10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

FOR QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-7323

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FRISCH’S RESTAURANTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

OHIO	31-0523213
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2800 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio	45206
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code	513-961-2660

Not Applicable

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  x     NO  ¨

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ¨	Accelerated filer  x
Non-accelerated filer  ¨	Smaller reporting company  ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES  ¨ NO  x

There were 5,048,711 shares outstanding of the issuer’s no par common stock, as of September 26, 2012.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements:
	Consolidated Statement of Earnings	3
	Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income	4
	Consolidated Balance Sheet	5
	Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity	6
	Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	9
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	40
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	40
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	40
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	41
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	41
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	41
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	41
Item 5.	Other Information	41
Item 6.	Exhibits	41
SIGNATURE		43

Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statement of Earnings

(Unaudited)

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
Sales	$	60,625,296		$	61,361,345
Cost of sales
Food and paper	20,275,361			20,838,055
Payroll and related	21,452,039			21,903,228
Other operating costs	13,122,785			13,473,966
	54,850,185			56,215,249
Gross profit	5,775,111			5,146,096
Administrative and advertising	4,393,125			4,480,292
Franchise fees and other revenue	(428,472		)	(389,208		)
Loss on sale of assets	11,099			—
Impairment of long-lived assets	70,500			—
Operating profit	1,728,859			1,055,012
Interest expense	320,866			456,982
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	1,407,993			598,030
Income taxes	450,000			138,000
Earnings from continuing operations	$	957,993		$	460,030
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(157,705	)	$	(2,734,313	)
NET EARNINGS (LOSS)	$	800,288		$	(2,274,283	)
Basic net earnings per share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$	0.19		$	0.09
(Loss) from discontinued operations	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.55	)
Basic net earnings (loss) per share	$	0.16		$	(0.46	)
Diluted net earnings per share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$	0.19		$	0.09
(Loss) from discontinued operations	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.55	)
Diluted net earnings (loss) per share	$	0.16		$	(0.46	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
Net earnings (loss)	$	800,288		$	(2,274,283	)
Other comprehensive income
Amortization of amounts included in net periodic pension expense	524,608			315,640
Tax effect	(178,367		)	(107,317		)
Total other comprehensive income (1)	346,241			208,323
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	1,146,529		$	(2,065,960	)

(1) Approximately $35,000 of the other comprehensive income during the 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 was attributable to Golden Corral.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheet

ASSETS

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(unaudited)
Current Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	1,173,735	$	45,962,546
Restricted cash	—		3,492,803
Trade and other accounts receivable	1,403,931		1,683,123
Inventories	6,020,447		5,589,553
Prepaid expenses, sundry deposits and property held for sale	2,864,698		708,440
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	1,275,437		2,300,995
Current assets of discontinued operations	137,100		190,120
Total current assets	12,875,348		59,927,580
Property and Equipment
Land and improvements	45,154,076		44,473,068
Buildings	74,019,054		72,218,910
Equipment and fixtures	78,964,377		77,935,903
Leasehold improvements and buildings on leased land	16,631,132		16,609,854
Capitalized leases	2,501,334		2,311,565
Construction in progress	575,843		1,414,514
	217,845,816		214,963,814
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	115,595,034		112,825,024
Net property and equipment	102,250,782		102,138,790
Other Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets	776,713		777,420
Investments in land	3,168,564		3,390,886
Property held for sale	5,799,899		8,093,084
Deferred income taxes	3,839,638		3,149,367
Other long term assets	2,607,327		2,491,654
Total other assets	16,192,141		17,902,411
Total assets	$	131,318,271	$	179,968,781

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

	September 18, 2012			May 29, 2012
	(unaudited)
Current Liabilities
Long-term obligations due within one year
Long-term debt	$	5,932,506		$	6,592,637
Obligations under capitalized leases	169,383			162,683
Self insurance	757,173			972,915
Accounts payable	7,480,669			6,293,007
Accrued expenses	7,548,187			7,341,718
Income taxes	—			128,490
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	277,973			683,336
Total current liabilities	22,165,891			22,174,786
Long-Term Obligations
Long-term debt	12,706,765			14,445,869
Obligations under capitalized leases	1,659,706			1,526,244
Self insurance	1,457,862			1,268,667
Underfunded pension obligation	14,734,708			14,785,312
Deferred compensation and other	4,019,657			4,043,068
Total long-term obligations	34,578,698			36,069,160
Commitments
Shareholders’ Equity
Capital stock
Preferred stock - authorized, 3,000,000 shares without par value; none issued	—			—
Common stock - authorized, 12,000,000 shares without par value; issued, 7,586,764 and 7,586,764 shares - stated value - $1.00	7,586,764			7,586,764
Additional contributed capital	69,268,780			65,909,780
	76,855,544			73,496,544
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(8,659,961		)	(9,006,202		)
Retained earnings	46,528,862			95,289,648
	37,868,901			86,283,446
Less cost of treasury stock (2,538,053 and 2,648,158 shares)	40,150,763			38,055,155
Total shareholders’ equity	74,573,682			121,724,835
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	131,318,271		$	179,968,781

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity

16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011

(Unaudited)

	Common stock at $1 per share - Shares and amount		Additional contributed capital			Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)			Retained earnings			Treasury shares			Total
Balance at May 31, 2011	$	7,586,764	$	65,535,634		$	(5,726,555	)	$	96,249,483		$	(38,117,434	)	$	125,527,892
Net (loss) earnings for 16 weeks	—		—			—			(2,274,283		)	—			(2,274,283		)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—		—			208,323			—			—			208,323
Stock options exercised	—		15,080			—			—			71,770			86,850
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	—		3,800			—			—			—			3,800
Issuance of restricted stock	—		(102,045		)	—			—			102,045			—
Stock based compensation cost	—		301,751			—			—			248,132			549,883
Treasury shares acquired	—		—			—			—			(588,206		)	(588,206		)
Other treasury shares re-issued	—		8,886			—			—			21,247			30,133
Cash dividends - $0.31 per share	—		—			—			(1,528,150		)	—			(1,528,150		)
Balance at September 20, 2011	7,586,764		65,763,106			(5,518,232		)	92,447,050			(38,262,446		)	122,016,242
Net earnings for 36 weeks	—		—			—			4,422,494			—			4,422,494
Other comprehensive (loss income), net of tax	—		—			(3,487,970		)	—			—			(3,487,970		)
Stock options exercised	—		15,525			—			—			28,741			44,266
Issuance of restricted stock	—		(232,858		)	—			—			232,858			—
Stock-based compensation cost	—		388,622			—			—			—			388,622
Treasury shares acquired	—		—			—			—			(54,308		)	(54,308		)
Employee stock purchase plan	—		(24,615		)	—			—			—			(24,615		)
Cash dividends - $0.32 per share	—		—			—			(1,579,896		)	—			(1,579,896		)
Balance at May 29, 2012	7,586,764		65,909,780			(9,006,202		)	95,289,648			(38,055,155		)	121,724,835
Net earnings for 16 weeks	—		—			—			800,288			—			800,288
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—		—			346,241			—			—			346,241
Stock options exercised	—		2,859,881			—			—			4,607,582			7,467,463
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	—		324,194			—			—			—			324,194
Stock-based compensation cost	—		169,133			—			—			69,695			238,828
Treasury shares acquired	—		—			—			—			(6,779,485		)	(6,779,485		)
Other treasury shares re-issued	—		5,792			—			—			6,600			12,392
Special cash dividend - $9.50 per share	—		—			—			(47,962,754		)	—			(47,962,754		)
Cash dividends - $0.32 per share	—		—			—			(1,598,320		)	—			(1,598,320		)
Balance at September 18, 2012	$	7,586,764	$	69,268,780		$	(8,659,961	)	$	46,528,862		$	(40,150,763	)	$	74,573,682

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011

(unaudited)

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$	800,288		$	(2,274,283	)
Less: loss from discontinued operations	(157,705		)	(2,734,313		)
Earnings from continuing operations	957,993			460,030
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	3,111,592			3,112,229
Loss on disposition of assets, including abandonment losses	5,646			49,552
Impairment of long-lived assets	70,500			—
Stock-based compensation expense	238,827			549,883
Net periodic pension cost	999,004			705,099
Contributions to pension plans	(525,000		)	(350,000		)
	4,858,562			4,526,793
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Trade and other receivables	279,192			532,143
Inventories	(430,894		)	(372,764		)
Prepaid expenses, sundry deposits and other	(793,258		)	10,979
Other assets	(4,473		)	(63,780		)
Prepaid, accrued and deferred income taxes	352,625			1,334,816
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	(324,193		)	(3,800		)
Accounts payable	379,868			677,433
Accrued expenses	199,176			(426,485		)
Self insured obligations	(26,547		)	101,038
Deferred compensation and other liabilities	(23,411		)	(138,542		)
	(391,915		)	1,651,038
Net cash provided by continuing operations	4,466,647			6,177,831
Net cash (used in) provided by discontinued operations	(510,048		)	1,146,991
Net cash provided by operating activities	3,956,599			7,324,822
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(3,048,920		)	(4,600,328		)
Proceeds from disposition of property	1,097,752			317
Change in restricted cash	3,492,803			—
Change in other assets	(109,488		)	146,221
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities	1,432,147			(4,453,790		)
Net cash (used in) discontinued investing activities	—			(917,012		)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	1,432,147			(5,370,802		)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	—			1,000,000
Payment of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(2,448,841		)	(2,716,082		)
Cash dividends paid	(790,526		)	(740,438		)
Special cash dividend paid	(47,962,754		)	—
Proceeds from stock options exercised	7,467,463			86,850
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	324,194			3,800
Treasury shares acquired	(6,779,485		)	(588,206		)
Treasury shares re-issued	12,392			30,133
Net cash (used in) financing activities	(50,177,557		)	(2,923,943		)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Net decrease in cash and equivalents	(44,788,811		)	(969,923		)
Cash and equivalents at beginning of year	45,962,546			2,315,948
Cash and equivalents at end of quarter	$	1,173,735		$	1,346,025
Supplemental disclosures:
Interest paid	$	360,966		$	513,888
Income taxes paid	255,080			126,508
Dividends declared but not paid	807,794			787,712
Lease transactions capitalized (non-cash)	189,769			—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)

NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) follows:

Description of the Business

Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and Subsidiaries (Company) is a regional company that operates full service family-style restaurants under the name “Frisch’s Big Boy.”All 94 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants operated by the Company as of September 18, 2012 are located in various regions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The Company owns the trademark “Frisch’s” and has exclusive, irrevocable ownership of the rights to the “Big Boy” trademark, trade name and service marks in the states of Kentucky and Indiana, and in most of Ohio and Tennessee. All of the Frisch’s Big Boy restaurants also offer “drive-thru” service. The Company also licenses 25 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants to other operators, which are located in certain parts of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In addition, the Company operates a commissary and food manufacturing plant near its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio that services all Frisch's Big Boy restaurants operated by the Company, and is available to supply restaurants licensed to others.

Consolidation Practices

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) include the accounts of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (US GAAP). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, these interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (all of which were normal and recurring) necessary for a fair presentation of all periods presented.

Certain amounts reported in prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

At the beginning of Fiscal Year 2012 (defined below), the Company operated a second business segment, which consisted of 35 Golden Corral restaurants (Golden Corral) that were licensed to the Company by Golden Corral Corporation (GCC). Six of the Golden Corrals were closed in August 2011 due to under performance. In May 2012, the remaining 29 Golden Corrals were sold to GCC. Results of Golden Corral for the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012) are presented as discontinued operations (see NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS).

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year is the 52 week (364 days) or 53 week (371 days) period ending on the Tuesday nearest to the last day of May. The first quarter of each fiscal year contains 16 weeks. Each of the last three quarters normally contains 12 weeks. As it becomes necessary every fifth or sixth year, an additional week is added to the fiscal calendar, which results in a 53 week year with a 13 week fourth quarter. The current fiscal year will end on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 (Fiscal Year 2013), a period of 52 weeks. The year that ended May 29, 2012 (Fiscal Year 2012) was also a 52 week year.

Use of Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to use estimates and assumptions to measure certain items that affect the amounts reported. These judgments are based on knowledge and experience about past and current events, and assumptions about future events. Although management believes its estimates are reasonable and adequate, future events affecting them may differ markedly from current judgment. Significant estimates and assumptions are used to measure self-insurance liabilities, deferred executive compensation obligations, net periodic pension cost and future pension obligations, carrying values of property held for sale and for long-lived assets including property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.

Management considers the following accounting policies to be critical accounting policies because the application of estimates to these policies requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments: self-insurance liabilities, net periodic pension cost and future pension obligations, and the carrying values of long-lived assets.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Funds in transit from credit card processors are classified as cash. Highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less are considered as cash equivalents. Cash equivalents included $42,000,000 in commercial paper at May 29, 2012, which was used on September 14, 2012 to fund a special dividend of $9.50 per share.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE A — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash as of May 29, 2012 consisted of funds from the proceeds of two separate real property transactions that were being held by a third party intermediary in anticipation of the completion of qualifying like kind exchanges in order to defer taxable gains pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. In July and August 2012, all of the restricted cash was returned to the Company's treasury from the third party intermediary because suitable like kind exchanges could not be identified.

Receivables

Trade and other accounts receivable are valued on the reserve method. The reserve balance was $30,000 as of September 18, 2012 and May 29, 2012. The reserve is monitored for adequacy based on historical collection patterns and write-offs, and current credit risks.

Inventories

Inventories, comprised principally of food items, are valued at the lower of cost, determined by the first-in, first-out method, or market.

Accounting for Rebates

Cash consideration received from certain food vendors is treated as a reduction of cost of sales and is recognized in the same periods in which the rebates are earned.

Leases

Minimum scheduled lease payments on operating leases, including escalating rental payments, are recognized as rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Under certain circumstances, the lease term used to calculate straight-line rent expense includes option periods that have yet to be legally exercised. Contingent rentals, typically based on a percentage of restaurant sales in excess of a fixed amount, are expensed as incurred. Rent expense is also recognized during that part of the lease term when no rent is paid to the landlord, often referred to as a “rent holiday,” that generally occurs while a restaurant is being constructed on leased land. The Company does not typically receive leasehold incentives from landlords.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided principally on the straight-line method over the estimated service lives, which range from 10 to 25 years for new buildings or components thereof and five to 10 years for equipment. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term. Property betterments are capitalized while the cost of maintenance and repairs is expensed as incurred.

The cost of land not yet in service is included in “Construction in progress” in the consolidated balance sheet if construction has begun or if construction is likely within the next 12 months. one new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant building was under construction as of September 18, 2012 on land that is leased to the Company. Estimated remaining costs (not already included in Construction in progress) to complete construction of the restaurant approximated $2,040,000 as of September 18, 2012. Construction in progress as of September 18, 2012 consisted of the new restaurant that was under construction plus remodeling work that was at various stages of completion in existing restaurants.

Interest on borrowings is capitalized during active construction periods of new restaurants. Capitalized interest was $8,000 and $16,000 respectively, for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011.

Costs incurred during the application development stage of computer software that is developed or obtained for internal use is capitalized, while the costs of the preliminary project stage are expensed as incurred, along with certain other costs such as training. Capitalized computer software is amortized on the straight-line method over the estimated service lives, which range from three to 10 years. Software assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable over the remaining service life.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE A — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Management considers a history of cash flow losses on a restaurant-by-restaurant basis to be its primary indicator of potential impairment of long-lived assets. Carrying values are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of the assets may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the property. When undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than carrying values, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the carrying values exceed fair value, which is determined as either 1) the greater of the net present value of the future cash flow stream, or 2) by opinions of value provided by real estate brokers and/or management’s judgment as developed through its experience in disposing of unprofitable restaurant properties. Broker opinions of value and the judgment of management consider various factors in their fair value estimates such as the sales of comparable properties and general real estate activity in the local market, general economic conditions in the area, and the physical condition and location of the subject property.

When decisions are made to permanently close under performing restaurants, the carrying values of the closed restaurant properties that are owned in fee simple title are reclassified to "Property held for sale" (see Property Held for Sale elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) and are subjected to the accounting policy for impairment of long-lived assets (see above). When leased restaurant properties are permanently closed, before reaching the end of the lease term and there is no immediate assignment of the lease to a third party, an impairment provision is made equal to the present value of remaining non-cancelable lease payments after the closing date, net of estimated subtenant income. The carrying values of leasehold improvements are also reduced, if necessary, in accordance with the accounting policy for impairment of long-lived assets.

Non-cash pretax impairment charges totaling $70,000 were recorded during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 to lower previous estimates of the fair values of two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants, based on accepted sales contracts. Impairment of long-lived assets, recorded as observable inputs (Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy), are summarized below for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012:

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	$	—	$	1,622	$	—	$	70

No impairment losses from continuing operations were recorded during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (also see NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS).

Restaurant Closing Costs

Any liabilities associated with exit or disposal activities are recognized only when the liabilities are incurred, rather than upon the commitment to an exit or disposal plan. Conditional obligations that meet the definition of an asset retirement obligation are currently recognized if fair value is reasonably estimable. No conditional obligations meeting the definition of an asset retirement obligation have been recorded in these consolidated financial statements.

Property Held for Sale

Surplus property that is no longer needed by the Company and for which the Company is committed to a plan to sell the property is classified as “Property held for sale” in the consolidated balance sheet. As of September 18, 2012, “Property held for sale” consisted of three former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants ($1,904,000), three former Golden Corral restaurants ($3,055,000) and eight other surplus pieces of land ($2,204,000). All of the surplus property is stated at the lower of its cost or fair value, less cost to sell, which is reviewed each quarter (see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). The stated value of any property for which a viable sales contract is pending at the balance sheet date - $1,363,000 at September 18, 2012 - is reclassified to current assets.

Gains and losses on the sale of assets, as reported in the consolidated statement of earnings, consist of transactions involving real property and sometimes may include restaurant equipment that is sold together with real property as a package when former

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE A — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

restaurants are sold. Gains and losses reported on this line do not include abandonment losses that routinely arise when certain equipment is replaced before it reaches the end of its expected life; abandonment losses are instead reported in other operating costs.

Investments in Land

The cost of land (for potential future use - four tracts) on which construction is not likely within the next 12 months is classified as "Investments in land" in the consolidated balance sheet. Other tracts of undeveloped land (for which no specific plans have been made) are also included in "Investments in Land" and are carried at the lower of cost or fair value (see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES).

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

As of September 18, 2012 and May 29, 2012, the carrying amount of goodwill that was acquired in prior years amounted to $741,000. Acquired goodwill is tested for impairment on the first day of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever an impairment indicator arises. Impairment testing first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. The fair value of a reporting unit is not calculated unless the qualitative assessment determines that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. Other intangible assets are also tested for impairment on the first day of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever an impairment indicator arises.

An analysis of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets follows:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Goodwill	$	741	$	741
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization	22		22
Other intangible assets subject to amortization - net	14		14
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	777	$	777

Revenue Recognition

Revenue from restaurant operations is recognized upon the sale of products as they are sold to customers. All sales revenue is recorded on a net basis, which excludes sales tax collected from being reported as sales revenue and sales tax remitted from being reported as a cost. Revenue from the sale of commissary products to restaurants licensed to other operators is recognized upon shipment of product. Revenue from franchise fees, based on certain percentages of sales volumes generated in restaurants licensed to other operators, is recorded on the accrual method as earned. Initial franchise fees are recognized as revenue when the fees are deemed fully earned and non-refundable, which ordinarily occurs upon the execution of the license agreement, in consideration of the Company’s services to that time.

Revenue from the sale of gift cards is deferred for recognition until the gift card is redeemed by the cardholder, or when the probability becomes remote that the cardholder will demand full performance from the Company and there is no legal obligation to remit the value of the unredeemed gift card under applicable state escheatment statutes.

New Store Opening Costs

New store opening costs consist of new employee training costs, the cost of a team to coordinate the opening and the cost of certain replaceable items such as uniforms and china. New store opening costs are charged as incurred to “Other operating costs” in the consolidated statement of earnings. New store opening costs for the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011 were $204,000 and $283,000 respectively.

Benefit Plans

The Company has historically sponsored two qualified defined benefit pension plans: the Pension Plan for Operating Unit Hourly Employees (the Hourly Pension Plan) and the Pension Plan for Managers, Office and Commissary Employees (the Salaried Pension

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE A — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Plan). (See NOTE G — PENSION PLANS.) A merger of the two qualified defined benefit pension plans was completed on May 29, 2012. The merger did not affect plan benefits, but lower administrative costs will be incurred. The merged plan is in compliance with the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART Act), the technical corrections promulgated by the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) and guidance on the HEART Act provided by the Internal Revenue Service.

Plan benefits are based on years-of-service and other factors. The Company’s funding policy is to contribute at least the minimum annual amount sufficient to satisfy legal funding requirements plus additional discretionary tax deductible amounts that may be deemed advisable, even when no minimum funding is required. Contributions are intended to provide not only for benefits attributed to service-to-date, but also for those expected to be earned in the future.

Hourly Restaurant Employees - Hourly restaurant employees hired after December 31, 1998 are ineligible for pension plan participation. Future accruals for credited service after August 31, 2009 have been frozen for hourly restaurant employees who were hired on or before December 31, 1998. Hourly restaurant employees hired January 1, 1999 or after have been eligible to participate in the Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Hourly Employees 401(k) Savings Plan (the Hourly Savings Plan), a defined contribution plan that provided a 40 percent match by the Company on the first 10 percent of earnings deferred by the participants. The Company’s match had vested on a scale based on length of service that reached 100 percent after four years of service. The Hourly Savings Plan was amended effective September 1, 2009 to provide for immediate vesting along with a 100 percent match from the Company on the first 3 percent of earnings deferred by participants. All hourly restaurant employees are now eligible to participate in the Hourly Savings Plan, regardless of when hired.

Salaried Restaurant Management, Office and Commissary Employees - Salaried employees hired after June 30, 2009 are ineligible for pension plan participation. Salaried employees hired on or before June 30, 2009 continue to participate and are credited with normal benefits for years of service. Salaried employees are automatically enrolled, unless otherwise elected, in the Frisch’s Employee 401(k) Savings Plan (the Salaried Savings Plan), a defined contribution plan. The Salaried Savings Plan provides immediate vesting under two different Company matching schedules. Employees hired on or before June 30, 2009 may continue to defer up to 25 percent of their compensation under the Salaried Savings Plan, with the Company contributing a 10 percent match on the first 18 percent deferred. Salaried employees hired after June 30, 2009 receive a 100 percent match from the Company on the first 3 percent of compensation deferred.

