contingencies1,330 6,440 — 
COVID-19 related costs1,288 1,858 — 
Board and shareholder matter costs128 2,504 3,261 
Goodwill impairment— 95,414 — 
Severance and executive transition— 881 3,450 
Executive retention— — 980 
Other charges$16,074 $153,883 $21,598 
Schedule of COVID-19 Temporary restaurant closures
During 2020, the Company temporarily closed 35 restaurants due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. During periods of temporary closure, restaurant operating and occupancy costs were included in Restaurant closures and refranchising costs. The table below shows the disposition of these restaurants:
(Restaurants)
Restaurants Temporarily closed in March, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic:35
Temporarily closed restaurants re-opened in 2020:17
Temporarily closed restaurants permanently closed in 2020:6
Restaurants temporarily closed as of December 27, 2020:12
Temporarily closed restaurants re-opened in 2021:1
Temporarily closed restaurants permanently closed in 2021:10
Restaurants temporarily closed as of December 26, 2021(1):
1
(1) The Company intends to re-open the remaining temporarily closed restaurant in the first fiscal quarter of 2022.