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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 12 Months Ended
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Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | (19) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Adam J. Wright currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company and has been nominated for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Wright’s brother, Michael B. Wright, owns and controls Famous Products, Inc., a corporation that licenses a line of retail products from the Company, including sauces, rubs, marinades and seasonings, pursuant to a licensing agreement with a current term that expires in April 2020 and is subject to renewal opti ons of five years, contingent upon the licensee’s attainment of identified minimum product sales levels. The Company received licensing revenue from Famous Products, Inc. under the agreement of approximately $940,000, $878,000 and $805,000 for fiscal year s 201 5, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Michael B. Wright also owns DTSG, Inc., a corporation that owns or controls five franchised Famous Dave’s restaurants. DTSG, Inc. paid an aggregate of approximately $678,000, $710,000 and $640,000 in franchise royaltie s and contributions to the Company’s system-wide Public Relations and Marketing Development Fund for fiscal year s 201 5, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Anand D. Gala currently serves as a director of the Company and has been nominated for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Gala is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gala Holdings International, a diversified holding company that conducts consulting, restaurant development and management operations. As a Company franchisee, Gala Holdi ngs International paid approximately $2.1 million in franchise royalties and contributions to the Company’s system-wide Public Relations and Marketing Development Fund for the Company’s 2015 fiscal year. Approximately $223,000 associated with royalties and contributions to the Company’s system-wide Public Relations and Marketing Development Fund is included in accounts receivable at January 3, 2016.

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