The executive officers of the Company and certain other “highly compensated employees” (HCE’s) are disqualified from participation in the Salaried Savings Plan. A non-qualified savings plan - Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan (FESP) - provides a means by which the HCE’s may continue to defer a portion of their compensation. FESP allows deferrals of up to 25 percent of a participant’s compensation into a choice of mutual funds or common stock of the Company. Matching contributions are added to the first 10 percent of salary deferred at a rate of 10 percent for deferrals into mutual funds, while a 15 percent match is added to deferrals into the Company’s common stock. HCE’s hired after June 30, 2009 receive a 100 percent matching contribution from the Company on the first 3 percent of compensation deferred into either mutual funds or common stock.

Although the Company owns the mutual funds of the FESP until the retirement of the participants, the funds are invested at the direction of the participants. FESP assets are the principal component of “Other long-term assets” in the consolidated balance sheet. The common stock is a “phantom investment” that may be paid in actual shares or in cash upon retirement of the participant. The FESP liability to the participants is included in “Deferred compensation and other” long term obligations in the consolidated balance sheet.

The mutual funds and the corresponding liability to FESP participants were increased $154,000 (due to market gains) during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012, and were decreased $278,000 (due to market losses) during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011. All of these changes were effected through offsetting investment income or loss and charges (market gains) or credits (market losses) to deferred compensation expense, which is included within administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings.

The Company also sponsors an unfunded non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) that was originally intended to provide a supplemental retirement benefit to the HCE’s whose benefits under the Salaried Pension Plan were reduced when their compensation exceeded Internal Revenue Code imposed limitations or when elective salary deferrals were made to FESP. Amendments to the SERP were made on January 1, 2000 to exclude any benefit accruals after December 31, 1999 (interest continues to accrue) and to close entry into the Plan by any HCE hired after December 31, 1999.

Effective January 1, 2000 a Non Deferred Cash Balance Plan was adopted to provide comparable retirement type benefits to the HCE’s in lieu of future accruals under the qualified defined benefit plan and the SERP. The comparable benefit amount is determined

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE A — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

each year and converted to a lump sum (reported as W-2 compensation) from which taxes are withheld and the net amount is deposited into the HCE’s individual trust account. In addition, accruals have been made for additional required contributions that are due when the present value of lost benefits under the qualified defined benefit plan and the SERP exceeds the value of the assets in the HCE's trust account when a participating HCE retires or is otherwise separated from service with the Company (see NOTE G — PENSION PLANS).

Self-Insurance

The Company self-insures its Ohio workers’ compensation claims up to $300,000 per claim. Initial self-insurance liabilities are accrued based on prior claims history, including an amount developed for incurred but unreported claims. Management performs a comprehensive review each fiscal quarter and adjusts the self-insurance liabilities as deemed appropriate based on claims experience, which continues to benefit from active claims management and post accident drug testing.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are provided on all items included in the consolidated statement of earnings regardless of when such items are reported for tax purposes, which gives rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities. The provision for income taxes in all periods presented has been computed based on management’s estimate of the effective tax rate for the entire year. The effective tax rate was estimated at 32 percent and 23 percent respectively for the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. This year's higher rate is primarily due to changes in tax credits and state deferred taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Company's tax return for Fiscal Year 2011, which was filed in February 2012.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accounts receivable, investments and long-term debt. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents together with accounts payable and accounts receivable approximate their fair value based on their short-term character. The fair value of long-term debt is disclosed in NOTE C — LONG-TERM DEBT.

The Company does not use the fair value option for reporting financial assets and financial liabilities and therefore does not report unrealized gains and losses in the consolidated statement of earnings. Fair value measurements for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities are used primarily in the impairment analyses of long-lived assets, goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” ASU 2011-05 was issued to amend Accounting Standards Codification Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income.” Under ASU 2011-05, an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, the presentation must show each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, which has been the Company’s historical presentation. The amendment did not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income.

ASU 2011-12, “Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05” was issued in December 2011 to defer the effective date of the guidance in ASU 2011-05 relating to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. All other requirements of ASU 2011-05 are not affected by the issuance of ASU 2011-12, including the requirement to report income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements, which is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2011-05 on May 30, 2012 (the first day of the fiscal year that will end May 28, 2013). See the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income that immediately follows the Consolidated Statement of Earnings in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company reviewed all other significant newly issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they are either not

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE A — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

applicable to the Company’s business or that no material effect is expected on the financial statements as a result of future adoption.

NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On May 16, 2012, the Company closed on the sale of its Golden Corral restaurant operations to Golden Corral Corporation, from which the Company had previously been granted licenses to operate the 29 restaurants that comprised the assets that were sold in the transaction. A pretax loss on the sale of $5,590,000 was recorded in Fiscal Year 2012.

The Company had previously closed six under performing Golden Corral restaurants in August 2011. As a result, a non-cash pretax asset impairment charge (with related closing costs) of $4,000,000 was recorded during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012). The impairment charge lowered the carrying values of the six restaurant properties (all owned in fee simple title) to their estimated fair values, which in the aggregate amounted to approximately $6,909,000. The total impairment charge included $69,000 for impaired intangible assets and $180,000 for certain other costs.

The impairments of long lived assets were recorded as significant unobservable inputs (level 3 under the fair value hierarchy), which are summarized below (also see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets along with Real Estate Held for Sale in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES):

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
First Quarter Fiscal 2012	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Six former Golden Corral restaurants	$	—	$	—	$	6,909	$	(4,000	)

Additional non-cash pretax impairment charges of $388,000 were subsequently recorded during Fiscal Year 2012: a) $94,000 in the third quarter ended March 6, 2012 based on a contract that was accepted for less than the original estimate of fair value and b) $294,000 in the fourth quarter to reflect revised opinions of value from real estate brokers.

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)

Results of Golden Corral for the 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012) are presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements. Income tax expense presented in discontinued operations in the 16 weeks ended the September 18, 2012 (First Quarter Fiscal 2013) represents adjustments to tax related balance sheet accounts.

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	30,367
Food and paper	—			11,619
Payroll and related	—			8,892
Other operating costs	—			8,234
	—			28,745
Gross profit	—			1,622
Administrative and advertising	—			927
Impairment of long-lived assets	—			4,000
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	—			(3,305		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	158			(571		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(158	)	$	(2,734	)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)

Assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations consisted of:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	—
Trade and other receivables	137		190
Inventories	—		—
Prepaid expenses and sundry deposits	—		—
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	—		—
Total current assets	137		190
Net property and equipment	—		—
Other intangible assets	—		—
Assets of discontinued operations	$	137	$	190
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	37	$	47
Accrued expenses	241		636
Total current liabilities	278		683
Deferred other	—		—
Deferred income taxes	—		—
Liabilities of discontinued operations	$	278	$	683

In addition, three of the six Golden Corral restaurants that closed in August 2011 had yet to be sold as of September 18, 2012. The aggregate fair value of the three restaurants ($3,055,000) is carried in the consolidated balance sheet as "Property held for sale" as of September 18, 2012 (four restaurants - $4,136,000 at May 29, 2012). (See "Property Held for Sale" in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES.)

NOTE C — LONG-TERM DEBT

	September 18, 2012				May 29, 2012
	Payable within one year		Payable after one  year		Payable within one year		Payable after one  year
	(in thousands)
Construction Loan —
Construction Phase	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Term Loans	4,752		11,812		5,423		13,241
Revolving Loan	—		—		—		—
Stock Repurchase Loan —	134		717		132		762
2009 Term Loan	1,047		178		1,038		443
	$	5,933	$	12,707	$	6,593	$	14,446

The portion payable after one year matures as follows:

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE C — LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Annual period ending in 2014	$	4,466	$	4,846
2015	3,398		3,652
2016	2,189		2,721
2017	1,631		1,654
2018	897		1,235
Subsequent to 2018	126		338
	$	12,707	$	14,446

The Company has four unsecured loans in place, all with the same lending institution. The Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (2012 Loan Agreement), under which the Company may not assume or permit to exist any other indebtedness, governs the four loans. The 2012 Loan Agreement (effective April 10, 2012) amended and restated the prior loan agreement (2010 Loan Agreement). The 2012 Loan Agreement renewed credit facilities for the Construction Loan and the Revolving Loan, permitting additional borrowing through October 15, 2013. The 2012 Loan Agreement did not renew borrowing capacity under the Stock Repurchase Loan, but it continues to govern the prior amount borrowed to finance stock that was repurchased, as well as a separate 2009 Term Loan.

Construction Loan

The Construction Loan is an unsecured draw credit line intended to finance construction and opening and/or the refurbishing of restaurant operations. The 2012 Loan Agreement made $15,000,000 available to be borrowed for its intended purpose when it went into effect in April 2012. No funds have been borrowed since the 2012 Loan Agreement went into effect.

The Construction Loan is subject to an unused commitment fee equal to 0.25% percent of the amount available to be borrowed. Funds borrowed are initially governed as a Construction Phase loan on an interest only basis. Interest is calculated with a pricing matrix that uses changeable basis points, determined by certain of the Company’s financial ratios. Interest is payable at the end of each specific rate period selected by the Company, which may be monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly. Payment of principal without penalty is permitted at the end of any rate period.

Within 6 months of borrowing (assuming no prepayment at the end of the rate period), the balance outstanding under each loan in the Construction Phase must be converted to a Term Loan, with an amortization period of not less than seven nor more than 12 years as chosen by the Company. For funds borrowed between September 2007 and September 2010, any Term Loan converted with an initial amortization period of less than 12 years, a one-time option, without penalty or premium, is available during the chosen term to extend the amortization period up to a total of 12 years. Outstanding balances of loans initiated prior to September 2007 had to be converted with an amortization period not to exceed seven years. Upon conversion to an amortizing Term Loan, the Company may select a fixed interest rate over the chosen term or may choose among various adjustable rate options.

Prepayments of Term Loans that were initiated prior to September 2009 are permissible upon payment of sizable prepayment fees and other amounts. For Term Loans initiated after September 2009, the Company has the option at the time of conversion to include a small break funding premium over the otherwise applicable fixed interest rate in exchange for the right to prepay in whole or in part at any time without incurring a prepayment fee. After September 2010, the break funding premium included at conversion is also necessary in order to be permitted to extend the amortization period up to 12 years without incurring additional costs.

As of September 18, 2012, the aggregate outstanding balance under the Construction Loan was $16,564,000, which consisted entirely of Term Loans; no balance was in the Construction Phase awaiting conversion. Since the inception of the Construction Loan (including prior agreements), 25 of the Term Loans ($59,000,000 out of $97,000,000 in original notes) had been retired as of September 18, 2012. All of the outstanding Term Loans are subject to fixed interest rates, the weighted average of which is 4.92% percent, all of which are being repaid in 84 equal monthly installments of principal and interest aggregating $549,000, expiring in various periods ranging from October 2012 through February 2019.

Any outstanding amount in the Construction Phase that has not been converted into a Term Loan shall mature and be payable in full on October 15, 2013, unless the 2012 Loan Agreement is renewed sooner.

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE C — LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)

Revolving Loan

The Revolving Loan provides an unsecured credit line that allows for borrowing of up to $5,000,000 to fund temporary working capital needs. Amounts repaid may be re-borrowed so long as the amount outstanding does not exceed $5,000,000 at any time. The Revolving Loan, none of which was outstanding as of September 18, 2012, will mature and be payable in full on October 15, 2013, unless the 2012 Loan Agreement is renewed sooner. It is subject to a 30 consecutive day out-of-debt period each fiscal year. Interest is determined by the same pricing matrix used for loans in the Construction Phase as described above under the Construction Loan. Interest is payable at the end of each specific rate period selected by the Company, which may be monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly. The loan is also subject to a 0.25% percent unused commitment fee.

Stock Repurchase Loan

The unsecured Stock Repurchase Loan originated in July 2011 when $1,000,000 that had been borrowed earlier (to finance repurchases of the Company's stock) was converted to a Term Loan. The Stock Repurchase Loan, the outstanding balance of which was $851,000 as of September 18, 2012, requires 84 equal installments of $13,000 including principal and interest at a fixed 3.56% percent interest rate, which matures in July 2018.

2009 Term Loan

The unsecured 2009 Term Loan originated in September 2009 when $4,000,000 was borrowed to fund the acquisition of five Frisch's Big Boy restaurants from the landlord of the facilities. The 2009 Term Loan, the outstanding balance of which was $1,225,000 as of September 18, 2012, requires 48 monthly installments of $89,000 including principal and interest at a fixed 3.47% percent interest rate. The final payment of the loan is due October 21, 2013.

Loan Covenants

The 2012 Loan Agreement contains covenants relating to cash flows, debt levels, lease expense, asset dispositions, investments and restrictions on pledging certain restaurant operating assets. The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants as of September 18, 2012. Compensating balances are not required under the terms of the 2012 Loan Agreement.

Fair Values

The fair values of the fixed rate Term Loans within the Construction Loan as shown in the following table are based on fixed rates that would have been available at September 18, 2012 if the loans could have been refinanced with terms similar to the remaining terms under the present Term Loans. The carrying value of substantially all other long-term debt approximates its fair value.

	Carrying Value		Fair Value
Term Loans under the Construction Loan	$	16,564,000	$	17,291,000

NOTE D — LEASED PROPERTY

Although it is the Company’s policy to own the property on which it operates restaurants, the Company occupies some of its restaurant facilities pursuant to lease agreements. As of September 18, 2012, the Company operated 14 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants on non-owned premises, 13 of which were classified as operating leases and one was a capital lease. Most of the operating leases have multiple renewal options, four of which will expire at various times over the next five years. While none of the four leases has a purchase option, all four have renewal options available. In addition, an operating lease was put into place in September 2012 for land on which construction of a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant was in progress as of September 18, 2012.

The Company remains contingently liable under certain operating lease agreements relating to land on which seven of the Company's former Golden Corral restaurants are situated (see Other Contingencies in NOTE H — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES).

Office space is occupied under an operating lease that expires during fiscal year 2023, at which time a purchase option becomes available to acquire the office property in fee simple title.

Rent expense under operating leases:

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE D — LEASED PROPERTY (CONTINUED)

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012		September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Minimum rentals (a)	$	326	$	377
Contingent payments	—		—
	$	326	$	377

(a) The 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 does not include $186,000 for Golden Corral recorded in discontinued operations.

The ground lease for the Frisch's Big Boy restaurant that is classified as a capital lease requires the Company to purchase the land in fee simple title between the 10th (2020) and 15th (2025) years of the lease. Delivery equipment is held under capitalized leases expiring during various periods extending into fiscal year 2021.

An analysis of the capitalized leased property is shown in the following table. Amortization of capitalized delivery and other equipment is based on the straight-line method over the primary terms of the leases.

	Asset balances at
	September 18, 2012			May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Restaurant property (land)	$	825		$	825
Delivery equipment	1,676			1,486
Less accumulated amortization	(731		)	(679		)
	$	1,770		$	1,632

Future minimum lease payments under capitalized leases and operating leases are summarized below. The column for capitalized leases includes the requirement to acquire the land described above in fee simple title.

Period ending September 18,	Capitalized Leases			Operating Leases
	(in thousands)
2013	$	276		$	1,053
2014	276			1,063
2015	276			887
2016	276			843
2017	212			855
2018 to 2033	1,266			9,833
Total	2,582			$	14,534
Amount representing interest	(753		)
Present value of obligations	1,829
Portion due within one-year	(169		)
Long-term obligations	$	1,660

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE E - ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet consisted of the following:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Salaries, wages and related expenses	$	5,106	$	4,976
Accrued property taxes	1,764		1,787
Other accrued expenses	678		579
Total accrued expenses	7,548		$	7,342

NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK

The Company has three equity compensation plans adopted respectively in 1993, 2003 and 2012.

2003 and 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plans

Shareholders approved the 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (2012 Plan) in October 2012. The 2012 Plan made material, substantive changes to the 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended) (collectively the 2003 Plan), as reflected in the 2012 Plan.

Under the 2003 Plan, up to 800,000 shares were originally authorized for awards. Shareholder approval of the 2012 Plan canceled 483,410 shares that remained available to be awarded under the 2003 Plan. The authorization under the 2012 Plan has been set at 500,000 shares that may awarded (subject, however, to proportionate and equitable adjustments determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the Committee) as deemed necessary following the event of any equity restructuring that may occur). The 2003 Plan limited the amount that can be awarded to an individual during a fiscal year to 80,000 shares. The 2012 Plan reduced the annual limit to 50,000 shares, but retained the maximum annual dollar limit of $1,000,000 for awards denominated in dollars, granted to any one individual during any fiscal year if the awards are intended to qualify as performance based compensation. No awards were permitted to be granted under the 2003 Plan after the tenth anniversary of its approval (October 6, 2013). The 2012 Plan will remain in effect until all shares subject to the Plan have been awarded or issued according to the Plan's provisions, unless terminated earlier by the Board of Directors.

All other provisions of the 2012 Plan mirror those of the 2003 Plan, including continuance to provide for several forms of awards including stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards including restricted and unrestricted awards of stock, and performance awards. Employees of the Company and non-employee members of the Board of Directors are eligible to be selected to participate in the 2012 Plan. Participation is based on selection by the Committee. Although there is no limitation on the number of participants, approximately 40 persons have historically participated in the Company's stock option and incentive plans.

Options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (stock options) permit the holder to purchase a fixed number of shares at a fixed price. When options are granted, the Committee determines the number of shares subject to the option, the term of the option, which may not exceed 10 years, the time or times when the option will become exercisable and the price per share that a participant must pay to exercise the option. No option will be granted with an exercise price that is less than 100% percent of fair market value on the date of the grant. The option price and obligatory withholding taxes may be paid pursuant to a “cashless” exercise/sale procedure involving the simultaneous sale by a broker of shares covered by the option.

Stock appreciation rights (SAR’s) are rights to receive payment, in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two, equal to the excess of (1) the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of exercise over (2) the price per share of common stock established in connection with the grant of the SAR (the reference price). The reference price must be at least 100% percent of the common stock’s fair market value on the date the SAR is granted. SAR’s may be granted by the Committee in its discretion to any participant, and may have terms no longer than 10 years.

Stock awards are grants of shares of common stock that may be restricted (subject to a holding period or other conditions) or

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First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)

unrestricted. The Committee determines the amounts, vesting, if any, terms and conditions of the awards, including the price to be paid, if any, for restricted awards and any contingencies related to the attainment of specified performance goals or continued employment or service.

The Committee may also grant performance awards to participants. Performance awards are the right to receive cash, common stock or both, at the end of a specified performance period, subject to satisfaction of the performance criteria and any vesting conditions established for the award.

Restricted Stock Awards under the 2012 Plan

On October 3, 2012, each non-employee member of the Board of Directors was granted a restricted stock award under the 2012 Plan equivalent to $40,000 in shares of the Company's common stock. The aggregate award amounted to 14,245 shares granted, which resulted in 2,035 shares being issued to each non-employee director, based on the October 3, 2012 market value of the Company's stock. Pursuant to the terms of his employment contract, on October 3, 2012, the CEO was granted a restricted stock award in the same amount (2,035 shares) and subject to the same conditions as the restricted stock granted to non-employee director on that same day.

These restricted stock awards were re-issued from the Company’s treasury and vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date. Full voting and dividend rights are provided prior to vesting. Vested shares must be held until board service ends, except that enough shares may be sold to satisfy tax obligations attributable to the grant.

No other awards — stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards including unrestricted awards of stock, or performance awards — have been granted under the 2012 Plan.

Unrestricted Stock Awards under the 2003 Plan

On June 13, 2012, the Committee granted unrestricted stock awards to the executive officers (excluding the CEO) and other key employees. Pursuant to the awards, 4,850 shares of the Company's common stock were re-issued from the Company's treasury. The total value of the awards amounted to $127,000, for which the Company recorded a pretax charge against administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012. In connection with the awards, 1,349 shares were immediately surrendered to the Company's treasury to cover the withholding tax obligation on the compensation.

On June 15, 2011, the Committee granted an unrestricted stock award to the CEO. Pursuant to the award, 17,364 shares of the Company’s common stock were re-issued to the CEO from the Company’s treasury. The total value of the award amounted to $371,000, for which the Company recorded a pretax charge against administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011. In connection with the award, the CEO immediately surrendered 7,998 shares to the Company’s treasury to cover the withholding tax obligation on the compensation. Also on June 15, 2011, an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that belonged to the CEO was terminated. The option was originally granted to the CEO on July 11, 2001 at a strike price of $13.70 per share (see 1993 Stock Option Plan described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK).

Restricted Stock Awards under the 2003 Plan

Each non-employee member of the Board of Directors was granted a restricted stock award on October 5, 2011 equivalent to $40,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock. The aggregate award amounted to 14,560 shares granted, which resulted in 2,080 shares being issued to each non-employee director, based upon the October 5, 2011 market value of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the terms of his employment contract, the CEO was granted a restricted stock award on October 5, 2011 in the same amount (2,080 shares) and subject to the same conditions as the restricted stock granted to non-employee directors on that day. In connection with these awards, certain members of the Board of Directors surrendered a total of 1,456 shares to the Company's treasury on the October 5, 2012 vesting date to satisfy their tax obligations.

On June 15, 2011, the Committee granted restricted stock awards to the executive officers (excluding the CEO) and other key employees. Pursuant to the awards, 7,141 shares were re-issued from the Company's treasury. The aggregate award amounted to $150,000, based on the June 15, 2011 market value of the Company's stock. In connection with these awards, a total of 1,342 shares were surrendered to the Company's treasury on the June 15, 2012 vesting date to cover withholding tax obligations.

All restricted stock awards under the 2003 Plan were re-issued from the Company’s treasury and vested in full on the first anniversary

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)

of the grant date. Full voting and dividend rights were provided prior to vesting. Vested shares must be held until board service or employment ends, except that enough shares may be sold to satisfy tax obligations attributable to the grant.

Performance Awards under the 2003 Plan

Under the CEO's three year employment agreement that was effective May 30, 2012 (the first day of Fiscal Year 2013), the Committee will consider the CEO for the grant of a Performance Award as permitted by the 2003 Plan. The Committee granted a Performance Award to the CEO on May 30, 2012, which is intended to govern the CEO's incentive compensation for Fiscal Year 2013, if any, based on the achievement of certain goals.

Stock Option Awards under the 2003 Plan

As of September 18, 2012, options to purchase 333,250 shares had been cumulatively granted under the Plan. No stock options were awarded during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012. Options granted to the CEO before October 2009 vested six months from the date of the grant. Options granted to the CEO pursuant to the terms of his employment contract (October 2009 and October 2010) vested one year from the date of the grant. Options granted to executive officers and other key employees vested in three equal annual installments. Options granted to non-employee members of the Board of Directors vested one year from the date of grant. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of all or any part of any awards held by a terminated participant, excluding, however, any participant who is terminated for cause.

There were 68,169 options outstanding as of September 18, 2012.

