CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended
	Sep. 08, 2024	Sep. 10, 2023	Sep. 08, 2024		Sep. 10, 2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net Income (Loss)	$ 146,924	$ 147,676	$ 414,726		$ 361,826
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	20,756	18,268	60,974		54,999
Refranchising loss	0	0	158		149
Loss on sale/disposal of assets	174	145	501		547
Amortization of debt issuance costs			3,685		3,858
Benefit for deferred income taxes			(7,524)		(12,191)
Non-cash equity-based compensation expense	9,517	9,442	31,541		26,507
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation			(21,609)		(2,973)
Provision for losses on accounts and notes receivable			250		1,342
Unrealized loss on investments			(18,871)		(13,267)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities			(18,968)		7,682
Changes in advertising fund assets and liabilities, restricted			2,016		(6,349)
Net cash provided by operating activities			446,879		422,130
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures			(70,801)		(59,271)
Other			(1,094)		(743)
Net cash used in investing activities			(71,895)		(60,014)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt and finance lease obligations			(15,947)		(41,349)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options			34,669		5,806
Purchases of common stock			(214,999)		(210,847)
Tax payments for restricted stock upon vesting			(10,706)		(5,240)
Payments of common stock dividends and equivalents			(106,015)		(85,564)
Net cash used in financing activities			(312,998)		(337,194)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash			(589)		(304)
Change in cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents			61,397		24,618
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			114,098	[1]	60,356
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			200,870	[1]	191,289
Cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, beginning of period			88,165		143,559
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, beginning of period			403,133		395,204
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	189,084	80,879	189,084		80,879
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period	185,439	202,307	185,439		202,307
Cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, end of period	90,007	136,636	90,007		136,636
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and cash and cash equivalents included in advertising fund assets, restricted, end of period	$ 464,530	$ 419,822	$ 464,530		$ 419,822

[1] The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.