Final Reconciliation of Shares Awarded under the 2003 Plan

	No. of shares
Original authorization	800,000
Stock options cumulatively granted	(333,250	)
Options cumulatively forfeited	74,253
	541,003
Unrestricted stock awarded	(22,214	)
Restricted stock cumulatively awarded	(35,817	)
Restricted stock cumulatively forfeited	438
Authorization canceled	483,410

1993 Stock Option Plan

Approved by the shareholders in October 1993, the 1993 Stock Option Plan (1993 Plan) authorized the grant of stock options for up to 562,432 shares (as adjusted for subsequent changes in capitalization from the original authorization of 500,000 shares) of the common stock of the Company for a 10 year period beginning in May 1994.

Options to purchase 556,228 shares were cumulatively granted under the 1993 Plan before granting authority expired on October 4, 2008. As of September 18, 2012, 7,834 shares granted remained outstanding. An outstanding option for 40,000 shares that was granted to the CEO in 2001 was terminated on June 15, 2011 (see Unrestricted Stock Awards under the 2003 Plan described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK). Outstanding options that had been set to expire in June 2012 (13,000) and July 2012 (40,000 belonging to the CEO) were extended by the Committee for up to 30 days from the date that the restriction on employee trading (blackout period) was removed. The extension required a pretax charge of less than $1,000 to be recognized in administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012.

The extension by the Committee notwithstanding, all outstanding options under the 1993 Plan were granted at fair market value and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Final expirations will occur in June 2014.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)

Outstanding and Exercisable Options

The changes in outstanding and exercisable options under both the 1993 Plan and the 2003 Plan are shown below as of September 18, 2012:

	No. of shares		Weighted avg. price per share		Weighted avg. Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at beginning of year	399,586		$	23.96
Granted	—		$	—
Exercised	(320,417	)	$	23.31
Forfeited or expired	(3,166	)	$	22.94
Outstanding at end of quarter	76,003		$	18.25	4.91	years	$	306
Exercisable at end of quarter	67,834		$	19.11	4.57	years	$	222

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011 was $2,779,000 and $16,000, respectively. Options exercised during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 included 136,000 by the CEO, the intrinsic value of which amounted to $1,278,000. Excess tax benefits of $324,000 were recorded in additional paid in capital from the exercise of stock options during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012. All shares exercised during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 were re-issued from the Company's treasury.

Stock options outstanding and exercisable as of September 18, 2012 for the 1993 Plan and the 2003 Plan are shown below:

Range of Exercise Prices per Share	No. of shares	Weighted average price per share		Weighted average remaining life in years
Outstanding:
$10.05 to $15.90	27,669	$	13.19	4.95
$15.91 to $24.20	41,500	$	19.66	5.41
$24.21 to $30.13	6,834	$	30.13	1.75
$10.05 to $30.13	76,003	$	18.25	4.91
Exercisable:
$10.05 to $15.90	19,500	$	14.08	3.78
$15.91 to $24.20	41,500	$	19.66	5.41
$24.21 to $30.13	6,834	$	30.13	1.75
$10.05 to $30.13	67,834	$	19.11	4.57

As a result of a change in the capitalization of the Company resulting from a special $9.50 per share dividend (see Dividends described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors took action on August 22, 2012 to adjust downward the strike prices for outstanding options granted under the 2003 Plan (as provided for in the 2003 Plan) by $9.50 for each option, effective September 17, 2012. Outstanding options granted under the 1993 Plan were not affected by this action, as the 1993 Plan does not require or provide for such an action. No additional compensation cost was required to be recognized as a result of the modification.

Restricted Stock Awards

The changes in restricted stock awards are shown below as of September 18, 2012:

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)

	No. of shares		Weighted average price per share
Non-vested at beginning of year	22,277		$	19.69
Awarded	—		$	—
Vested	(5,637	)	$	21.05
Forfeited	—		$	—
Non-vested at end of quarter	16,640		$	19.23

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Shareholders approved the Employee Stock Option Plan (elsewhere referred to as Employee Stock Purchase Plan) in October 1998. The Plan provides employees who have completed 90 days of continuous service with an opportunity to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock through payroll deduction. Immediately following the end of each semi-annual offering period, participant account balances are used to purchase shares of stock measured at 85% percent of the fair market value of shares at the beginning of the offering period or at the end of the offering period, whichever is lower. The Plan authorizes a maximum of 1,000,000 shares that may be purchased on the open market or from the Company’s treasury. As of April 30, 2012 (latest available data), 169,822 shares had been cumulatively purchased through the Plan. Shares purchased through the Plan are held by the Plan’s custodian until withdrawn or distributed. As of April 30, 2012, the custodian held 42,808 shares on behalf of employees.

Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan

Common shares totaling 58,492 (as adjusted for subsequent changes in capitalization from the original authorization of 50,000 shares) were reserved for issuance under the non-qualified Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan (FESP) (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) when it was established in 1993. As of September 18, 2012, 38,553 shares remained in the FESP reserve, including 19,722 shares allocated but not issued to participants.

Other Outstanding Options, Warrants or Rights

There are no other outstanding options, warrants or rights.

Treasury Stock

As of September 18, 2012, the Company’s treasury held 2,538,053 shares of the Company’s common stock. Most of the shares were acquired through a modified “Dutch Auction” self-tender offer in 1997, and in a series of intermittent repurchase programs that began in 1998.

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase over a three year period, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, up to 450,000 shares of its common stock representing approximately 9% percent of the Company's total outstanding shares. During the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012, the Company acquired 212,929 shares under the program at a cost of $6,708,000, which includes 32,000 shares that were beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer and 180,929 shares re-acquired in connection with the exercise of "cashless" stock options that normally settle through a broker on the open market.

Separate from the repurchase program, the Company’s treasury acquired 2,691 shares of its common stock during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012 at a cost of $72,000 to cover the withholding tax obligations in connection with restricted and unrestricted stock awards.

Dividends

Regular quarterly cash dividends paid to shareholders during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012 amounted to $791,000 or $0.16 per share. In addition, a $0.16 per share dividend was declared on September 12, 2012. Its payment of $808,000 on October 9, 2012 (included in accounts payable at September 18, 2012) was the 207th consecutive quarterly cash dividend (a period of 52 years) paid by the Company.

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a special one-time cash dividend of $9.50 per share payable September 14, 2012 to shareholders of record on August 31, 2012. The total for the special dividend that was paid on September 14, 2012 amounted to $47,963,000, which was based on 5,048,711 shares outstanding on August 31, 2012.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (EPS) calculations are based on the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period presented. Diluted EPS includes the effect of common stock equivalents, which assumes the exercise and conversion of dilutive stock options.

	Used to Calculate Basic EPS	Stock equivalents	Used to Calculate Diluted EPS
16 weeks ended:	Weighted average shares outstanding		Weighted average shares outstanding
September 18, 2012	4,961,555	55,717	5,017,272
September 20, 2011	4,928,671	13,168	4,941,839

Excluded from the calculations above (because the effect was anti-dilutive), were stock options to purchase 7,000 shares during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012 and 253,000 during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011.

Share-Based Payment (Compensation Cost)

The fair value of restricted stock issued and stock options granted is recognized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods of the awards. The fair value of unrestricted stock is recognized entirely during the period granted. Compensation costs arising from all share-based payments are charged to administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings.

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
Stock options granted	$	14		$	50
Restricted stock issued	98			129
Unrestricted stock issued	127			371
Share-based compensation cost, pretax	239			550
Tax benefit	(81		)	(187		)
Share-based compensation cost, net of tax	$	158		$	363
Effect on basic earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.07
Effect on diluted earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.07

As of September 18, 2012, there was $41,000 of total unrecognized pretax compensation cost related to non-vested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.5 years. Unrecognized pretax compensation cost related to restricted stock awards amounted to $26,000 as of September 18, 2012, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.08 years.

Compensation cost is also recognized in connection with the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK). Compensation costs related to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are determined at the end of each semi-annual offering period – October 31 and April 30.

NOTE G — PENSION PLANS

As discussed more fully under Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES, the Company has historically sponsored two qualified defined benefit pension plans (DB Plans) plus an unfunded non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) for “highly compensated employees” (HCE’s). A merger of the DB Plans was completed on May 29, 2012. Net periodic pension cost for the retirement plans is shown in the table that follows:

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE G — PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED)

	16 weeks ended
Net periodic pension cost components	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Service cost	$	555		$	591
Interest cost	533			576
Expected return on plan assets	(614		)	(635		)
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost	(2		)	1
Recognized net actuarial loss	527			269
Settlement loss	—			46
Net periodic pension cost (a)	$	999		$	848
(a) Amount for Golden Corral included in discontinued operations	—			142
Weighted average discount rate	4.25		%	5.25		%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	4.00		%	4.00		%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets	7.50		%	7.50		%

Net periodic pension cost for fiscal year 2013 is currently expected in the range of $3,200,000 to $3,300,000. Net periodic pension cost for fiscal year 2012 was $2,746,000. Most of the anticipated increase in net periodic pension cost is due the reduction of 100 basis points in the discount rate. Approximately $135,000 is added to annualized net periodic pension cost for each decrement of 25 basis points in the discount rate.

The preliminary minimum required contribution to the merged DB Plan for the plan year ending May 31, 2013 is currently projected to be $1,860,000. The Company currently anticipates contributing up to $2,100,000 over the course of fiscal year 2013, including $525,000 that was contributed during 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012. Obligations to participants in the SERP are satisfied in the form of a lump sum distribution upon retirement of the participants. No lump sums were paid from the SERP during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012.

Future funding of the DB Plan largely depends upon the performance of investments that are held in trusts that have been established for the plan. Equity securities comprise 70 percent of the target allocation of plan assets. Although the market for equity securities has made significant rebounds, the market declines experienced in fiscal year 2009 continue to adversely affect funding requirements, and combined with low bond rates will likely require the continued recognition of significantly higher net periodic pension costs than had been incurred prior to 2009.

The “Underfunded pension obligation” included in “Long-Term Obligations” in the consolidated balance sheet represents projected benefit obligations in excess of the fair value of plan assets. The change in underfunded status is re-measured at the end of each fiscal year, effected through an increase or decrease in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” in the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet. The projected benefit obligation, which includes a projection of future salary increases, was measured at the end of the fiscal year 2012 using a weighted average discount rate of 4.25 percent, which was a reduction of 100 basis points from the end of the prior year. The projected benefit obligation increases approximately $1,250,000 for each decrease of 25 basis points in the discount rate.

Compensation expense (not included in the net periodic pension cost described above) relating to the Non Deferred Cash Balance Plan (NDCBP) (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) is equal to amounts contributed, or expected to be contributed, to the trusts established for the benefits of certain HCE's - $145,000 and $144,000 respectively, for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. No NDCBP expense was associated with Golden Corral in the prior year. The total NDCBP expense also includes accruals for additional required contributions that are due when the present value of lost benefits under the DB Plan and the SERP exceeds the value of the assets in the HCE's trust accounts when a participating HCE retires or is otherwise separated from service with the Company. In addition, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has an employment agreement that calls for additional annual contributions to be made to the trust established for the benefit of the CEO under the NDCBP when certain levels of annual pretax earnings are achieved.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE G — PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED)

The Company sponsors two 401(k) defined contribution plans (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). In the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011, matching contributions to the 401(k) plans amounted to $76,000 and $85,000 (including $17,000 for Golden Corral reported in discontinued operations) respectively.

A non-qualified Executive Savings Plan (FESP) is in place for certain HCE’s who have been disqualified from participation in the 401(k) plans (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). In the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011, matching contributions to FESP were $12,000 and $11,000 (including less than $1,000 for Golden Corral reported in discontinued operations) respectively.

The Company does not sponsor post retirement health care plans.

NOTE H — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

In the ordinary course of business, purchase commitments are entered into with certain of the Company’s suppliers. Most of these agreements are typically for periods of one year or less in duration; however, longer term agreements are also in place. Future minimum payments under these arrangements are $12,855,000, $926,000 and $154,000 respectively, for the periods ending September 18, 2013, 2014 and 2015. These agreements are intended to secure favorable pricing while ensuring availability of desirable products. Management does not believe such agreements expose the Company to any significant risk.

Litigation

Employees, customers and other parties bring various claims and suits against the Company from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Claims from customers are covered by general liability insurance, but subject to coverage limits. Exposure to loss contingencies from pending or threatened litigation is continually evaluated by management, which presently believes that the resolution of claims currently outstanding, whether or not covered by insurance, will not result in a material adverse effect upon the Company's earnings, cash flows or financial position. Management presently believes that adequate provisions for expected losses not covered by insurance are already included in the consolidated financial statements.

On September 18, 2012, a former employee (plaintiff) filed a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act and class action under the Ohio Minimum Fair Wage Standards Act for allegations of off-the-clock work, unpaid overtime, and minimum wage violations as a result of alleged improper application of the Tip Credit. As part of the collective action, the plaintiff seeks recovery for all individuals who worked as a server at any Frisch's Big Boy restaurant operated by the Company during the three year period, September 18, 2009 through September 18, 2012. The class action is limited to servers who worked for the Company at Frisch's Big Boy restaurants located in Ohio during the last three years.

The Company has not answered the complaint, but expects to deny all allegations and will vigorously defend the matter, including efforts by the plaintiff to certify the class. If successful on these claims, the plaintiff and any class members would be entitled to unpaid wages, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees. Although employee unfair practice claims are not covered by insurance, no loss provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements for amounts that would be payable by the Company as management has not fully evaluated the merits of the claim.

Other Contingencies

The Company self-insures a significant portion of expected losses under its workers’ compensation program in the state of Ohio. Insurance coverage is purchased from an insurance company for individual claims that may exceed $300,000 (see Self Insurance in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). Insurance coverage is maintained for various levels of casualty and general and product liability.

Outstanding letters of credit maintained by the Company totaled $100,000 as of September 18, 2012.

As of September 18, 2012, the Company operated 14 restaurants on non-owned properties (See NOTE D — LEASED PROPERTY), including one lease that provides for contingent rental payments based on a percentage of the leased restaurant’s sales in excess of a fixed amount.

The Company remains contingently liable under certain ground lease agreements relating to land on which seven of the Company's former Golden Corral restaurant operations are situated. The seven restaurant operations were sold to Golden Corral Corporation (GCC) in May 2012 (See NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS), at which time the seven operating leases were simultaneously assigned to GCC, with the Company contingently liable in the event of default by GCC. The amount remaining

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

First Quarter Fiscal 2013, Ended September 18, 2012

NOTE H — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

under contingent lease obligations totaled $7,383,000 as of September 18, 2012, for which the aggregate average annual lease payments approximate $647,000 in each of the next five years. The Company is also contingently liable for the performance of a certain ground lease that was assigned to a third party in 2000; the annual obligation of the lease approximates $48,000 through 2020.

Since there is no reason to believe that either of these third party assignees are likely to default, no provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements for amounts that would be payable by the Company. In addition, the Company generally has the right to re-assign the leases in the event of the third party’s default.

NOTE I — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Chief Executive Officer of the Company (Craig F. Maier), who also serves as a director of the Company, owns a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant licensed to him by the Company. Another officer and director of the Company (Karen F. Maier) is a part owner of a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant that is licensed to her and her siblings (excluding Craig F. Maier). Certain other family members of Craig F. Maier and Karen F. Maier also own a licensed Frisch's Big Boy restaurant.

These three restaurants are operated by the Company (not consolidated herein) and they pay to the Company franchise and advertising fees, employee leasing and other fees, and make purchases from the Company’s commissary. The total paid to the Company by these three restaurants amounted to $1,518,000 and $1,521,000 respectively, during the 16 weeks ended ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. Amounts due are generally settled within 28 days of billing. As of September 18, 2012, these three restaurants owed the Company $56,000. The amount owed to the Company was $92,000 as of May 29, 2012.

In a private transaction that occurred on August 30, 2012, the Company's treasury repurchased a total of 32,000 shares of the Company's common stock that were beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer either as the Trustee of four separate Trusts or as the Executor of the Estate of Blanche F. Maier (see below). The total cost of the 32,000 shares amounted to $1,034,000 ($759,000 was paid to the four Trusts for 23,500 shares and $275,000 was paid to the Estate for 8,500 shares).

All related party transactions described above were effected on substantially similar terms as transactions with persons or entities having no relationship with the Company.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1970 to 2005 (Jack C. Maier - deceased February 2005 - the father of Craig F. Maier and Karen F. Maier) had an employment agreement that contained a provision for deferred compensation. The agreement provided that upon its expiration or upon the Chairman’s retirement, disability, death or other termination of employment, the Company would become obligated to pay the Chairman or his survivors for each of the next 10 years the amount of $214,050, adjusted annually to reflect 50 percent of the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Monthly payments of $17,838 to the Chairman’s widow (Blanche F. Maier - the mother of Craig F. Maier and Karen F. Maier), a director of the Company until her death in September 2009, commenced in March 2005. On March 1, 2012, the monthly payment was increased to $19,436 from $19,149 in accordance with the CPI provision of the agreement. The present value of the long-term portion of the obligation to Mrs. Maier’s Estate (Craig F. Maier, Executor), approximating $326,000 is included in the consolidated balance sheet under the caption “Deferred compensation and other.” The present value of the current portion of the obligation approximating $215,000 is included in"Accrued expenses" in the consolidated balance sheet.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION and ANALYSIS of FINANCIAL CONDITION and RESULTS of OPERATIONS

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT under the PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT of 1995

Forward-looking statements are included in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A). Such statements may generally express management’s expectations with respect to its plans, or its assumptions and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on the Company. There can be no assurances that such expectations will be met or that future developments will not conflict with management’s current beliefs and assumptions, which are inherently subject to risks and other uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from anticipated results that may be expressed or implied in forward-looking statements are included in, but not limited to, the discussion in "Risk Factors" found in this Form 10-Q under Part II, Item 1A. and as set forth in Part I, Item 1A. of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 2012.

Sentences that contain words such as “should,” “would,” “could,” “may,” “plan(s),” “anticipate(s),” “project(s),” “believe(s),” “will,” “expect(s),” “estimate(s),” “intend(s),” “continue(s),” “assumption(s),” “goal(s),” “target(s)” and similar words (or derivatives thereof) are generally used to distinguish “forward-looking statements” from historical or present facts.

All forward-looking information in this MD&A is provided by the Company pursuant to the safe harbor established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and should be evaluated in the context of all risk factors. Except as may be required by law, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements that may be contained in this MD&A.

This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements. The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements other than operating leases that are entered from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not use special purpose entities.

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and Subsidiaries (Company) is a regional company that operates full service family-style restaurants under the name "Frisch's Big Boy." As of September 18, 2012, 94 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants were owned and operated by the Company, located in various regions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The Company also licenses 25 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants to other operators who pay franchise and other fees to the Company.

In September 2012, the Company's Chief Operating Officer (COO) retired. The Company does not currently intend to fill the position but rather has assigned the duties of the former COO to other members of senior management.

The Company’s First Quarter 2013 consists of the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012, and compares with the 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011, which constituted the First Quarter 2012. The first quarter of the Company's fiscal year normally accounts for a disproportionate share of annual revenue and net earnings because it contains 16 weeks, whereas the following three quarters normally contain only 12 weeks each. References to Fiscal Year 2013 refer to the 52 week year that will end on May 28, 2013. References to Fiscal Year 2012 refer to the 52 week year that ended May 29, 2012.

At the beginning of Fiscal Year 2012, the Company operated a second business segment, which consisted of 35 grill buffet style "Golden Corral" restaurants that were licensed to the Company by Golden Corral Corporation (GCC). The Company closed six of the Golden Corral restaurants in August 2011 due to under performance, which resulted in a pretax charge of $4,000,000 for impairment of long-lived assets that was recorded in the First Quarter 2012. In May 2012, the remaining 29 Golden Corrals were sold to GCC. Results for the Golden Corral segment for the First Quarter 2012 are presented as discontinued operations.

The following table recaps the earnings or loss components of the Company's consolidated statements of earnings. All diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS) calculations used the following diluted weighted average shares outstanding: 5,017,272 in the First Quarter 2013 and 4,941,839 in the First Quarter 2012.

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	First Quarter
	2013			2012
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	1,408		$	598
Earnings from continuing operations	$	958		$	460
Diluted EPS from continuing operations	$	0.19		$	0.09
(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(158	)	$	(2,734	)
Diluted EPS from discontinued operations	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.55	)
Net earnings	$	800		$	(2,274	)
Diluted net EPS	$	0.16		$	(0.46	)

Factors having a notable effect on earnings from continuing operations before income taxes when comparing the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 with the First Quarter Fiscal 2012:

• Consolidated restaurant sales were $60,625,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 versus $61,361,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012. The decrease is due to the effect of the permanent closure of certain restaurants and a same store sales decrease of 0.2 percent.

• Gross profit increased $629,000, or 12.2 percent, to $5,775,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 from $5,146,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012.

As a percentage of sales:

- Food and Paper Costs were 33.4 percent in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, down from 34.0 percent in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012

- Payroll and Related Costs were 35.4 percent in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, down from 35.7 percent in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012

- Other Operating Costs were 21.6 percent in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, down from 22.0 percent in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012.

• Share based compensation costs were $239,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 versus $550,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012.

• Impairment of assets - a charge of $70,000 was recorded in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013. No impairments were recorded during the First Quarter Fiscal 2012.

RESULTS of OPERATIONS

Except as where noted, the discussion of Results of Operations presented in this MD&A excludes the results from discontinued operations.

Sales

The Company’s sales are primarily generated through the operation of Frisch's Big Boy restaurants. Sales also include wholesale sales from the Company’s commissary to Frisch's Big Boy restaurants that are licensed to other operators and the sale of Frisch's signature brand tartar sauce to grocery stores. Same store sales comparisons are a key metric that management uses in the operation of the business. Same store sales are affected by changes in customer counts and menu price increases. Changes in sales also occur as new restaurants are opened and older restaurants are closed. Below is the detail of consolidated restaurant sales:

	First Quarter
	2013		2012
	(in thousands)
Frisch's Big Boy restaurants operated by the Company	$	57,429	$	58,165
Wholesale sales to licensees	2,894		2,908
Wholesale sales to groceries	302		288
Total sales	$	60,625	$	61,361

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Frisch's Big Boy restaurant sales shown in the above table include a same store sales decrease of 0.2 percent in the First Quarter 2013 (on a customer count decrease of 2.6 percent). The same store sales comparison includes the effect of three menu price increases, implemented respectively in September 2011 (1.5 percent), February 2012 (1.2 percent) and September 2012 (0.9 percent). Another menu price increase will likely be implemented in February 2013.

The Company operated 94 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants as of September 18, 2012. The count of 94 includes the following changes since the beginning of Fiscal 2012 (June 2011), when 95 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants were in operation:

• July 2011 — opened restaurant near Cincinnati, Ohio

• October 2011 — opened restaurant in Highland Heights, Kentucky (Cincinnati market)

• October 2011 — closed restaurant in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky (Cincinnati market)

• December 2011 — closed restaurant in Columbus, Ohio

• May 2012 — closed restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio

• May 2012 — closed restaurant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Louisville market)

• August 2012 — opened restaurant near Cincinnati, Ohio

One more new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant is expected to be added in Fiscal Year 2013, which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in February 2013 (Dayton market).

Gross Profit

The determination of gross profit is shown with operating percentages in the following table. The table is intended to supplement the cost of sales discussion that follows. Cost of sales is comprised of food and paper costs, payroll and related costs, and other operating costs.

	First Quarter
	2013	2012
Sales	100.0%	100.0%
Food and Paper	33.4%	34.0%
Payroll and Related	35.4%	35.7%
Other Operating Costs	21.6%	22.0%
Gross Profit	9.6%	8.3%

The cost of food moderated slightly during the First Quarter 2013. The decline in food and paper costs as a percentage of sales, as reflected in the above table, was also aided by menu price increases. Looking ahead, rising commodity costs for food can be expected, especially for beef and other proteins, driven primarily by the drought conditions that were experienced in the nation's corn belt during 2012.

Although the Company does not use financial instruments as a hedge against changes in commodity prices, purchase contracts for some commodities may contain provisions that limit the price the Company will pay. In addition, the effect of commodity price increases is actively managed with changes to the menu mix, together with periodic increase in menu prices.

Food safety poses a major risk to the Company. Management rigorously emphasizes and enforces established food safety policies in all of the Company’s restaurants and in its commissary and food manufacturing plant. These policies are designed to work cooperatively with programs established by health agencies at all levels of governmental authority, including the federal Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) program. In addition, the Company makes use of ServSafe Training, a nationally recognized program developed by the National Restaurant Association. The ServSafe program provides accurate, up-to-date science-based information to all levels of restaurant workers on all aspects of food handling, from receiving and storing to preparing and serving. All restaurant managers are required to be certified in ServSafe Training and are required to be re-certified every five years.

The decrease in payroll and related costs (as a percentage of sales) shown in the above table was driven primarily by the combination of higher menu prices charged to customers and the continuation of reductions in labor hours commensurate with lower customer counts.

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The decrease in payroll and related cost percentages in the above table notwithstanding, payroll and related costs continue to be adversely affected by mandated increases in the minimum wage:

• In Ohio, where roughly two-thirds of the Company’s payroll costs are incurred, the minimum wage for non-tipped employees was increased 33 percent from $5.15 per hour to $6.85 per hour beginning January 1, 2007. It was subsequently increased to $7.00 per hour on January 1, 2008, to $7.30 per hour on January 1, 2009 (there was no increase on January 1, 2010), to $7.40 per hour on January 1, 2011 and to $7.70 per hour on January 1, 2012. On January 1, 2013, the rate will increase to $7.85 per hour, which represents a 52 percent increase since 2007.

• The Ohio minimum wage for tipped employees increased 61 percent from $2.13 per hour to $3.43 per hour beginning January 1, 2007. It was subsequently increased to $3.50 per hour on January 1, 2008, to $3.65 per hour on January 1, 2009 (there was no increase on January 1, 2010), to $3.70 per hour on January 1, 2011 and to $3.85 per hour on January 1, 2012. On January 1, 2013, the rate will increase to $3.93 per hour, which represents an 85 percent increase since 2007.

• Federal minimum wage statutes currently apply to substantially all other (non-Ohio) employees. The federal minimum wage for non-tipped employees increased from $5.15 per hour to $5.85 per hour in July 2007. It was subsequently increased to $6.55 per hour in July 2008 and to $7.25 per hour in July 2009. The rate for tipped employees (non-Ohio) was not affected by the federal legislation, remaining at $2.13 per hour.

Although there is no seasonal fluctuation in employment levels, the number of hours worked by hourly paid employees has always been managed closely according to sales patterns in individual restaurants. However, the effects of paying the mandated higher hourly rates of pay have been and are continuing to be countered through the combination of reductions in the number of scheduled labor hours and higher menu prices charged to customers. Without the benefit of reductions in labor hours, the Ohio minimum wage increase on January 1, 2012 would have added an estimated $420,000 to annual payroll costs in Ohio restaurant operations. It is estimated that the increase on January 1, 2013 will add $320,000 to annual Ohio payrolls, which will be offset largely with further scheduled reductions in labor hours, as necessary.

Despite the savings that come from reductions in hours worked and higher menu prices charged to customers, other factors add to payroll and related costs. These factors include higher costs associated with benefit programs offered by the Company, including medical insurance premiums and pension related costs.

Medical insurance premiums for 2012 calendar plan year are currently projected to be $8,550,000, which is 3.1 percent higher than the previous year. The Company has typically absorbed 80 percent of the cost for medical premiums, with employees contributing the remaining 20 percent. Management continues to analyze and evaluate health care reform legislation (the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted March 2010) to determine the future short and long term effects upon the Company while developing various strategies to mitigate the expected financial burden of compliance. Among other responses, it is likely that employees will be contributing more than 20 percent of premium cost.

Net periodic pension cost was $999,000 and $848,000 respectively, in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 and the First Quarter Fiscal 2012 (pension cost in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012 included $142,000 charged to discontinued operations). Net periodic pension cost for Fiscal Year 2013 is currently expected to be in the range of $3,200,000 to $3,300,000. Net periodic pension cost for Fiscal Year 2012 was $2,746,000 ($487,000 charged to discontinued operations). Most of the anticipated increase in net periodic pension costs for Fiscal Year 2013 is due to the reduction of 100 basis points in the discount rate. Approximately $135,000 is added to annualized net periodic pension cost for each decrement of 25 basis points in the discount rate.

Other operating costs include occupancy costs such as maintenance, rent, depreciation, abandonment losses, property tax, insurance and utilities, plus costs relating to field supervision, accounting and payroll preparation costs, new restaurant opening costs and many other restaurant operating costs. As expenses charged to other operating costs tend to be more fixed in nature, the percentages shown in the above table can be greatly affected by changes in same store sales levels. In other words, percentages will generally rise when sales decrease and percentages will generally decrease when sales increase. The improved percentage is largely due to lower opening costs, lower costs for utilities and maintenance, together with the effect of closing inefficient, low volume restaurants.

Operating Profit

To arrive at the measure of operating profit, administrative and advertising expense is subtracted from gross profit, while the line item for franchise fees and other revenue is added to it. Gains and losses from the sale of real property (if any) are then respectively added or subtracted. Charges for impairment of assets (if any) are also subtracted from gross profit to arrive at the measure of operating profit.

Administrative and advertising expense decreased $87,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 when compared with the comparable period a year ago. Stock based compensation expense included in administrative and advertising expense was $239,000 during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 versus $550,000 during the First Quarter Fiscal 2012. An unrestricted stock award in June 2011 to

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the Chief Executive Officer that amounted to $371,000 was included in stock based compensation expense in the First Quarter Fiscal 2012 (see further discussion of stock based compensation expenses in the Financing Activities section of Liquidity and Capital Resources that appears elsewhere in this MD&A). Administrative and advertising expense in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 also includes higher charges for the cost of employee separations.

Revenue from franchise fees is based upon sales volumes generated by Frisch's Big Boy restaurants that are licensed to other operators. The fees are based principally on percentages of sales and are recorded on the accrual method as earned. As of September 18, 2012, 25 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants were licensed to other operators and paying franchise fees to the Company. No licensed Frisch's Big Boy restaurants opened or closed during any of the periods presented in this MD&A. Other revenue also includes certain other fees earned from Frisch's Big Boy restaurants licensed to others along with minor amounts of rent and investment income.

Gains and losses from the sale of assets consist of transactions involving real property and sometimes may include restaurant equipment that is sold together with real property as a package when closed restaurants are sold. Gains and losses reported on this line do not include abandonment losses that routinely arise when certain equipment is replaced before it reaches the end of its expected life; abandonment losses are instead reported in other operating costs. The loss of $11,000 shown in the consolidated statement of earnings during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 was from the August 2012 sale of one of the remaining Golden Corral restaurants.

Non-cash pretax impairment charges totaling $70,000 were recorded during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 to lower previous estimates of the fair values of two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants. The impairment charges were based on sales contracts that had been accepted by the Company. No impairment charges were recorded during the First Quarter Fiscal 2012.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased $136,000 in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 when compared with the comparable year ago period. The decrease is primarily the result of lower debt levels than a year ago.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense as a percentage of pretax earnings was estimated at 32 percent for the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, up from 23 percent that was estimated for the First Quarter Fiscal 2012. The higher rate in the First Quarter of Fiscal 2013 is primarily due to changes in tax credits and deferred state taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Company's tax return for Fiscal Year 2011, which was filed in February 2012.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

At the beginning of Fiscal Year 2012, the Company operated a second business segment, which consisted of 35 Golden Corral restaurants (Golden Corral) that were licensed to the Company by Golden Corral Corporation (GCC). Six of the Golden Corrals were closed in August 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012) due to under performance, which resulted in a non-cash pretax asset impairment charge of $4,000,000. In May 2012, the remaining 29 Golden Corrals were sold to GCC. Results for Golden Corral for the First Quarter Fiscal 2012 are shown in the following table. Income tax expense as shown in the table in the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 represents adjustments to tax related balance sheet accounts.

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	First Quarter
	2013				2012
				(in thousands)
Sales	$	—			$	30,367
Food and paper	—				11,619
Payroll and related	—				8,892
Other operating costs	—				8,234
	—				28,745
Gross profit	—				1,622
Administrative and advertising	—				927
Impairment of long-lived assets	—				4,000
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax	—				(3,305		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	158				(571		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes	$	(158	)		$	(2,734	)

LIQUIDITY and CAPITAL RESOURCES

Sources of Funds

Food sales to restaurant customers provide the Company’s principal source of cash. The funds from sales are immediately available for the Company’s use, as substantially all sales to restaurant customers are received in currency or are settled by debit or credit cards. The primary source of cash provided by operating activities is net earnings plus depreciation and impairment of assets, if any. Other sources of cash may include borrowing against credit lines, proceeds received when stock options are exercised and occasional sales of real estate. In addition to servicing debt, these cash flows are utilized for discretionary objectives, including capital projects (principally restaurant expansion and renovation), capital stock repurchases and dividends.

As of May 29, 2012, $42,000,000 of the proceeds from the May 2012 sale of 29 Golden Corral restaurants was invested in commercial paper. These funds were converted to cash on September 14, 2012 to fund a special dividend of $9.50 per share (see Financing Activities below). Also as of May 29, 2012, the sum of $3,118,000 (restricted cash) of the Golden Corral proceeds was being held by a third party intermediary in anticipation of completing qualifying like kind exchanges in order to defer taxable gains pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. In July and August 2012, all of the restricted cash was returned to the Company's treasury from the third party intermediary because suitable like kind exchanges could not be identified.

Working Capital Practices

The Company has historically maintained a strategic negative working capital position, which is a common practice in the restaurant industry. As significant cash flows are consistently provided by operations and credit lines remain readily available, this practice should not hinder the Company’s ability to satisfactorily retire any of its obligations when due, including the aggregated contractual obligations and commercial commitments shown in the following table.

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Aggregated Information about Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments September 18, 2012:

		Payments due by period (in thousands)
		Total		year 1		year 2		year 3		year 4		year 5		more than 5 years
	Long-Term Debt	$	18,639	$	5,932	$	4,466	$	3,398	$	2,189	$	1,631	$	1,023
	Interest on Long-Term Debt (estimated)	1,724		748		476		274		138		68		20
	Rent due under Capital Lease Obligations	2,582		276		276		276		276		212		1,266
1	Rent due under Operating Leases	14,534		1,053		1,063		887		843		855		9,833
2	Purchase Obligations	13,935		12,855		926		154		—		—		—
3	Other Long-Term Obligations	572		235		238		99		—		—		—
	Total Contractual Cash Obligations	$	51,986	$	21,099	$	7,445	$	5,088	$	3,446	$	2,766	$	12,142

1 Operating leases may include option periods yet to be exercised, when exercise is determined to be reasonably assured.

2 Primarily consists of commitments for certain food and beverage items, plus capital projects including commitments to purchase real property, if any. Does not include agreements that can be canceled without penalty.

3 Deferred compensation liability (undiscounted).

The working capital deficit was $9,081,000 as of September 18, 2012. Working capital at May 29, 2012 was $37,753,000, which included $42,000,000 in commercial paper (see Sources of Funds elsewhere in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of this MD&A).

A financing package of unsecured credit facilities has been in place for many years with the same lending institution, currently styled (since April 2012) as the 2012 Loan Agreement. The following amounts are readily available to be borrowed before the 2012 Loan Agreement expires on October 15, 2013:

• Construction Loan - $15,000,000 currently available

• Revolving Loan - $5,000,000 currently available to fund temporary working capital

The Company is in full compliance with the covenants contained in the 2012 Loan Agreement.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by continuing operations was $4,467,000 during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, which compares with $6,178,000 in the First Quarter of Fiscal 2012. Normal changes in assets and liabilities such as prepaid expenses, inventories, accounts payable and accrued, prepaid and deferred income taxes, all of which can and often do fluctuate widely from quarter to quarter, account for most of the change.

Management measures cash flows from the from continuing operations by simply adding back certain non-cash expenses to earnings from continuing operations. These non-cash expenses include items such as depreciation, losses (net of any gains) on dispositions of assets, charges for impairment of assets (if any), stock based compensation costs and pension costs in excess of plan contributions. The result of this approach is shown as a sub-total in the consolidated statement of cash flows: $4,859,000 in the First Quarter of Fiscal 2013 and $4,527,000 in the First Quarter of Fiscal 2012.

Contributions to the defined benefit pension plan that is sponsored by the Company are currently projected to be $2,100,000 (minimum required contributions are $1,860,000) in Fiscal Year 2013, $525,000 of which was contributed during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013.

An automatic Change in Accounting Method was filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Fiscal Year 2011, to allow immediate deduction of certain repairs and maintenance costs, replacing the previous treatment that had capitalized these costs. In December 2011, the IRS issued new temporary and proposed regulations on tangible property that significantly departs from the prior proposed regulations on which the Company’s Change in Accounting Method was based. Management is continuing its review and analysis of the new temporary and proposed regulations to determine the effect, if any, upon the Company’s Change in Accounting Method, which would have to be applied in Fiscal Year 2013.

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Investing Activities

Capital spending is the principal component of investing activities. Capital spending was $3,049,000 during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, a decrease of $1,551,000 from the First Quarter Fiscal 2012. These capital expenditures typically consist of site acquisitions for expansion, new restaurant construction, plus on-going reinvestments in existing restaurants including remodeling jobs, routine equipment replacements and other maintenance capital outlays.

Proceeds from the disposition of property amounted to $1,098,000 during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, consisting of $1,077,000 in real property and $21,000 from transactions to sell used equipment and /or other operating assets. The proceeds from dispositions of real property was from the August 2012 sale of one of the six Golden Corral properties that had closed in August 2011.

Three former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants, three former Golden Corral restaurants (permanently closed August 2011) and eight other pieces of surplus land were held for sale as of September 18, 2012 at an aggregate asking price of approximately $8,700,000. One of the former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants was sold in October 2012, the proceeds from which amounted to approximately $1,360,000.

Financing Activities

No new borrowing against credit lines was necessary during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013. Scheduled and other payments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations amounted to $2,449,000 during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013.

Regular quarterly cash dividends paid to shareholders during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013 amounted to $791,000 or $0.16 per share. In addition, a $0.16 per share dividend was declared on September 12, 2012. Its payment of $808,000 on October 9, 2012 was the 207th consecutive quarterly dividend (a period of 52 years) paid by the Company. For the foreseeable future, the Company expects to continue its practice of paying regular quarterly cash dividends.

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a special one-time cash dividend of $9.50 per share payable September 14, 2012 to shareholders of record on August 31, 2012. The total for the special dividend that was paid on September 14, 2012 amounted to $47,963,000, which was based on 5,048,711 shares outstanding on August 31, 2012.

During the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, 320,416 shares of the Company’s common stock were re-issued from the Company’s treasury pursuant to the exercise of stock options. The aggregate strike price for the options was $7,467,000, of which $2,398,000 was received in cash and $5,069,000 was charged to the treasury stock account to record shares re-acquired in connection with the exercise of "cashless" stock options that would normally be settled through a broker on the open market. As of September 18,2012, 76,003 shares granted under the Company’s stock option plans remained outstanding, including 67,834 fully vested sharesat a weighted average exercise price of $19.11 per share. Although the closing price of the Company’s stock on September 18, 2012 was $21.32, the intrinsic value of 44,000 fully vested “In The Money” options was $222,000, which, if exercised, would yield $716,000 in proceeds to the Company.

Shareholders approved the 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (2012 Plan) in October 2012, which authorized 500,000 shares to be awarded, and which canceled all remaining shares that had been available to be awarded under the 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. On October 3, 2012, 14,245 shares of restricted stock were granted to non-employee members of the Board of Directors and an award of 2,035 restricted shares was granted to the CEO pursuant to the terms of his employment contract. All restricted shares issued on October 3, 2012 were awarded under the 2012 Plan, the total value of which amounted to $320,000, which will be expensed ratably, beginning in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2013, over a one year vesting period. The total value of restricted shares issued to non-employee members of the Board of Directors and the CEO in October 2011 (awarded under the 2003 Plan) amounted to $320,000, of which $98,000 was charged to administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013.

In June 2012, a group of executive officers (excluding the CEO) and other key employees was granted an aggregate award of 4,850 unrestricted shares of the Company's common stock, the total value of which amounted to $127,000. In June 2011, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was granted an unrestricted stock award of 17,364 common shares and a group of executive officers and other key employees were granted an aggregate award of 7,141 restricted shares of common stock. The total value of the unrestricted award to the CEO amounted to $371,000. The total value of the restricted awards to executive officers and other key employees amounted to $150,000.

The fair value of stock options granted and restricted stock issued is recognized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods of the awards. Although no stock options have been granted since Fiscal Year 2011, compensation cost continues from the run–out of options granted in previous years. The fair value of unrestricted stock issued is recognized entirely during the quarter in which the grant of the award occurs. Compensation costs arising from all share-based payments are charged to administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings:

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	First Quarter
Share based compensation cost	2013		2012
	(in thousands)
Stock options granted	$	14	$	50
Restricted stock issued	98		129
Unrestricted stock issued	127		371
Share-based compensation cost, pretax	$	239	$	550

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase over a three year period, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, up to 450,000 shares of its common stock representing approximately 9 percent of the Company's total outstanding shares. During the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, the Company re-acquired 212,929 shares under the program at a cost of $6,708,000, which includes 32,000 shares that were beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer and 180,929 shares re-acquired in connection with the exercise of "cashless" stock options that normally settle through a broker on the open market.

Separate from the repurchase program, the Company’s treasury acquired 2,691 shares of its common stock in the First Quarter of Fiscal 2013 at a cost of $72,000 to cover withholding tax obligations in connection with restricted and unrestricted stock awards.

Other Information

One new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant opened for business during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013. It opened in August 2012 on land that was acquired in fee simple tile in April 2010. One more new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant is expected to be added in Fiscal Year 2013, which is currently under construction on leased land, which is scheduled to open in February 2013.

Including land and land improvements, the cost required to build and equip each new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant currently ranges from $2,500,000 to $3,400,000. The actual cost depends greatly on the price paid for the land and the cost of land improvements, both of which can vary widely from location to location, and whether the land is purchased or leased. Costs also depend on whether new restaurants are constructed using plans for the original 2001 building prototype (5,700 square feet with seating for 172 guests) or its smaller adaptation, the 2010 building prototype (5,000 square feet with seating for 148 guests), which is used in smaller trade areas. The smaller 2010 building prototype plan was used to construct the restaurant that opened in August 2012, and is also being used to construct the restaurant that is scheduled to open in February 2013.

Approximately one-fifth of the Frisch's Big Boy restaurants are routinely renovated or decoratively updated each year. The renovations not only refresh and upgrade interior finishes, but are also designed to synchronize the interiors and exteriors of older restaurants with those of newly constructed restaurants. The current average cost to renovate a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant ranges from $100,000 to $200,000. The Fiscal Year 2013 remodeling budget is $1,740,000 for 12 planned remodel jobs, three of which were completed during the First Quarter of Fiscal 2013.

Part of the Company’s strategic plan entails owning the land on which it builds new restaurants. However, it is sometimes necessary to enter ground leases to obtain desirable land on which to build. As of September 18, 2012, 14 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants were in operation on non-owned premises – one capital lease and 13 operating leases. In addition, one new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant building was under construction as of September 18, 2012 on land that is leased to the Company.

The Company remains contingently liable under certain ground lease agreements relating to land on which seven of the Company's former Golden Corral restaurants are situated. The seven leases were assigned to Golden Corral Corporation (GCC) as part of the May 2012 transaction to sell the Company's Golden Corral restaurants to GCC. The amount remaining under contingent lease obligations totaled $7,383,000 as of September 18, 2012, for which the aggregate average annual lease payments approximate $647,000 in each of the next five years. Since there is no reason to believe that GCC (the owner and franchisor of the Golden Corral brand) is likely to default, no provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements for amounts that would be payable by the Company.

APPLICATION of CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to use estimates and assumptions to measure certain items that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying footnotes. These judgments are based on knowledge and experience about past and current events, and assumptions about future events. Accounting estimates can and do change as new events occur and additional information

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becomes available. Actual results may differ markedly from current judgment.

Two factors are required for an accounting policy to be deemed critical. The policy must be significant to the fair presentation of a company’s financial condition and its results of operations, and the policy must require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments. Management believes the following to be the Company’s critical accounting policies.

Self Insurance

The Company self-insures a significant portion of expected losses from its workers’ compensation program in the state of Ohio. The Company purchases coverage from an insurance company for individual claims in excess of $300,000. Reserves for claims expense include a provision for incurred but not reported claims. Each quarter, management reviews claims valued by the third party administrator (TPA) of the program and then applies experience and judgment to determine the most probable future value of incurred claims. As the TPA submits additional new information, management reviews it in light of historical claims for similar injuries, probability of settlement, and any other facts that might provide guidance in determining ultimate value of individual claims. Unexpected changes in any of these or other factors could result in actual costs differing materially from initial projections or values presently carried in the self-insurance reserves.

Pension Plans

Pension plan accounting requires rate assumptions for future compensation increases and the long-term investment return on plan assets. A discount rate is also applied to the calculations of net periodic pension cost and projected benefit obligations. A committee consisting of executives from the Finance Department and the Human Resources Department, with guidance provided by the Company’s actuarial consulting firm, develops these assumptions each year. The consulting firm also provides services in calculating estimated future obligations and net periodic pension cost.

To determine the long-term rate of return on plan assets, the committee considers a weighted average of the historical broad market return and the forward looking expected return. The historical broad market return assumes a wide period of data available for each asset class. Domestic equity securities are allocated equally between large cap and small cap funds, with fixed income securities allocated equally between long-term corporate/government bonds and intermediate-term government bonds. The model for the forward looking expected return uses a range of expected outcomes over a number of years based on the mix of the plan assets and assumptions about the return, variance, and co-variance for each asset class. The weighted average of the historical broad market return and the forward looking expected return is rounded to the nearest 25 basis points to determine the overall expected rate of return on plan assets.

The discount rate is selected by matching the cash flows of the pension plan to that of a yield curve that provides the equivalent yields on zero-coupon bonds for each maturity. Benefit cash flows due in a particular year can be "settled" theoretically by "investing" them in the zero-coupon bond that matures in the same year. The discount rate is the single rate that produces the same present value of cash flows. The selection of the discount rate represents the equivalent single rate under a broad market AA yield curve. The yield curve is used to set the discount rate assumption using cash flows on an aggregate basis, which is then rounded to the nearest 25 basis points.

Pension plan assets are targeted to be invested 70 percent in equity securities, as these investments have historically provided the greatest long-term returns. Poor performance in equity securities markets can significantly lower the market values of the investment portfolios, which, in turn, can result in a) material increases in future funding requirements, b) much higher net periodic pension costs to be recognized in future years, and c) increases in underfunded plan status, requiring the Company’s equity to be reduced.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets include property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets. Judgments and estimates are used to determine the carrying value of long-lived assets. This includes the assignment of appropriate useful lives, which affect depreciation and amortization expense. Capitalization policies are continually monitored to assure they remain appropriate.

Management considers a history of cash flow losses on a restaurant-by-restaurant basis to be the primary indicator of potential impairment. Carrying values of property and equipment are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying values of the assets may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the property. When undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than carrying values, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which carrying values exceed fair value, which is determined as either 1) the greater of the net present value of the future cash flow stream, or 2) by opinions of value provided by real estate brokers and/or management's judgment as developed through its experience in disposing of unprofitable restaurant operations. Broker opinions of value and the judgment of management consider various factors in their fair value estimates such as the sales of comparable area properties, general economic conditions in the area, physical condition and location of the subject property,

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and general real estate activity in the local market. Future cash flows can be difficult to predict. Changing neighborhood demographics and economic conditions, and many other factors may influence operating performance, which affect cash flows.

Sometimes it becomes necessary to cease operating a certain restaurant due to poor operating performance. The ultimate loss can be significantly different from the original impairment charge, particularly if the eventual market price received from the disposition of the property differs materially from initial estimates of fair values.

Acquired goodwill and other intangible assets are tested for impairment annually or whenever an impairment indicator arises.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES about MARKET RISKS

The Company has no significant market risk exposure to interest rate changes as substantially all of its debt is currently financed with fixed interest rates, or will be converted to fixed rate term loans in the next six months. The Company does not currently use derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates. Any cash equivalents maintained by the Company have original maturities of 90 days or less. The Company does not use any foreign currency in its operations.

Operations are vertically integrated, using centralized purchasing and food preparation, provided through the Company’s commissary and food manufacturing plant. Management believes the commissary operation ensures uniform product quality and safety, timeliness of distribution to restaurants and creates efficiencies that ultimately result in lower food and supply costs.

Commodity pricing affects the cost of many of the Company’s food products. Commodity pricing can be extremely volatile, affected by many factors outside of management’s control, including import and export restrictions, the influence of currency markets relative to the U.S dollar, supply versus demand, production levels and the impact that adverse weather conditions may have on crop yields. Certain commodities purchased by the commissary, principally beef, chicken, pork, dairy products, fish, French fries and coffee, are generally purchased based upon market prices established with vendors. Purchase contracts for some of these items may contain contractual provisions that limit the price to be paid. These contracts are normally for periods of one year or less but may have longer terms if favorable long-term pricing becomes available. Food supplies are generally plentiful and may be obtained from any number of suppliers, which mitigates the Company’s overall commodity cost risk. Quality, timeliness of deliveries and price are the principal determinants of source. Management does not use financial instruments as a hedge against changes in commodity pricing.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS and PROCEDURES

a)Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of September 18, 2012, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date to ensure that information that would be required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and (ii) would be accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

b)Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f)) during the fiscal quarter ended September 18, 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On September 18, 2012, Tasha N. Compton, a former employee, filed a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act and class action under the Ohio Minimum Fair Wage Standards Act for allegations of off-the-clock work, unpaid overtime, and minimum wage violations as a result of alleged improper application of the Tip Credit. As part of the collective action, Ms. Compton seeks recovery for all individuals who worked as a server at any Frisch's Big Boy restaurant operated by the Company during the three year period, September 18, 2009 through September 18, 2012. The class action is limited to servers who worked for the Company at Frisch's Big Boy restaurants located in Ohio during the last three years.

Both the collective action and the class action are styled together as Case No. 2:12-cv-00858-GLF-EPD, which was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.

The Company has not answered the complaint, but expects to deny all allegations and will vigorously defend the matter, including

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efforts by the plaintiff to certify the class. If successful on these claims, the Ms. Compton and any class members would be entitled to unpaid wages, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Operational and other risks and uncertainties that face the Company were set forth in Part I Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 2012. There have been no material changes in the risks from those that were disclosed in that Form 10-K.

The materialization of events associated with risks disclosed in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 2012 together with those risks that were not specifically listed or those that are presently unforeseen, could result in significant adverse effects on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows, which could include the permanent closure of any affected restaurant(s) with an impairment of assets charge taken against earnings, and could adversely affect the price at which shares of the Company’s common stock trade.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES of EQUITY SECURITIES and USE of PROCEEDS

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, up to 450,000 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 9 percent of the Company's total outstanding shares, over a three year period that will end on July 25, 2015. The following table shows information pertaining to the Company’s repurchases of its common stock during the First Quarter Fiscal 2013, which ended September 18, 2012:

Period	Total Number Of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
May 30, 2012 to June 26, 2012 (1)	2,667		$	26.69	—	—
June 27, 2012 to July 24, 2012	—		$	—	—	—
July 25, 2012 to August 21, 2012 (1)	24		$	25.52	—	450,000
August 22, 2012 to September 18, 2012 (2)	212,929		$	31.50	212,929	237,071
Total	$	215,620	$	31.44	212,929	237,071

(1) Shares re-acquired to cover employee withholding tax obligations in connection with vesting of restricted and/or unrestricted stock awards.

(2) Includes a) 32,000 shares re-acquired that were beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer either as Trustee of four separate Trusts or as an Estate Executor, and b) 180,929 shares re-acquired in connection with the exercise of "cashless" stock options that normally settle through a broker on the open market.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS upon SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable

ITEM 4. MINE SAFTEY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Material Contracts — Compensatory Plans or Agreements

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10.50 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, which was filed as Exhibit B to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement dated August 26, 2012, is incorporated herein by reference.

10.51 Restricted Stock Agreement to be used for restricted stock granted to non-employee members of the Board of Directors (between the Registrant and Daniel W. Geeding) under the Registrant’s 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (see Exhibit 10.50 above), is filed herewith. There are identical agreements between the Registrant and all other non-employee members of the Board of Directors.

10.52 Second Amendment to the Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan (Employee Stock Purchase Plan), is filed herewith.

Other Exhibits

31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), is filed herewith.

31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), is filed herewith.

32.1 Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer is filed herewith.

32.2 Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer is filed herewith.

101.INS    XBRL Instance Document                        *

101.SCH     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document            *

101.CAL     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document        *

101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document        *

101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document            *

101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document        *

*    Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, the XBRL Interactive data files in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q shall be deemed to be furnished but not filed herewith.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	FRISCH’S RESTAURANTS, INC.
	(Registrant)
DATE October 26, 2012
	BY      /s/ Mark R. Lanning
	Mark R. Lanning
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
	Principal Financial Officer
	Principal Accounting Officer

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EX-10.51

Exhibit 10.51

FRISCH’S RESTAURANTS, INC.

2003 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

(for non-employee directors)

This Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of October 3, 2012 (the “Grant Date”), and is entered into between Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and Daniel W. Geeding (“Director”). Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning given such terms in the Company’s 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

1.Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, the Company hereby grants to Director 2,035 shares of Restricted Stock (the “Shares”) in consideration for services to be performed by Director on behalf of the Company as a member of its Board of Directors (the “Board”).

2.Vesting. Unless earlier vested, forfeited or modified in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, Director’s right to the Shares shall become nonforfeitable on October 3, 2013 (the “Scheduled Vesting Date”).

3.Stock Certificates. A certificate for the Shares, registered in Director’s name, shall be issued and delivered to the Secretary of the Company and held by him/her in custody and shall not be delivered to Director until such Shares have fully vested in accordance with Section 2 above. The stock certificate will contain a legend evidencing the vesting condition of Section 2 above and the transferability restriction of Section 7 below.

4.Effect of Termination of Service. In the event of Director’s termination of service on the Board before the Scheduled Vesting Date, Director shall forfeit any and all rights he/she may have to the Shares unless vesting is accelerated pursuant to Section 11.1 or another provision of the Plan.

5.Taxes. Director shall be solely responsible for paying and shall pay all applicable U.S. federal, state and local taxes resulting from the grant or vesting of the Shares. Director acknowledges that he/she has been advised that he/she may elect to be taxed for U.S. federal income tax purposes in accordance with Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and advised of the consequences that may result from such an election. Any election under Section 83(b) must be filed with both the Internal Revenue Service and the Company on or before November 2, 2012 (i.e., within 30 days from the Grant Date).

6.Rights as Shareholder. Except to the extent limited by the terms of this Agreement or the Plan, Director shall have all rights of a shareholder prior to the vesting of the Shares, including the right to vote the Shares and receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

7.Holding Period/Transferability. Director agrees that the Shares granted pursuant to this Agreement may not be sold, transferred, assigned or made subject to any encumbrance, pledge or charge until such time as Director’s service on the Board terminates, except that, after the Shares have vested, Director may sell the minimum number of Shares (rounded down to a whole number) that is sufficient to satisfy Director’s federal, state and local taxes attributable to the Shares.

8.No Right to Continue as a Director. Nothing in this Agreement will confer upon Director any right to be nominated for reelection by the Company’s shareholders or any right to continue as a member of the Board for any period of time or at any particular rate of compensation.

9.Severability. If any part of this Agreement is declared by any court or government authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not invalidate any portion of this Agreement not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section of this Agreement so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner that will give effect to the terms of such Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

10.Construction. The Shares are being issued pursuant to the Plan and are subject to the terms and condition of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time. In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may modify this Agreement. Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment of the Plan or this Agreement shall materially impair Director’s rights under this Agreement with respect to the Shares without the consent of Director unless such amendment is otherwise required by law or integrally related to a requirement of law. A copy of the Plan document has been given to Director.

11.Entire Understanding. This Agreement embodies the entire understanding and agreement of the parties in relation to the subject matter hereof, and no promise, condition, representation or warranty, expressed or implied, not stated herein or in the Plan, shall bind either party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.

DIRECTOR        FRISCH’S RESTAURANTS, INC.

/s/ Daniel W. Geeding    /s/ Michael E. Conner    

Daniel W. Geeding        Michael E. Conner

Vice President – Human Resources

EX-10.52

Exhibit 10.52

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

FRISCH’S RESTAURANTS, INC.EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to the Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is made and adopted as of the 3rd day of October, 2012 by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Company”).

WHEREAS, the Company, with the approval of the Board and the Company’s shareholders adopted the Plan on October 5, 1998;

WHEREAS, the Board adopted an amendment to the Plan on June 5, 2007;

WHEREAS, Section 14 of the Plan allows the Board to modify or amend the Plan at any time; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires, among other things, (i) to change the name of the Plan from “Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan” to “Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan”, (ii) to reflect that Frisch Florida, Inc. and Kips of Oklahoma, Inc. are no longer Subsidiaries of the Company, and (iii) to reflect that Star Bank, National Association, is no longer the custodian for the Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby further amends the Plan as follows:

1.The name of the Plan shall be the “Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan” and all references in the Plan shall be construed accordingly.

2.All references in the Plan to “Employee Stock Option Plan” shall be changed to “Employee Stock Purchase Plan”.

3.Section 2.2 of the Plan is revised to read as follows:

2.2    "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of Frisch's, as constituted from time to time.

4.Section 2.6 of the Plan is revised to read as follows:

2.6    "Custodian" means the custodian of the Available Funds, Frisch’s Stock, dividends thereon and any other assets associated with this Plan, which is currently Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”) and its affiliate National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”) (collectively, “Fidelity”).

5.Section 2.7 of the Plan is revised to read as follows:

2.7    "Designated Subsidiary" means Frisch Ohio, Inc., Frisch Kentucky, Inc., and Frisch Indiana, Inc., as well as any future Subsidiary which is designated by the Board of Directors from time to time, in its sole discretion, to participate in this Plan.

6.Section 2.13 of the Plan is revised to read as follows:

2.13    "Frisch's" means Frisch's Restaurants, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, and any successor corporation or business organization which shall assume the duties and obligations of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. under this Plan.

7.Section 2.18 of the Plan is revised to read as follows:

2.18    "Plan" means this Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended from time to time.

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION    RULE 13a – 14(a)/15d – 14(a)

I, Craig F. Maier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Quarterly Report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and we have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Quarterly Report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors:

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

DATEOctober 26, 2012

/s/ Craig F. Maier                

Craig F. Maier, President and Chief

Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION    RULE 13a – 14(a)/15d – 14(a)

I, Mark R. Lanning, Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Quarterly Report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and we have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Quarterly Report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors:

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

DATEOctober 26, 2012

/s/ Mark R. Lanning                    

Mark R. Lanning, Vice President-Finance and

Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer

and Principal Accounting Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION of CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT to SECTION 1350 of CHAPTER 63 of TITLE 18 of the UNITED STATES CODE,

as ADOPTED PURSUANT to

SECTION 906 of THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Quarterly Report of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Registrant”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 18, 2012 (the “Report”), the undersigned officer of the Registrant certifies, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

October 26, 2012	By:	/s/ Craig F. Maier
Date		Craig F. Maier, President and
		Chief Executive Officer

This certification is being furnished as required by Rule 13a – 14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as other otherwise stated in such filing.

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION of CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT to SECTION 1350 of CHAPTER 63 of TITLE 18 of the UNITED STATES CODE,

as ADOPTED PURSUANT to

SECTION 906 of THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Quarterly Report of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Registrant”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 18, 2012 (the “Report”), the undersigned officer of the Registrant certifies, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

October 26, 2012	By:	/s/ Mark R. Lanning
Date		Mark R. Lanning, Vice President-Finance and
		Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial
		Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

This certification is being furnished as required by Rule 13a – 14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as other otherwise stated in such filing.

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Leased Property - Capital Leases (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Capital Leases, Lessee Balance Sheet [Abstract]
Capitalized assets balance, gross	$ 2,501,334	$ 2,311,565
Less accumulated amortization	(731,000)	(679,000)
Capitalized assets balance, net	1,770,000	1,632,000
Restaurant property (land)
Capital Leases, Lessee Balance Sheet [Abstract]
Capitalized assets balance, gross	825,000	825,000
Delivery equipment
Capital Leases, Lessee Balance Sheet [Abstract]
Capitalized assets balance, gross	$ 1,676,000	$ 1,486,000
Frisch's Big Boy
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Properties under capital lease (restaurants)	1

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Earnings Per Share (Details)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic [Abstract]
Number of shares issued, Basic	4,961,555	4,928,671
Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment [Abstract]
Number of diluted shares outstanding adjustment	55,717	13,168
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted [Abstract]
Number of shares outstanding, diluted	5,017,272	4,941,839
Stock options
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted [Abstract]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of weighted average shares	7,000	253,000

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Executive Savings Plan (Details)	4 Months Ended	162 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 1992
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Abstract]
Minimum employment length for plan participation	90 days
Discounted stock purchase price, under the plan, as a percent of market price	85.00%
Maximum number of shares authorized		1,000,000
Number of shares comulatively purchased through the plan		169,822
Number of shares held by custodian		42,808
Executive Savings Plan, Shares in Plan [Abstract]
Maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the plan, adjusted for capitalization			58,492
Maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the plan			50,000
Number of shares in reserve at period end	38,553
Number of shares allocated but not issued to participants	19,722

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Discontinued Operations - Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets	$ (70,500)	$ 0
Golden Corral, disposal group
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets	0	(4,000,000)	(388,000)
Six former Golden Corral restaurants
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets		(4,000,000)
Level 1 | Six former Golden Corral restaurants
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, fair value	0
Level 2 | Six former Golden Corral restaurants
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, fair value	0
Level 3 | Six former Golden Corral restaurants
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, fair value	$ 6,909,000

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock Shareholder's Equity/Capital Stock (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Schedule of reconciliation of shares awarded

Final Reconciliation of Shares Awarded under the 2003 Plan

	No. of shares
Original authorization	800,000
Stock options cumulatively granted	(333,250	)
Options cumulatively forfeited	74,253
	541,003
Unrestricted stock awarded	(22,214	)
Restricted stock cumulatively awarded	(35,817	)
Restricted stock cumulatively forfeited	438
Authorization canceled	483,410

Schedule of stock options activity

The changes in outstanding and exercisable options under both the 1993 Plan and the 2003 Plan are shown below as of September 18, 2012:

	No. of shares		Weighted avg. price per share		Weighted avg. Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at beginning of year	399,586		$	23.96
Granted	—		$	—
Exercised	(320,417	)	$	23.31
Forfeited or expired	(3,166	)	$	22.94
Outstanding at end of quarter	76,003		$	18.25	4.91	years	$	306
Exercisable at end of quarter	67,834		$	19.11	4.57	years	$	222

Schedule of stock optiony exercise price range

Stock options outstanding and exercisable as of September 18, 2012 for the 1993 Plan and the 2003 Plan are shown below:

Range of Exercise Prices per Share	No. of shares	Weighted average price per share		Weighted average remaining life in years
Outstanding:
$10.05 to $15.90	27,669	$	13.19	4.95
$15.91 to $24.20	41,500	$	19.66	5.41
$24.21 to $30.13	6,834	$	30.13	1.75
$10.05 to $30.13	76,003	$	18.25	4.91
Exercisable:
$10.05 to $15.90	19,500	$	14.08	3.78
$15.91 to $24.20	41,500	$	19.66	5.41
$24.21 to $30.13	6,834	$	30.13	1.75
$10.05 to $30.13	67,834	$	19.11	4.57

Schedule of restricted stock activity

The changes in restricted stock awards are shown below as of September 18, 2012:

	No. of shares		Weighted average price per share
Non-vested at beginning of year	22,277		$	19.69
Awarded	—		$	—
Vested	(5,637	)	$	21.05
Forfeited	—		$	—
Non-vested at end of quarter	16,640		$	19.23

Schedule of weighted average number of shares

Basic earnings per share (EPS) calculations are based on the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period presented. Diluted EPS includes the effect of common stock equivalents, which assumes the exercise and conversion of dilutive stock options.

	Used to Calculate Basic EPS	Stock equivalents	Used to Calculate Diluted EPS
16 weeks ended:	Weighted average shares outstanding		Weighted average shares outstanding
September 18, 2012	4,961,555	55,717	5,017,272
September 20, 2011	4,928,671	13,168	4,941,839

Schedule of share-based compensation expense

Share-Based Payment (Compensation Cost)

The fair value of restricted stock issued and stock options granted is recognized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods of the awards. The fair value of unrestricted stock is recognized entirely during the period granted. Compensation costs arising from all share-based payments are charged to administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings.

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
Stock options granted	$	14		$	50
Restricted stock issued	98			129
Unrestricted stock issued	127			371
Share-based compensation cost, pretax	239			550
Tax benefit	(81		)	(187		)
Share-based compensation cost, net of tax	$	158		$	363
Effect on basic earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.07
Effect on diluted earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.07

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Pension Plans - Net Periodic Pension Cost Components (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012	May 28, 2013 Scenario, forecast	May 28, 2013 Minimum Scenario, forecast	May 28, 2013 Maximum Scenario, forecast	Sep. 18, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]
Service cost	$ 555,000	$ 591,000
Interest cost	533,000	576,000
Expected return on plan assets	(614,000)	(635,000)
Amortization of prior service cost	(2,000)	1,000
Recognized net actuarial loss	527,000	269,000
Settlement loss	0	46,000
Net periodic pension cost	999,000	848,000	2,746,000		3,200,000	3,300,000	0	142,000
Weighted average discount rate	4.25%	5.25%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	4.00%	4.00%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets	7.50%	7.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Changes to Net Periodic Pension Cost [Abstract]
Effect of decrease in discount rate on net periodic pension cost				$ 135,000

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Compensation Plans And Award Types (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended		179 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	120 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	112 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	0 Months Ended				4 Months Ended		179 Months Ended		4 Months Ended										112 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			120 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	4 Months Ended				112 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		120 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	Oct. 04, 2008 1993 Plan	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan Chief executive officer	Jun. 15, 2011 1993 Plan Chief executive officer	Sep. 18, 2012 2003 Plan	Sep. 18, 2012 2003 Plan	Jun. 01, 2003 2003 Plan	Oct. 05, 2011 2003 Plan Non-employee directors	Oct. 05, 2011 2003 Plan Chief executive officer	Sep. 18, 2012 2012 Plan person	Oct. 03, 2012 2012 Plan Non-employee directors	Oct. 03, 2012 2012 Plan Chief executive officer	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan and 2003 Plan	May 29, 2012 1993 Plan and 2003 Plan	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options	Sep. 20, 2011 Stock options	Oct. 04, 2008 Stock options 1993 Plan	Oct. 31, 1993 Stock options 1993 Plan	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options 2003 Plan Non-employee directors	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options 2003 Plan Chief executive officer Before October 2009	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options 2003 Plan Chief executive officer After October 2009	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options 2003 Plan Key employees (excluding chief executive officer)	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options 2012 Plan Minimum	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock options 2012 Plan Maximum	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock appreciation rights (SARs) 2012 Plan Minimum	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock appreciation rights (SARs) 2012 Plan Maximum	Sep. 18, 2012 Restricted stock	Sep. 20, 2011 Restricted stock	Sep. 18, 2012 Restricted stock 2003 Plan	Oct. 03, 2012 Restricted stock 2003 Plan Non-employee directors	Oct. 05, 2011 Restricted stock 2003 Plan Non-employee directors	Jun. 15, 2011 Restricted stock 2003 Plan Key employees (excluding chief executive officer)	Jun. 15, 2011 Restricted stock 2003 Plan Key employees (excluding chief executive officer)	Oct. 03, 2012 Restricted stock 2012 Plan Non-employee directors	Sep. 18, 2012 Unrestricted stock	Sep. 20, 2011 Unrestricted stock	Jul. 31, 2012 Unrestricted stock 1993 Plan Chief executive officer	Jun. 30, 2012 Unrestricted stock 1993 Plan Chief executive officer	Sep. 18, 2012 Unrestricted stock 2003 Plan	Jun. 15, 2011 Unrestricted stock 2003 Plan Chief executive officer	Jun. 11, 2001 Unrestricted stock 2003 Plan Chief executive officer	Jun. 15, 2011 Unrestricted stock 2003 Plan Chief executive officer	Jun. 13, 2012 Unrestricted stock 2003 Plan Key employees (excluding chief executive officer)
2003 and 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plans
Number of shares authorized									800,000			500,000								500,000
Canceled authorized shares							483,410	483,410
Maximum number of shares per employee							80,000					50,000
Maximum grants per employee (annually)												$ 1,000,000
Average number of plan particpants												40
Expiration period																										10 years		10 years
Exercise price as a percent of fair market value of common stock																									100.00%		100.00%
Restricted Stock Awards Under 2003 and 2012 Plans [Abstract]
Equivalent number of shares granted under the plan, value																																40,000				40,000
Shares granted																																	14,560			14,245					22,214
Restricted stock issued										2,080	2,080		2,035	2,035
Shares acquired to cover witholding tax obligations, shares																																	1,456	1,342								7,998			1,349
Shares granted from re-issued treasury stock, shares																																			7,141							17,364			4,850
Shares granted from re-issued treasury stock, value	239,000	550,000															14,000	50,000											98,000	129,000					150,000		127,000	371,000				371,000			127,000
Unrestricted Stock Awards Under the 2003 Plan [Abstract]
Shares granted from re-issued treasury stock, shares																																			7,141							17,364			4,850
Shares granted from re-issued treasury stock, value	239,000	550,000															14,000	50,000											98,000	129,000					150,000		127,000	371,000				371,000			127,000
Shares acquired to cover witholding tax obligations, shares																																	1,456	1,342								7,998			1,349
Forfeitures																																										40,000		40,000
Option strike price																																											13.70
Stock Option Awards Under the 2003 Plan [Abstract]
Stock options cumulatively granted			556,228					333,250
Vesting period																					1 year	6 months	1 year	3 years
Outstanding options				7,834			68,169	68,169							76,003	399,586
Reconciliation of Shares Awarded Under 2003 Plan [Abstract]
Original authorization									800,000			500,000								500,000
Stock options cumulatively granted			(556,228)					(333,250)
Options cumulatively forfeied								74,253
Shares authorized, net of cumulative grants and forfeitures							541,003	541,003
Unrestricted stock awarded																																	(14,560)			(14,245)					(22,214)
Restricted stock cumulatively awarded																															(35,817)
Restricted stock cumulatively forfeited																															438
Authorization canceled							483,410	483,410
1993 Stock Option Plan
Number of shares authorized, adjusted for capitalization																				562,432
Number of shares authorized									800,000			500,000								500,000
Stock grants expiration period																			10 years
Stock options cumulatively granted			556,228					333,250
Outstanding options				7,834			68,169	68,169							76,003	399,586
Forfeitures																																										40,000		40,000
Options with extended expiration date, shares																																							40,000	13,000
Number of days expiration date is extended beyond original date						30 days
Effect of stock option expiration date extension on income, pre-tax					$ 1,000

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Long-Term Debt - (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended													4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012 loans	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan Maximum	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan Maximum Prior to September 2007	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan Maximum Between September 2007 and September 2010	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan Maximum After September 2010	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan Minimum	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Loan Minimum Between September 2007 and September 2010	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Phase Loan	Sep. 18, 2012 Construction Phase Loan Converted to Term Loans periods loans	Sep. 18, 2012 Revolving Loan	Sep. 18, 2012 Stock Repurchase Loan periods	Jul. 31, 2011 Stock Repurchase Loan	Sep. 18, 2012 2009 Term Loan periods	Sep. 30, 2009 2009 Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2009 2009 Term Loan Frisch's Big Boy restaurants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of unsecured loans in place	4
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity									$ 15,000,000		$ 5,000,000
Line of credit, additional borrowings									0
Line of credit, unused commitment fee									0.25%		0.25%
Maximum Construction Loan to Term Loan conversion period		6 months
Amortization period of Construction Phase Loans converted to Term Loans			12 years	7 years	12 years	12 years	7 years	12 years
Outstanding loan balance										16,564,000		851,000	1,000,000	1,225,000	4,000,000
Number of Term Loans retired										25
Aggregate value of Term Loans retired as of period end										59,000,000
Aggregate value of Term Loans										97,000,000
Weighted average interest rate										4.92%
Number of monthly installments										84		84		48
Principal and interest payments										549,000		13,000		89,000
Outstanding balance limit for the Company to reborrow against credit line capacity											5,000,000
Number of consecutive day out-of-debt period each fiscal year											30 days
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding											0
Fixed interest rate												3.56%		3.47%
Number of restaurants acquired with loan proceeds																5
Debt Covenants [Abstract]
Loan covenant compliance	The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants
Long-term Debt, Other Disclosures [Abstract]
Term Loans under the Consruction Loan, Carrying Value										16,564,000
Term Loans under the Consruction Loan, Fair Value										$ 17,291,000

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Commitments And Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012
Purchase Obligation, Future Minimum Payments, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2013	$ 12,855,000
2014	926,000
2015	154,000
Other Contingencies
Outstanding letters of credit	100,000
Property under operating lease, for which Company is contingently liable (restaurants)	1
Annual lease obligation, for which Company is contingently liable for performance	48,000
Ohio
Other Contingencies
Self-insured workers' compensation, per claim limit	300,000
Properties operated under lease agreements
Other Contingencies
Leased properties (restaurants)	14
Golden Corral, disposal group
Other Contingencies
Property under operating lease, for which Company is contingently liable (restaurants)	7
Golden Corral, disposal group | Properties operated under operating lease agreement with contingent rental payments
Other Contingencies
Total lease obligation, for which Company is contingently liable for performance	7,383,000
Annual lease obligation, for which Company is contingently liable for performance	$ 647,000

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Treasury Stock and Dividends (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			4 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 09, 2012	Sep. 12, 2012	Jul. 25, 2012	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012	Aug. 31, 2012
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Treasury stock held				2,538,053
Stock repurchase program duration				3 years
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased			450,000
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased, percent of outstanding common stock			9.00%
Treasury shares aquired, value				$ 6,708,000
Treasury shares aquired				212,929
Shares acquired to cover witholding tax obligations, value				81,000	187,000
Dividends [Abstract]
Cash dividends paid				791,000
Cash dividends paid, per share				$ 0.16
Cash dividends declared, per share		$ 0.16			$ 0.31	$ 0.32
Cash dividends, declared not yet paid	808,000
Number of consecutive years of cash dividend payment as of reporting date				52 years
Special cash dividends declared and paid, per share			$ 9.50
Special cash dividend - $9.50 per share				47,963,000
Shares outstanding							5,048,711
Exercise of stock otions - cashless
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Treasury shares aquired				180,929
Chief executive officer
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Treasury shares aquired				32,000
Restricted and unrestricted stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Shares acquired to cover witholding tax obligations, shares				2,691
Shares acquired to cover witholding tax obligations, value				$ 72,000

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$ 800,288	$ (2,274,283)
Less (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	(157,705)	(2,734,313)
Earnings from continuing operations	957,993	460,030
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	3,111,592	3,112,229
Loss on disposition of assets, including abandonment losses	5,646	49,552
Impairment of long-lived assets	70,500	0
Stock-based compensation expense	238,827	549,883
Net periodic pension cost	999,004	705,099
Contributions to pension plans	(525,000)	(350,000)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) earnings to net cash from operating activities, total	4,858,562	4,526,793
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Trade and other receivables	279,192	532,143
Inventories	(430,894)	(372,764)
Prepaid expenses, sundry deposits and other	(793,258)	10,979
Other assets	(4,473)	(63,780)
Prepaid, accrued and deferred income taxes	352,625	1,334,816
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation	(324,193)	(3,800)
Accounts payable	379,868	677,433
Accrued expenses	199,176	(426,485)
Self insured obligations	(26,547)	101,038
Deferred compensation and other liabilities	(23,411)	(138,542)
Changes in assets and liabilities, total	(391,915)	1,651,038
Net cash provided by continuing operations	4,466,647	6,177,831
Net cash (used in) provided by discontinued operations	(510,048)	1,146,991
Net cash provided by operating activities	3,956,599	7,324,822
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(3,048,920)	(4,600,328)
Proceeds from disposition of property	1,097,752	317
Change in restricted cash	3,492,803	0
Change in other assets	(109,488)	146,221
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities	1,432,147	(4,453,790)
Net cash (used in) discontinued investing activities	0	(917,012)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	1,432,147	(5,370,802)
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	0	1,000,000
Payment of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(2,448,841)	(2,716,082)
Cash dividends paid	(790,526)	(740,438)
Special cash dividend paid	(47,962,754)	0
Proceeds from stock options exercised	7,467,463	86,850
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	324,194	3,800
Treasury shares acquired	(6,779,485)	(588,206)
Other treasury shares re-issued	12,392	30,133
Net cash (used in) financing activities	(50,177,557)	(2,923,943)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	(44,788,811)	(969,923)
Cash and equivalents at beginning of year	45,962,546	2,315,948
Cash and equivalents at end of year	1,173,735	1,346,025
Supplemental disclosures:
Interest paid	360,966	513,888
Income taxes paid	255,080	126,508
Dividends declared but not paid	807,794	787,712
Lease transactions capitalized (non-cash)	$ 189,769	$ 0

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Stock Options (Details) (1993 Plan and 2003 Plan, USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of year	399,586
Granted	0
Exercised	(320,417)
Forfeited or expired	(3,166)
Outstanding at end of quarter	76,003
Exercisable at end of quarter	67,834
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at beginning of year	$ 23.96
Granted	$ 0.00
Exercised	$ 23.31
Forfeited or expired	$ 22.94
Outstanding at end of quarter	$ 18.25
Exercisable at end of quarter	$ 19.11
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Outstanding at end of quarter, Weighted Avg. Remaining Contractual Term	4 years 10 months 28 days
Exercisable at end of quarter, Weighted Avg. Remaining Contractual Term	4 years 6 months 26 days
Outstanding at end of quarter, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 306,000
Exercisable at end of quarter, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	222,000
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during period	2,779,000	16,000
Chief executive officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Exercised	(136,000)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during period	1,278,000
Excess tax benefit recorded from the exercise of stock options	$ 324,000

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Accounting Policies - Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets	$ 70,500	$ 0
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets	70,000
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, fair value	0
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, fair value	1,622,000
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, fair value	$ 0

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Accounting Policies - Fiscal Year Dislosures (Details)	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Fiscal Year [Abstract]
Number of weeks in the first quarter of each fiscal year period	P16W
Number of weeks in the the last three quarters of each fiscal year period	P12W
52-week fiscal year
Fiscal Year [Abstract]
Number of weeks in a fiscal year period	P52W
Number of weeks in the current fiscal year period	P52W	P52W
53-week fiscal year
Fiscal Year [Abstract]
Number of weeks in a fiscal year period	P53W
Number of weeks in the the fourth quarter of a 53-week fiscal year period	P13W

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Exercise Price Range (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	4 Months Ended
	Jul. 25, 2012 2003 Plan	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan and 2003 Plan $10.05 to $15.90	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan and 2003 Plan $15.91 to $24.20	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan and 2003 Plan $24.21 to $30.13	Sep. 18, 2012 1993 Plan and 2003 Plan $10.05 to $30.13
Outstanding:
Number of shares		27,669	41,500	6,834	76,003
Weighted average price per share		$ 13.19	$ 19.66	$ 30.13	$ 18.25
Weighted average remaining contractual term		4 years 11 months 12 days	5 years 4 months 28 days	1 year 9 months	4 years 10 months 28 days
Exercise price range, lower limit		$ 10.05	$ 15.91	$ 24.21	$ 10.05
Exercise price range, upper limit		$ 15.90	$ 24.20	$ 30.13	$ 30.13
Exercisable:
Number of shares		19,500	41,500	6,834	67,834
Weighted average price per share		$ 14.08	$ 19.66	$ 30.13	$ 19.11
weighted average remaining life		3 years 9 months 11 days	5 years 4 months 28 days	1 year 9 months	4 years 6 months 26 days
Exercise price range, lower limit		$ 10.05	$ 15.91	$ 24.21	$ 10.05
Exercise price range, upper limit		$ 15.90	$ 24.20	$ 30.13	$ 30.13
Downward adjustment to option strike price due to special dividend payout, per share	$ 9.50

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Accounting Policies - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Including Licensing Agreements [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 741,000	$ 741,000
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization	22,000	22,000
Other intangible assets subject to amortization - net	14,000	14,000
Goodwill and other intangible assets	$ 776,713	$ 777,420

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Accounting Policies - Defined Contribution Pension Plans Disclosures (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
401 (k) Plan - Salaried Savings Plan
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, description of vesting period	immediate
401 (k) Plan - Executive Savings Plan | Mutual funds
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Increase (decrease) in deferred compensation assets and liabilities due to executive compensation plan	$ 154,000	$ 278,000
Old Plan, Amended September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Hourly Savings Plan | After January 1, 1999
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	40.00%
Maximum annual contribution per employee, percent	10.00%
Employer matching contribution, vesting period	4 years
Old Plan, Amended September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Hourly Savings Plan | After 4 years of service
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Percentage of Employer's matching contribution vesting after four years of service	100.00%
Old Plan, Amended September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Salaried Savings Plan | Before June 30, 2009
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	10.00%
Maximum annual contribution per employee, percent	18.00%
Maximum annual contribution allowed per employee, percent	25.00%
Old Plan, Amended September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Executive Savings Plan | Mutual funds or comany's common stock | Before June 30, 2009
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Maximum annual contribution per employee, percent	10.00%
Maximum annual contribution allowed per employee, percent	25.00%
Old Plan, Amended September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Executive Savings Plan | Mutual funds | Before June 30, 2009
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	10.00%
Old Plan, Amended September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Executive Savings Plan | Company's common stock | Before June 30, 2009
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	15.00%
Current Plan, Effective September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Hourly Savings Plan | No hire date eligibility requirement for employee plan participation
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	100.00%
Maximum annual contribution per employee, percent	3.00%
Employer matching contribution, description of vesting period	immediate
Current Plan, Effective September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Salaried Savings Plan | After June 30, 2009
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	100.00%
Maximum annual contribution per employee, percent	3.00%
Current Plan, Effective September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Executive Savings Plan | Mutual funds or comany's common stock
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Maximum annual contribution per employee, percent	3.00%
Current Plan, Effective September 1, 2009 | 401 (k) Plan - Executive Savings Plan | Mutual funds or comany's common stock | After June 30, 2009
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percent	100.00%

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Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (Parenthetical) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 12, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012
Cash dividends, per share	$ 0.16	$ 0.31	$ 0.32

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended			4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012	Sep. 18, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group restaurants	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group	May 29, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group restaurants	May 16, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group restaurants	Aug. 23, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group restaurants	Mar. 06, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group Due to contracts accepted for less than fair value	May 29, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group Due to real estate property revaluations	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group Impairment of intangible assets	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group Closing costs included in impairment charges	Sep. 20, 2011 Six former Golden Corral restaurants
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of restaurants sold to Golden Corral Corporation							29
Loss on sale of Golden Corral						$ (5,590,000)
Number of restaurants closed due to underperformance								6
Property held-for-sale, including discontinued operation		6,909,000	4,136,000
Impairment of long-lived assets	70,500	0		0	4,000,000	388,000			94,000	294,000	69,000	180,000	4,000,000
Carrying value of assets inlcuded in discontinued operations	$ 3,055,000			$ 137,000		$ 190,000
Number of underperforming restaurants closed and held for sale				3		4

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Leased Property - Schedule of Future Minimum Payments (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2013	$ 276,000
2014	276,000
2015	276,000
2016	276,000
2017	212,000
2018 to 2033	1,266,000
Total	2,582,000
Amount representing interest	(753,000)
Present value of obligations	1,829,000
Portion due within one-year	(169,000)
Long-term obligations	1,659,706	1,526,244
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2013	1,053,000
2014	1,063,000
2015	887,000
2016	843,000
2017	855,000
2018 to 2033	9,833,000
Total	$ 14,534,000

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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	4 Months Ended		4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012 restaurants	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012	Sep. 18, 2012 Chief executive officer	Aug. 30, 2012 Chief executive officer Trusts	Sep. 18, 2012 Chief Executive Trusts	Sep. 18, 2012 Board of Directors Chairman [Member]	Feb. 28, 2006 Blanche F. Maier--Chairman's widow	Sep. 18, 2012 Estate of Blanche F. Maier	Feb. 28, 2013 Estate of Blanche F. Maier	Feb. 29, 2012 Estate of Blanche F. Maier
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of restaurants licensed to related parties and operated by the Company	3
Purchases by related party	$ 1,518,000	$ 1,521,000
Maximum number of days amounts due from related parties are settled	28 days
Due from related parties, current	56,000		92,000
Treasury shares aquired	212,929			32,000		23,500			8,500
Treasury shares aquired, value	6,779,485	588,206	54,308	1,034,000		759,000			275,000
Number of trusts beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer					4
Deferred compensation with related parties, maximum benefit period							10 years
Annual payments due to related parties, excluding consumer price Index adjustments							214,050
Percentage of consumer price index change Reflected in deferred compensation payments							50.00%
Monthly payments due to related parties, subject to consumer price index adjustment								17,838		19,436	19,149
Long-term deferred compensation liability									326,000
Current portion of deferred compensation liability							$ 215,000

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Consolidated Statement of Earnings (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
Sales	$ 60,625,296	$ 61,361,345
Cost of sales
Food and paper	20,275,361	20,838,055
Payroll and related	21,452,039	21,903,228
Other operating costs	13,122,785	13,473,966
Costs and expenses	54,850,185	56,215,249
Gross profit	5,775,111	5,146,096
Administrative and advertising	4,393,125	4,480,292
Franchise fees and other revenue	(428,472)	(389,208)
Loss on sale of assets	11,099	0
Impairment of long-lived assets	70,500	0
Operating profit	1,728,859	1,055,012
Interest expense	320,866	456,982
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	1,407,993	598,030
Income taxes	450,000	138,000
Earnings from continuing operations	957,993	460,030
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(157,705)	(2,734,313)
NET EARNINGS (LOSS)	$ 800,288	$ (2,274,283)
Basic net earnings per share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$ 0.19	$ 0.09
(Loss) from discontinued operations	$ (0.03)	$ (0.55)
Basic net earnings (loss) per share	$ 0.16	$ (0.46)
Diluted net earnings per share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$ 0.19	$ 0.09
(Loss) from discontinued operations	$ (0.03)	$ (0.55)
Diluted net earnings (loss) per share	$ 0.16	$ (0.46)

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Restricted Stock Awards (Details) (Restricted stock, USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012
Restricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Non-vested at beginning of year	22,277
Awarded	0
Vested	(5,637)
Forfeited	0
Non-vested at end of quarter	16,640
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Non-vested at beginning of year	$ 19.69
Awarded	$ 0.00
Vested	$ 21.05
Forfeited	$ 0.00
Non-vested at beginning of year	$ 19.23

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Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, shares authorized	3,000,000	3,000,000
Preferred stock, no par value
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Common stock, shares authorized	12,000,000	12,000,000
Common stock, no par value
Common stock, shares issued	7,586,764	7,586,764
Common stock, stated value	$ 1	$ 1
Treasury stock, shares	2,538,053	2,648,158

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Long-term Debt Instruments (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term loans payable within one year	$ 5,932,506	$ 6,592,637
Long-term loans payable after one year	12,706,765	14,445,869
Construction Phase Loan | Unsecured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term loans payable within one year	0	0
Long-term loans payable after one year	0	0
Construction Phase Loan Converted to Term Loans | Unsecured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term loans payable within one year	4,752,000	5,423,000
Long-term loans payable after one year	11,812,000	13,241,000
Revolving Loan | Unsecured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term loans payable within one year	0	0
Long-term loans payable after one year	0	0
Stock Repurchase Loan | Unsecured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term loans payable within one year	134,000	132,000
Long-term loans payable after one year	717,000	762,000
2009 Term Loan | Unsecured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term loans payable within one year	1,047,000	1,038,000
Long-term loans payable after one year	$ 178,000	$ 443,000

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

	September 18, 2012				May 29, 2012
	Payable within one year		Payable after one  year		Payable within one year		Payable after one  year
	(in thousands)
Construction Loan —
Construction Phase	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Term Loans	4,752		11,812		5,423		13,241
Revolving Loan	—		—		—		—
Stock Repurchase Loan —	134		717		132		762
2009 Term Loan	1,047		178		1,038		443
	$	5,933	$	12,707	$	6,593	$	14,446

Schedule of maturities of long-term debt

The portion payable after one year matures as follows:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Annual period ending in 2014	$	4,466	$	4,846
2015	3,398		3,652
2016	2,189		2,721
2017	1,631		1,654
2018	897		1,235
Subsequent to 2018	126		338
	$	12,707	$	14,446

Schedule of carrying values and estimated fair values of debt instruments

Fair Values

The fair values of the fixed rate Term Loans within the Construction Loan as shown in the following table are based on fixed rates that would have been available at September 18, 2012 if the loans could have been refinanced with terms similar to the remaining terms under the present Term Loans. The carrying value of substantially all other long-term debt approximates its fair value.

	Carrying Value		Fair Value
Term Loans under the Construction Loan	$	16,564,000	$	17,291,000

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Long-Term Debt - Maturities of Long-term Debt (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2014	$ 4,466,000	$ 4,846,000
2015	3,398,000	3,652,000
2016	2,189,000	2,721,000
2017	1,631,000	1,654,000
2018	897,000	1,235,000
Subsequent to 2018	126,000	338,000
Total long-term debt	$ 12,706,765	$ 14,445,869

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Accrued Expenses Accrued Expenses (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet

Accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet consisted of the following:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Salaries, wages and related expenses	$	5,106	$	4,976
Accrued property taxes	1,764		1,787
Other accrued expenses	678		579
Total accrued expenses	7,548		$	7,342

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Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (USD $)	Total	Common Stock At $1 Per Share - Shares And Amount	Additional Contributed Capital	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Retained Earnings	Treasury Shares
Balance at May. 31, 2011	$ 125,527,892	$ 7,586,764	$ 65,535,634	$ (5,726,555)	$ 96,249,483	$ (38,117,434)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (loss)	(2,274,283)	0	0	0	(2,274,283)	0
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	208,323	0	0	208,323	0	0
Stock options exercised	86,850	0	15,080	0	0	71,770
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	3,800	0	3,800	0	0	0
Issuance of restricted stock	0	0	(102,045)	0	0	102,045
Stock-based compensation cost	549,883	0	301,751	0	0	248,132
Treasury shares acquired	(588,206)	0	0	0	0	(588,206)
Treasury stock reissued, shares	30,133	0	8,886	0	0	21,247
Cash dividends paid	(1,528,150)	0	0	0	(1,528,150)	0
Balance at Sep. 20, 2011	122,016,242	7,586,764	65,763,106	(5,518,232)	92,447,050	(38,262,446)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (loss)	4,422,494	0	0	0	4,422,494	0
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(3,487,970)	0	0	(3,487,970)	0	0
Stock options exercised	44,266	0	15,525	0	0	28,741
Issuance of restricted stock	0	0	(232,858)	0	0	232,858
Stock-based compensation cost	388,622	0	388,622	0	0	0
Treasury shares acquired	(54,308)	0	0	0	0	(54,308)
Employee stock purchase plan	(24,615)	0	(24,615)	0	0	0
Cash dividends paid	(1,579,896)	0	0	0	(1,579,896)	0
Balance at May. 29, 2012	121,724,835	7,586,764	65,909,780	(9,006,202)	95,289,648	(38,055,155)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (loss)	800,288	0	0	0	800,288	0
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	346,241	0	0	346,241	0	0
Stock options exercised	7,467,463	0	2,859,881	0	0	4,607,582
Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised	324,194	0	324,194	0	0	0
Stock-based compensation cost	238,828	0	169,133	0	0	69,695
Treasury shares acquired	(6,779,485)	0	0	0	0	(6,779,485)
Treasury stock reissued, shares	12,392	0	5,792	0	0	6,600
Special cash dividend - $9.50 per share	(47,962,754)	0	0	0	(47,962,754)	0
Cash dividends paid	(1,598,320)	0	0	0	(1,598,320)	0
Balance at Sep. 18, 2012	$ 74,573,682	$ 7,586,764	$ 69,268,780	$ (8,659,961)	$ 46,528,862	$ (40,150,763)

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012		Sep. 20, 2011
Net earnings (loss)	$ 800,288		$ (2,274,283)
Other comprehensive income
Amortization of amounts included in net periodic pension expense	524,608		315,640
Tax effect	(178,367)		(107,317)
Total other comprehensive income (1)	346,241	[1]	208,323	[1]
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 1,146,529		$ (2,065,960)

[1] Approximately $35,000 of the other comprehensive income during the 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 was attributable to Golden Corral.

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Commitments And Contingencies

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

In the ordinary course of business, purchase commitments are entered into with certain of the Company’s suppliers. Most of these agreements are typically for periods of one year or less in duration; however, longer term agreements are also in place. Future minimum payments under these arrangements are $12,855,000, $926,000 and $154,000 respectively, for the periods ending September 18, 2013, 2014 and 2015. These agreements are intended to secure favorable pricing while ensuring availability of desirable products. Management does not believe such agreements expose the Company to any significant risk.

Litigation

Employees, customers and other parties bring various claims and suits against the Company from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Claims from customers are covered by general liability insurance, but subject to coverage limits. Exposure to loss contingencies from pending or threatened litigation is continually evaluated by management, which presently believes that the resolution of claims currently outstanding, whether or not covered by insurance, will not result in a material adverse effect upon the Company's earnings, cash flows or financial position. Management presently believes that adequate provisions for expected losses not covered by insurance are already included in the consolidated financial statements.

On September 18, 2012, a former employee (plaintiff) filed a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act and class action under the Ohio Minimum Fair Wage Standards Act for allegations of off-the-clock work, unpaid overtime, and minimum wage violations as a result of alleged improper application of the Tip Credit. As part of the collective action, the plaintiff seeks recovery for all individuals who worked as a server at any Frisch's Big Boy restaurant operated by the Company during the three year period, September 18, 2009 through September 18, 2012. The class action is limited to servers who worked for the Company at Frisch's Big Boy restaurants located in Ohio during the last three years.

The Company has not answered the complaint, but expects to deny all allegations and will vigorously defend the matter, including efforts by the plaintiff to certify the class. If successful on these claims, the plaintiff and any class members would be entitled to unpaid wages, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees. Although employee unfair practice claims are not covered by insurance, no loss provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements for amounts that would be payable by the Company as management has not fully evaluated the merits of the claim.

Other Contingencies

The Company self-insures a significant portion of expected losses under its workers’ compensation program in the state of Ohio. Insurance coverage is purchased from an insurance company for individual claims that may exceed $300,000 (see Self Insurance in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). Insurance coverage is maintained for various levels of casualty and general and product liability.

Outstanding letters of credit maintained by the Company totaled $100,000 as of September 18, 2012.

As of September 18, 2012, the Company operated 14 restaurants on non-owned properties (See NOTE D — LEASED PROPERTY), including one lease that provides for contingent rental payments based on a percentage of the leased restaurant’s sales in excess of a fixed amount.

The Company remains contingently liable under certain ground lease agreements relating to land on which seven of the Company's former Golden Corral restaurant operations are situated. The seven restaurant operations were sold to Golden Corral Corporation (GCC) in May 2012 (See NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS), at which time the seven operating leases were simultaneously assigned to GCC, with the Company contingently liable in the event of default by GCC. The amount remaining under contingent lease obligations totaled $7,383,000 as of September 18, 2012, for which the aggregate average annual lease payments approximate $647,000 in each of the next five years. The Company is also contingently liable for the performance of a certain ground lease that was assigned to a third party in 2000; the annual obligation of the lease approximates $48,000 through 2020.

Since there is no reason to believe that either of these third party assignees are likely to default, no provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements for amounts that would be payable by the Company. In addition, the Company generally has the right to re-assign the leases in the event of the third party’s default.

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Document And Entity Information	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 26, 2012
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 18, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Entity Registrant Name	FRISCHS RESTAURANTS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000039047
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--05-28
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		5,048,711

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Related Party Transactions

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Chief Executive Officer of the Company (Craig F. Maier), who also serves as a director of the Company, owns a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant licensed to him by the Company. Another officer and director of the Company (Karen F. Maier) is a part owner of a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant that is licensed to her and her siblings (excluding Craig F. Maier). Certain other family members of Craig F. Maier and Karen F. Maier also own a licensed Frisch's Big Boy restaurant.

These three restaurants are operated by the Company (not consolidated herein) and they pay to the Company franchise and advertising fees, employee leasing and other fees, and make purchases from the Company’s commissary. The total paid to the Company by these three restaurants amounted to $1,518,000 and $1,521,000 respectively, during the 16 weeks ended ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. Amounts due are generally settled within 28 days of billing. As of September 18, 2012, these three restaurants owed the Company $56,000. The amount owed to the Company was $92,000 as of May 29, 2012.

In a private transaction that occurred on August 30, 2012, the Company's treasury repurchased a total of 32,000 shares of the Company's common stock that were beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer either as the Trustee of four separate Trusts or as the Executor of the Estate of Blanche F. Maier (see below). The total cost of the 32,000 shares amounted to $1,034,000 ($759,000 was paid to the four Trusts for 23,500 shares and $275,000 was paid to the Estate for 8,500 shares).

All related party transactions described above were effected on substantially similar terms as transactions with persons or entities having no relationship with the Company.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1970 to 2005 (Jack C. Maier - deceased February 2005 - the father of Craig F. Maier and Karen F. Maier) had an employment agreement that contained a provision for deferred compensation. The agreement provided that upon its expiration or upon the Chairman’s retirement, disability, death or other termination of employment, the Company would become obligated to pay the Chairman or his survivors for each of the next 10 years the amount of $214,050, adjusted annually to reflect 50 percent of the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Monthly payments of $17,838 to the Chairman’s widow (Blanche F. Maier - the mother of Craig F. Maier and Karen F. Maier), a director of the Company until her death in September 2009, commenced in March 2005. On March 1, 2012, the monthly payment was increased to $19,436 from $19,149 in accordance with the CPI provision of the agreement. The present value of the long-term portion of the obligation to Mrs. Maier’s Estate (Craig F. Maier, Executor), approximating $326,000 is included in the consolidated balance sheet under the caption “Deferred compensation and other.” The present value of the current portion of the obligation approximating $215,000 is included in"Accrued expenses" in the consolidated balance sheet.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 20, 2011
Total other comprehensive income (1)	$ 208,323	[1]
Golden Corral, segment
Total other comprehensive income (1)	$ 35,000

[1] Approximately $35,000 of the other comprehensive income during the 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 was attributable to Golden Corral.

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Long-Term Debt

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

LONG-TERM DEBT

LONG-TERM DEBT

	September 18, 2012				May 29, 2012
	Payable within one year		Payable after one  year		Payable within one year		Payable after one  year
	(in thousands)
Construction Loan —
Construction Phase	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Term Loans	4,752		11,812		5,423		13,241
Revolving Loan	—		—		—		—
Stock Repurchase Loan —	134		717		132		762
2009 Term Loan	1,047		178		1,038		443
	$	5,933	$	12,707	$	6,593	$	14,446

The portion payable after one year matures as follows:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Annual period ending in 2014	$	4,466	$	4,846
2015	3,398		3,652
2016	2,189		2,721
2017	1,631		1,654
2018	897		1,235
Subsequent to 2018	126		338
	$	12,707	$	14,446

The Company has four unsecured loans in place, all with the same lending institution. The Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (2012 Loan Agreement), under which the Company may not assume or permit to exist any other indebtedness, governs the four loans. The 2012 Loan Agreement (effective April 10, 2012) amended and restated the prior loan agreement (2010 Loan Agreement). The 2012 Loan Agreement renewed credit facilities for the Construction Loan and the Revolving Loan, permitting additional borrowing through October 15, 2013. The 2012 Loan Agreement did not renew borrowing capacity under the Stock Repurchase Loan, but it continues to govern the prior amount borrowed to finance stock that was repurchased, as well as a separate 2009 Term Loan.

Construction Loan

The Construction Loan is an unsecured draw credit line intended to finance construction and opening and/or the refurbishing of restaurant operations. The 2012 Loan Agreement made $15,000,000 available to be borrowed for its intended purpose when it went into effect in April 2012. No funds have been borrowed since the 2012 Loan Agreement went into effect.

The Construction Loan is subject to an unused commitment fee equal to 0.25% percent of the amount available to be borrowed. Funds borrowed are initially governed as a Construction Phase loan on an interest only basis. Interest is calculated with a pricing matrix that uses changeable basis points, determined by certain of the Company’s financial ratios. Interest is payable at the end of each specific rate period selected by the Company, which may be monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly. Payment of principal without penalty is permitted at the end of any rate period.

Within 6 months of borrowing (assuming no prepayment at the end of the rate period), the balance outstanding under each loan in the Construction Phase must be converted to a Term Loan, with an amortization period of not less than seven nor more than 12 years as chosen by the Company. For funds borrowed between September 2007 and September 2010, any Term Loan converted with an initial amortization period of less than 12 years, a one-time option, without penalty or premium, is available during the chosen term to extend the amortization period up to a total of 12 years. Outstanding balances of loans initiated prior to September 2007 had to be converted with an amortization period not to exceed seven years. Upon conversion to an amortizing Term Loan, the Company may select a fixed interest rate over the chosen term or may choose among various adjustable rate options.

Prepayments of Term Loans that were initiated prior to September 2009 are permissible upon payment of sizable prepayment fees and other amounts. For Term Loans initiated after September 2009, the Company has the option at the time of conversion to include a small break funding premium over the otherwise applicable fixed interest rate in exchange for the right to prepay in whole or in part at any time without incurring a prepayment fee. After September 2010, the break funding premium included at conversion is also necessary in order to be permitted to extend the amortization period up to 12 years without incurring additional costs.

As of September 18, 2012, the aggregate outstanding balance under the Construction Loan was $16,564,000, which consisted entirely of Term Loans; no balance was in the Construction Phase awaiting conversion. Since the inception of the Construction Loan (including prior agreements), 25 of the Term Loans ($59,000,000 out of $97,000,000 in original notes) had been retired as of September 18, 2012. All of the outstanding Term Loans are subject to fixed interest rates, the weighted average of which is 4.92% percent, all of which are being repaid in 84 equal monthly installments of principal and interest aggregating $549,000, expiring in various periods ranging from October 2012 through February 2019.

Any outstanding amount in the Construction Phase that has not been converted into a Term Loan shall mature and be payable in full on October 15, 2013, unless the 2012 Loan Agreement is renewed sooner.

Revolving Loan

The Revolving Loan provides an unsecured credit line that allows for borrowing of up to $5,000,000 to fund temporary working capital needs. Amounts repaid may be re-borrowed so long as the amount outstanding does not exceed $5,000,000 at any time. The Revolving Loan, none of which was outstanding as of September 18, 2012, will mature and be payable in full on October 15, 2013, unless the 2012 Loan Agreement is renewed sooner. It is subject to a 30 consecutive day out-of-debt period each fiscal year. Interest is determined by the same pricing matrix used for loans in the Construction Phase as described above under the Construction Loan. Interest is payable at the end of each specific rate period selected by the Company, which may be monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly. The loan is also subject to a 0.25% percent unused commitment fee.

Stock Repurchase Loan

The unsecured Stock Repurchase Loan originated in July 2011 when $1,000,000 that had been borrowed earlier (to finance repurchases of the Company's stock) was converted to a Term Loan. The Stock Repurchase Loan, the outstanding balance of which was $851,000 as of September 18, 2012, requires 84 equal installments of $13,000 including principal and interest at a fixed 3.56% percent interest rate, which matures in July 2018.

2009 Term Loan

The unsecured 2009 Term Loan originated in September 2009 when $4,000,000 was borrowed to fund the acquisition of five Frisch's Big Boy restaurants from the landlord of the facilities. The 2009 Term Loan, the outstanding balance of which was $1,225,000 as of September 18, 2012, requires 48 monthly installments of $89,000 including principal and interest at a fixed 3.47% percent interest rate. The final payment of the loan is due October 21, 2013.

Loan Covenants

The 2012 Loan Agreement contains covenants relating to cash flows, debt levels, lease expense, asset dispositions, investments and restrictions on pledging certain restaurant operating assets. The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants as of September 18, 2012. Compensating balances are not required under the terms of the 2012 Loan Agreement.

Fair Values

The fair values of the fixed rate Term Loans within the Construction Loan as shown in the following table are based on fixed rates that would have been available at September 18, 2012 if the loans could have been refinanced with terms similar to the remaining terms under the present Term Loans. The carrying value of substantially all other long-term debt approximates its fair value.

	Carrying Value		Fair Value
Term Loans under the Construction Loan	$	16,564,000	$	17,291,000

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Discontinued Operations

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On May 16, 2012, the Company closed on the sale of its Golden Corral restaurant operations to Golden Corral Corporation, from which the Company had previously been granted licenses to operate the 29 restaurants that comprised the assets that were sold in the transaction. A pretax loss on the sale of $5,590,000 was recorded in Fiscal Year 2012.

The Company had previously closed six under performing Golden Corral restaurants in August 2011. As a result, a non-cash pretax asset impairment charge (with related closing costs) of $4,000,000 was recorded during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012). The impairment charge lowered the carrying values of the six restaurant properties (all owned in fee simple title) to their estimated fair values, which in the aggregate amounted to approximately $6,909,000. The total impairment charge included $69,000 for impaired intangible assets and $180,000 for certain other costs.

The impairments of long lived assets were recorded as significant unobservable inputs (level 3 under the fair value hierarchy), which are summarized below (also see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets along with Real Estate Held for Sale in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES):

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
First Quarter Fiscal 2012	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Six former Golden Corral restaurants	$	—	$	—	$	6,909	$	(4,000	)

Additional non-cash pretax impairment charges of $388,000 were subsequently recorded during Fiscal Year 2012: a) $94,000 in the third quarter ended March 6, 2012 based on a contract that was accepted for less than the original estimate of fair value and b) $294,000 in the fourth quarter to reflect revised opinions of value from real estate brokers.

Results of Golden Corral for the 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012) are presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements. Income tax expense presented in discontinued operations in the 16 weeks ended the September 18, 2012 (First Quarter Fiscal 2013) represents adjustments to tax related balance sheet accounts.

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	30,367
Food and paper	—			11,619
Payroll and related	—			8,892
Other operating costs	—			8,234
	—			28,745
Gross profit	—			1,622
Administrative and advertising	—			927
Impairment of long-lived assets	—			4,000
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	—			(3,305		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	158			(571		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(158	)	$	(2,734	)

Assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations consisted of:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	—
Trade and other receivables	137		190
Inventories	—		—
Prepaid expenses and sundry deposits	—		—
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	—		—
Total current assets	137		190
Net property and equipment	—		—
Other intangible assets	—		—
Assets of discontinued operations	$	137	$	190
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	37	$	47
Accrued expenses	241		636
Total current liabilities	278		683
Deferred other	—		—
Deferred income taxes	—		—
Liabilities of discontinued operations	$	278	$	683

In addition, three of the six Golden Corral restaurants that closed in August 2011 had yet to be sold as of September 18, 2012. The aggregate fair value of the three restaurants ($3,055,000) is carried in the consolidated balance sheet as "Property held for sale" as of September 18, 2012 (four restaurants - $4,136,000 at May 29, 2012). (See "Property Held for Sale" in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES.)

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Leased Property Leased Property (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of rent expense under operating leases

Rent expense under operating leases:

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012		September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Minimum rentals (a)	$	326	$	377
Contingent payments	—		—
	$	326	$	377

Schedule of capitalized leased property

An analysis of the capitalized leased property is shown in the following table. Amortization of capitalized delivery and other equipment is based on the straight-line method over the primary terms of the leases.

	Asset balances at
	September 18, 2012			May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Restaurant property (land)	$	825		$	825
Delivery equipment	1,676			1,486
Less accumulated amortization	(731		)	(679		)
	$	1,770		$	1,632

Schedule of future minimum lease payments under capitalized leases and operating leases

Future minimum lease payments under capitalized leases and operating leases are summarized below. The column for capitalized leases includes the requirement to acquire the land described above in fee simple title.

Period ending September 18,	Capitalized Leases			Operating Leases
	(in thousands)
2013	$	276		$	1,053
2014	276			1,063
2015	276			887
2016	276			843
2017	212			855
2018 to 2033	1,266			9,833
Total	2,582			$	14,534
Amount representing interest	(753		)
Present value of obligations	1,829
Portion due within one-year	(169		)
Long-term obligations	$	1,660

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Accounting Policies Accounting (Policies)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Consolidation Practices

Consolidation Practices

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) include the accounts of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (US GAAP). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, these interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (all of which were normal and recurring) necessary for a fair presentation of all periods presented.

Certain amounts reported in prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

At the beginning of Fiscal Year 2012 (defined below), the Company operated a second business segment, which consisted of 35 Golden Corral restaurants (Golden Corral) that were licensed to the Company by Golden Corral Corporation (GCC). Six of the Golden Corrals were closed in August 2011 due to under performance. In May 2012, the remaining 29 Golden Corrals were sold to GCC. Results of Golden Corral for the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012) are presented as discontinued operations (see NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS)

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year is the 52 week (364 days) or 53 week (371 days) period ending on the Tuesday nearest to the last day of May. The first quarter of each fiscal year contains 16 weeks. Each of the last three quarters normally contains 12 weeks. As it becomes necessary every fifth or sixth year, an additional week is added to the fiscal calendar, which results in a 53 week year with a 13 week fourth quarter. The current fiscal year will end on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 (Fiscal Year 2013), a period of 52 weeks. The year that ended May 29, 2012 (Fiscal Year 2012) was also a 52 week year.

Use of Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to use estimates and assumptions to measure certain items that affect the amounts reported. These judgments are based on knowledge and experience about past and current events, and assumptions about future events. Although management believes its estimates are reasonable and adequate, future events affecting them may differ markedly from current judgment. Significant estimates and assumptions are used to measure self-insurance liabilities, deferred executive compensation obligations, net periodic pension cost and future pension obligations, carrying values of property held for sale and for long-lived assets including property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.

Management considers the following accounting policies to be critical accounting policies because the application of estimates to these policies requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments: self-insurance liabilities, net periodic pension cost and future pension obligations, and the carrying values of long-lived assets.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Funds in transit from credit card processors are classified as cash. Highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less are considered as cash equivalents. Cash equivalents included $42,000,000 in commercial paper at May 29, 2012, which was used on September 14, 2012 to fund a special dividend of $9.50 per share.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Funds in transit from credit card processors are classified as cash. Highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less are considered as cash equivalents.

Receivables

Receivables

Trade and other accounts receivable are valued on the reserve method. The reserve balance was $30,000 as of September 18, 2012 and May 29, 2012. The reserve is monitored for adequacy based on historical collection patterns and write-offs, and current credit risks.

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories, comprised principally of food items, are valued at the lower of cost, determined by the first-in, first-out method, or market.

Acounting for Rebates

Accounting for Rebates

Cash consideration received from certain food vendors is treated as a reduction of cost of sales and is recognized in the same periods in which the rebates are earned.

Lease

Leases

Minimum scheduled lease payments on operating leases, including escalating rental payments, are recognized as rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Under certain circumstances, the lease term used to calculate straight-line rent expense includes option periods that have yet to be legally exercised. Contingent rentals, typically based on a percentage of restaurant sales in excess of a fixed amount, are expensed as incurred. Rent expense is also recognized during that part of the lease term when no rent is paid to the landlord, often referred to as a “rent holiday,” that generally occurs while a restaurant is being constructed on leased land. The Company does not typically receive leasehold incentives from landlords.

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided principally on the straight-line method over the estimated service lives, which range from 10 to 25 years for new buildings or components thereof and five to 10 years for equipment. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term. Property betterments are capitalized while the cost of maintenance and repairs is expensed as incurred.

The cost of land not yet in service is included in “Construction in progress” in the consolidated balance sheet if construction has begun or if construction is likely within the next 12 months. one new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant building was under construction as of September 18, 2012 on land that is leased to the Company. Estimated remaining costs (not already included in Construction in progress) to complete construction of the restaurant approximated $2,040,000 as of September 18, 2012. Construction in progress as of September 18, 2012 consisted of the new restaurant that was under construction plus remodeling work that was at various stages of completion in existing restaurants.

Interest on borrowings is capitalized during active construction periods of new restaurants. Capitalized interest was $8,000 and $16,000 respectively, for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011.

Costs incurred during the application development stage of computer software that is developed or obtained for internal use is capitalized, while the costs of the preliminary project stage are expensed as incurred, along with certain other costs such as training. Capitalized computer software is amortized on the straight-line method over the estimated service lives, which range from three to 10 years. Software assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable over the remaining service life.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Management considers a history of cash flow losses on a restaurant-by-restaurant basis to be its primary indicator of potential impairment of long-lived assets. Carrying values are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of the assets may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the property. When undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than carrying values, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the carrying values exceed fair value, which is determined as either 1) the greater of the net present value of the future cash flow stream, or 2) by opinions of value provided by real estate brokers and/or management’s judgment as developed through its experience in disposing of unprofitable restaurant properties. Broker opinions of value and the judgment of management consider various factors in their fair value estimates such as the sales of comparable properties and general real estate activity in the local market, general economic conditions in the area, and the physical condition and location of the subject property.

When decisions are made to permanently close under performing restaurants, the carrying values of the closed restaurant properties that are owned in fee simple title are reclassified to "Property held for sale" (see Property Held for Sale elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) and are subjected to the accounting policy for impairment of long-lived assets (see above). When leased restaurant properties are permanently closed, before reaching the end of the lease term and there is no immediate assignment of the lease to a third party, an impairment provision is made equal to the present value of remaining non-cancelable lease payments after the closing date, net of estimated subtenant income. The carrying values of leasehold improvements are also reduced, if necessary, in accordance with the accounting policy for impairment of long-lived assets.

Non-cash pretax impairment charges totaling $70,000 were recorded during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 to lower previous estimates of the fair values of two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants, based on accepted sales contracts. Impairment of long-lived assets, recorded as observable inputs (Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy), are summarized below for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012:

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	$	—	$	1,622	$	—	$	70

No impairment losses from continuing operations were recorded during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (also see NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS).

Restaurant Closing Costs

Restaurant Closing Costs

Any liabilities associated with exit or disposal activities are recognized only when the liabilities are incurred, rather than upon the commitment to an exit or disposal plan. Conditional obligations that meet the definition of an asset retirement obligation are currently recognized if fair value is reasonably estimable. No conditional obligations meeting the definition of an asset retirement obligation have been recorded in these consolidated financial statements.

Property Held for Sale / Investments in Land

Property Held for Sale

Surplus property that is no longer needed by the Company and for which the Company is committed to a plan to sell the property is classified as “Property held for sale” in the consolidated balance sheet. As of September 18, 2012, “Property held for sale” consisted of three former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants ($1,904,000), three former Golden Corral restaurants ($3,055,000) and eight other surplus pieces of land ($2,204,000). All of the surplus property is stated at the lower of its cost or fair value, less cost to sell, which is reviewed each quarter (see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). The stated value of any property for which a viable sales contract is pending at the balance sheet date - $1,363,000 at September 18, 2012 - is reclassified to current assets.

Gains and losses on the sale of assets, as reported in the consolidated statement of earnings, consist of transactions involving real property and sometimes may include restaurant equipment that is sold together with real property as a package when former restaurants are sold. Gains and losses reported on this line do not include abandonment losses that routinely arise when certain equipment is replaced before it reaches the end of its expected life; abandonment losses are instead reported in other operating costs.

Investments in Land

The cost of land (for potential future use - four tracts) on which construction is not likely within the next 12 months is classified as "Investments in land" in the consolidated balance sheet. Other tracts of undeveloped land (for which no specific plans have been made) are also included in "Investments in Land" and are carried at the lower of cost or fair value (see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES).

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Including Licensing Agreements

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

As of September 18, 2012 and May 29, 2012, the carrying amount of goodwill that was acquired in prior years amounted to $741,000. Acquired goodwill is tested for impairment on the first day of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever an impairment indicator arises. Impairment testing first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. The fair value of a reporting unit is not calculated unless the qualitative assessment determines that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. Other intangible assets are also tested for impairment on the first day of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever an impairment indicator arises.

An analysis of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets follows:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Goodwill	$	741	$	741
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization	22		22
Other intangible assets subject to amortization - net	14		14
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	777	$	777

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Revenue from restaurant operations is recognized upon the sale of products as they are sold to customers. All sales revenue is recorded on a net basis, which excludes sales tax collected from being reported as sales revenue and sales tax remitted from being reported as a cost. Revenue from the sale of commissary products to restaurants licensed to other operators is recognized upon shipment of product. Revenue from franchise fees, based on certain percentages of sales volumes generated in restaurants licensed to other operators, is recorded on the accrual method as earned. Initial franchise fees are recognized as revenue when the fees are deemed fully earned and non-refundable, which ordinarily occurs upon the execution of the license agreement, in consideration of the Company’s services to that time.

Revenue from the sale of gift cards is deferred for recognition until the gift card is redeemed by the cardholder, or when the probability becomes remote that the cardholder will demand full performance from the Company and there is no legal obligation to remit the value of the unredeemed gift card under applicable state escheatment statutes.

New Store Opening Costs

New Store Opening Costs

New store opening costs consist of new employee training costs, the cost of a team to coordinate the opening and the cost of certain replaceable items such as uniforms and china. New store opening costs are charged as incurred to “Other operating costs” in the consolidated statement of earnings. New store opening costs for the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011 were $204,000 and $283,000 respectively.

Benefit Plans

Benefit Plans

The Company has historically sponsored two qualified defined benefit pension plans: the Pension Plan for Operating Unit Hourly Employees (the Hourly Pension Plan) and the Pension Plan for Managers, Office and Commissary Employees (the Salaried Pension Plan). (See NOTE G — PENSION PLANS.) A merger of the two qualified defined benefit pension plans was completed on May 29, 2012. The merger did not affect plan benefits, but lower administrative costs will be incurred. The merged plan is in compliance with the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART Act), the technical corrections promulgated by the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) and guidance on the HEART Act provided by the Internal Revenue Service.

Plan benefits are based on years-of-service and other factors. The Company’s funding policy is to contribute at least the minimum annual amount sufficient to satisfy legal funding requirements plus additional discretionary tax deductible amounts that may be deemed advisable, even when no minimum funding is required. Contributions are intended to provide not only for benefits attributed to service-to-date, but also for those expected to be earned in the future.

Hourly Restaurant Employees - Hourly restaurant employees hired after December 31, 1998 are ineligible for pension plan participation. Future accruals for credited service after August 31, 2009 have been frozen for hourly restaurant employees who were hired on or before December 31, 1998. Hourly restaurant employees hired January 1, 1999 or after have been eligible to participate in the Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Hourly Employees 401(k) Savings Plan (the Hourly Savings Plan), a defined contribution plan that provided a 40 percent match by the Company on the first 10 percent of earnings deferred by the participants. The Company’s match had vested on a scale based on length of service that reached 100 percent after four years of service. The Hourly Savings Plan was amended effective September 1, 2009 to provide for immediate vesting along with a 100 percent match from the Company on the first 3 percent of earnings deferred by participants. All hourly restaurant employees are now eligible to participate in the Hourly Savings Plan, regardless of when hired.

Salaried Restaurant Management, Office and Commissary Employees - Salaried employees hired after June 30, 2009 are ineligible for pension plan participation. Salaried employees hired on or before June 30, 2009 continue to participate and are credited with normal benefits for years of service. Salaried employees are automatically enrolled, unless otherwise elected, in the Frisch’s Employee 401(k) Savings Plan (the Salaried Savings Plan), a defined contribution plan. The Salaried Savings Plan provides immediate vesting under two different Company matching schedules. Employees hired on or before June 30, 2009 may continue to defer up to 25 percent of their compensation under the Salaried Savings Plan, with the Company contributing a 10 percent match on the first 18 percent deferred. Salaried employees hired after June 30, 2009 receive a 100 percent match from the Company on the first 3 percent of compensation deferred.

The executive officers of the Company and certain other “highly compensated employees” (HCE’s) are disqualified from participation in the Salaried Savings Plan. A non-qualified savings plan - Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan (FESP) - provides a means by which the HCE’s may continue to defer a portion of their compensation. FESP allows deferrals of up to 25 percent of a participant’s compensation into a choice of mutual funds or common stock of the Company. Matching contributions are added to the first 10 percent of salary deferred at a rate of 10 percent for deferrals into mutual funds, while a 15 percent match is added to deferrals into the Company’s common stock. HCE’s hired after June 30, 2009 receive a 100 percent matching contribution from the Company on the first 3 percent of compensation deferred into either mutual funds or common stock.

Although the Company owns the mutual funds of the FESP until the retirement of the participants, the funds are invested at the direction of the participants. FESP assets are the principal component of “Other long-term assets” in the consolidated balance sheet. The common stock is a “phantom investment” that may be paid in actual shares or in cash upon retirement of the participant. The FESP liability to the participants is included in “Deferred compensation and other” long term obligations in the consolidated balance sheet.

The mutual funds and the corresponding liability to FESP participants were increased $154,000 (due to market gains) during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012, and were decreased $278,000 (due to market losses) during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011. All of these changes were effected through offsetting investment income or loss and charges (market gains) or credits (market losses) to deferred compensation expense, which is included within administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings.

The Company also sponsors an unfunded non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) that was originally intended to provide a supplemental retirement benefit to the HCE’s whose benefits under the Salaried Pension Plan were reduced when their compensation exceeded Internal Revenue Code imposed limitations or when elective salary deferrals were made to FESP. Amendments to the SERP were made on January 1, 2000 to exclude any benefit accruals after December 31, 1999 (interest continues to accrue) and to close entry into the Plan by any HCE hired after December 31, 1999.

Effective January 1, 2000 a Non Deferred Cash Balance Plan was adopted to provide comparable retirement type benefits to the HCE’s in lieu of future accruals under the qualified defined benefit plan and the SERP. The comparable benefit amount is determined each year and converted to a lump sum (reported as W-2 compensation) from which taxes are withheld and the net amount is deposited into the HCE’s individual trust account. In addition, accruals have been made for additional required contributions that are due when the present value of lost benefits under the qualified defined benefit plan and the SERP exceeds the value of the assets in the HCE's trust account when a participating HCE retires or is otherwise separated from service with the Company (see NOTE G — PENSION PLANS).

Self-Insurance

Self-Insurance

The Company self-insures its Ohio workers’ compensation claims up to $300,000 per claim. Initial self-insurance liabilities are accrued based on prior claims history, including an amount developed for incurred but unreported claims. Management performs a comprehensive review each fiscal quarter and adjusts the self-insurance liabilities as deemed appropriate based on claims experience, which continues to benefit from active claims management and post accident drug testing.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Income taxes are provided on all items included in the consolidated statement of earnings regardless of when such items are reported for tax purposes, which gives rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities. The provision for income taxes in all periods presented has been computed based on management’s estimate of the effective tax rate for the entire year. The effective tax rate was estimated at 32 percent and 23 percent respectively for the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. This year's higher rate is primarily due to changes in tax credits and state deferred taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Company's tax return for Fiscal Year 2011, which was filed in February

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accounts receivable, investments and long-term debt. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents together with accounts payable and accounts receivable approximate their fair value based on their short-term character. The fair value of long-term debt is disclosed in NOTE C — LONG-TERM DEBT.

The Company does not use the fair value option for reporting financial assets and financial liabilities and therefore does not report unrealized gains and losses in the consolidated statement of earnings. Fair value measurements for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities are used primarily in the impairment analyses of long-lived assets, goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments.

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” ASU 2011-05 was issued to amend Accounting Standards Codification Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income.” Under ASU 2011-05, an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, the presentation must show each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, which has been the Company’s historical presentation. The amendment did not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income.

ASU 2011-12, “Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05” was issued in December 2011 to defer the effective date of the guidance in ASU 2011-05 relating to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. All other requirements of ASU 2011-05 are not affected by the issuance of ASU 2011-12, including the requirement to report income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements, which is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2011-05 on May 30, 2012 (the first day of the fiscal year that will end May 28, 2013). See the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income that immediately follows the Consolidated Statement of Earnings in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company reviewed all other significant newly issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they are either not applicable to the Company’s business or that no material effect is expected on the financial statements as a result of future adoption.

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/CAPITAL STOCK

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK

The Company has three equity compensation plans adopted respectively in 1993, 2003 and 2012.

2003 and 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plans

Shareholders approved the 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (2012 Plan) in October 2012. The 2012 Plan made material, substantive changes to the 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended) (collectively the 2003 Plan), as reflected in the 2012 Plan.

Under the 2003 Plan, up to 800,000 shares were originally authorized for awards. Shareholder approval of the 2012 Plan canceled 483,410 shares that remained available to be awarded under the 2003 Plan. The authorization under the 2012 Plan has been set at 500,000 shares that may awarded (subject, however, to proportionate and equitable adjustments determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the Committee) as deemed necessary following the event of any equity restructuring that may occur). The 2003 Plan limited the amount that can be awarded to an individual during a fiscal year to 80,000 shares. The 2012 Plan reduced the annual limit to 50,000 shares, but retained the maximum annual dollar limit of $1,000,000 for awards denominated in dollars, granted to any one individual during any fiscal year if the awards are intended to qualify as performance based compensation. No awards were permitted to be granted under the 2003 Plan after the tenth anniversary of its approval (October 6, 2013). The 2012 Plan will remain in effect until all shares subject to the Plan have been awarded or issued according to the Plan's provisions, unless terminated earlier by the Board of Directors.

All other provisions of the 2012 Plan mirror those of the 2003 Plan, including continuance to provide for several forms of awards including stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards including restricted and unrestricted awards of stock, and performance awards. Employees of the Company and non-employee members of the Board of Directors are eligible to be selected to participate in the 2012 Plan. Participation is based on selection by the Committee. Although there is no limitation on the number of participants, approximately 40 persons have historically participated in the Company's stock option and incentive plans.

Options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (stock options) permit the holder to purchase a fixed number of shares at a fixed price. When options are granted, the Committee determines the number of shares subject to the option, the term of the option, which may not exceed 10 years, the time or times when the option will become exercisable and the price per share that a participant must pay to exercise the option. No option will be granted with an exercise price that is less than 100% percent of fair market value on the date of the grant. The option price and obligatory withholding taxes may be paid pursuant to a “cashless” exercise/sale procedure involving the simultaneous sale by a broker of shares covered by the option.

Stock appreciation rights (SAR’s) are rights to receive payment, in cash, shares of common stock or a combination of the two, equal to the excess of (1) the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of exercise over (2) the price per share of common stock established in connection with the grant of the SAR (the reference price). The reference price must be at least 100% percent of the common stock’s fair market value on the date the SAR is granted. SAR’s may be granted by the Committee in its discretion to any participant, and may have terms no longer than 10 years.

Stock awards are grants of shares of common stock that may be restricted (subject to a holding period or other conditions) or unrestricted. The Committee determines the amounts, vesting, if any, terms and conditions of the awards, including the price to be paid, if any, for restricted awards and any contingencies related to the attainment of specified performance goals or continued employment or service.

The Committee may also grant performance awards to participants. Performance awards are the right to receive cash, common stock or both, at the end of a specified performance period, subject to satisfaction of the performance criteria and any vesting conditions established for the award.

Restricted Stock Awards under the 2012 Plan

On October 3, 2012, each non-employee member of the Board of Directors was granted a restricted stock award under the 2012 Plan equivalent to $40,000 in shares of the Company's common stock. The aggregate award amounted to 14,245 shares granted, which resulted in 2,035 shares being issued to each non-employee director, based on the October 3, 2012 market value of the Company's stock. Pursuant to the terms of his employment contract, on October 3, 2012, the CEO was granted a restricted stock award in the same amount (2,035 shares) and subject to the same conditions as the restricted stock granted to non-employee director on that same day.

These restricted stock awards were re-issued from the Company’s treasury and vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date. Full voting and dividend rights are provided prior to vesting. Vested shares must be held until board service ends, except that enough shares may be sold to satisfy tax obligations attributable to the grant.

No other awards — stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards including unrestricted awards of stock, or performance awards — have been granted under the 2012 Plan.

Unrestricted Stock Awards under the 2003 Plan

On June 13, 2012, the Committee granted unrestricted stock awards to the executive officers (excluding the CEO) and other key employees. Pursuant to the awards, 4,850 shares of the Company's common stock were re-issued from the Company's treasury. The total value of the awards amounted to $127,000, for which the Company recorded a pretax charge against administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012. In connection with the awards, 1,349 shares were immediately surrendered to the Company's treasury to cover the withholding tax obligation on the compensation.

On June 15, 2011, the Committee granted an unrestricted stock award to the CEO. Pursuant to the award, 17,364 shares of the Company’s common stock were re-issued to the CEO from the Company’s treasury. The total value of the award amounted to $371,000, for which the Company recorded a pretax charge against administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011. In connection with the award, the CEO immediately surrendered 7,998 shares to the Company’s treasury to cover the withholding tax obligation on the compensation. Also on June 15, 2011, an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that belonged to the CEO was terminated. The option was originally granted to the CEO on July 11, 2001 at a strike price of $13.70 per share (see 1993 Stock Option Plan described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK).

Restricted Stock Awards under the 2003 Plan

Each non-employee member of the Board of Directors was granted a restricted stock award on October 5, 2011 equivalent to $40,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock. The aggregate award amounted to 14,560 shares granted, which resulted in 2,080 shares being issued to each non-employee director, based upon the October 5, 2011 market value of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the terms of his employment contract, the CEO was granted a restricted stock award on October 5, 2011 in the same amount (2,080 shares) and subject to the same conditions as the restricted stock granted to non-employee directors on that day. In connection with these awards, certain members of the Board of Directors surrendered a total of 1,456 shares to the Company's treasury on the October 5, 2012 vesting date to satisfy their tax obligations.

On June 15, 2011, the Committee granted restricted stock awards to the executive officers (excluding the CEO) and other key employees. Pursuant to the awards, 7,141 shares were re-issued from the Company's treasury. The aggregate award amounted to $150,000, based on the June 15, 2011 market value of the Company's stock. In connection with these awards, a total of 1,342 shares were surrendered to the Company's treasury on the June 15, 2012 vesting date to cover withholding tax obligations.

All restricted stock awards under the 2003 Plan were re-issued from the Company’s treasury and vested in full on the first anniversary of the grant date. Full voting and dividend rights were provided prior to vesting. Vested shares must be held until board service or employment ends, except that enough shares may be sold to satisfy tax obligations attributable to the grant.

Performance Awards under the 2003 Plan

Under the CEO's three year employment agreement that was effective May 30, 2012 (the first day of Fiscal Year 2013), the Committee will consider the CEO for the grant of a Performance Award as permitted by the 2003 Plan. The Committee granted a Performance Award to the CEO on May 30, 2012, which is intended to govern the CEO's incentive compensation for Fiscal Year 2013, if any, based on the achievement of certain goals.

Stock Option Awards under the 2003 Plan

As of September 18, 2012, options to purchase 333,250 shares had been cumulatively granted under the Plan. No stock options were awarded during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012. Options granted to the CEO before October 2009 vested six months from the date of the grant. Options granted to the CEO pursuant to the terms of his employment contract (October 2009 and October 2010) vested one year from the date of the grant. Options granted to executive officers and other key employees vested in three equal annual installments. Options granted to non-employee members of the Board of Directors vested one year from the date of grant. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of all or any part of any awards held by a terminated participant, excluding, however, any participant who is terminated for cause.

There were 68,169 options outstanding as of September 18, 2012.

Final Reconciliation of Shares Awarded under the 2003 Plan

	No. of shares
Original authorization	800,000
Stock options cumulatively granted	(333,250	)
Options cumulatively forfeited	74,253
	541,003
Unrestricted stock awarded	(22,214	)
Restricted stock cumulatively awarded	(35,817	)
Restricted stock cumulatively forfeited	438
Authorization canceled	483,410

1993 Stock Option Plan

Approved by the shareholders in October 1993, the 1993 Stock Option Plan (1993 Plan) authorized the grant of stock options for up to 562,432 shares (as adjusted for subsequent changes in capitalization from the original authorization of 500,000 shares) of the common stock of the Company for a 10 year period beginning in May 1994.

Options to purchase 556,228 shares were cumulatively granted under the 1993 Plan before granting authority expired on October 4, 2008. As of September 18, 2012, 7,834 shares granted remained outstanding. An outstanding option for 40,000 shares that was granted to the CEO in 2001 was terminated on June 15, 2011 (see Unrestricted Stock Awards under the 2003 Plan described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK). Outstanding options that had been set to expire in June 2012 (13,000) and July 2012 (40,000 belonging to the CEO) were extended by the Committee for up to 30 days from the date that the restriction on employee trading (blackout period) was removed. The extension required a pretax charge of less than $1,000 to be recognized in administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012.

The extension by the Committee notwithstanding, all outstanding options under the 1993 Plan were granted at fair market value and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Final expirations will occur in June 2014.

Outstanding and Exercisable Options

The changes in outstanding and exercisable options under both the 1993 Plan and the 2003 Plan are shown below as of September 18, 2012:

	No. of shares		Weighted avg. price per share		Weighted avg. Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at beginning of year	399,586		$	23.96
Granted	—		$	—
Exercised	(320,417	)	$	23.31
Forfeited or expired	(3,166	)	$	22.94
Outstanding at end of quarter	76,003		$	18.25	4.91	years	$	306
Exercisable at end of quarter	67,834		$	19.11	4.57	years	$	222

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011 was $2,779,000 and $16,000, respectively. Options exercised during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 included 136,000 by the CEO, the intrinsic value of which amounted to $1,278,000. Excess tax benefits of $324,000 were recorded in additional paid in capital from the exercise of stock options during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012. All shares exercised during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 were re-issued from the Company's treasury.

Stock options outstanding and exercisable as of September 18, 2012 for the 1993 Plan and the 2003 Plan are shown below:

Range of Exercise Prices per Share	No. of shares	Weighted average price per share		Weighted average remaining life in years
Outstanding:
$10.05 to $15.90	27,669	$	13.19	4.95
$15.91 to $24.20	41,500	$	19.66	5.41
$24.21 to $30.13	6,834	$	30.13	1.75
$10.05 to $30.13	76,003	$	18.25	4.91
Exercisable:
$10.05 to $15.90	19,500	$	14.08	3.78
$15.91 to $24.20	41,500	$	19.66	5.41
$24.21 to $30.13	6,834	$	30.13	1.75
$10.05 to $30.13	67,834	$	19.11	4.57

As a result of a change in the capitalization of the Company resulting from a special $9.50 per share dividend (see Dividends described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors took action on August 22, 2012 to adjust downward the strike prices for outstanding options granted under the 2003 Plan (as provided for in the 2003 Plan) by $9.50 for each option, effective September 17, 2012. Outstanding options granted under the 1993 Plan were not affected by this action, as the 1993 Plan does not require or provide for such an action. No additional compensation cost was required to be recognized as a result of the modification.

Restricted Stock Awards

The changes in restricted stock awards are shown below as of September 18, 2012:

	No. of shares		Weighted average price per share
Non-vested at beginning of year	22,277		$	19.69
Awarded	—		$	—
Vested	(5,637	)	$	21.05
Forfeited	—		$	—
Non-vested at end of quarter	16,640		$	19.23

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Shareholders approved the Employee Stock Option Plan (elsewhere referred to as Employee Stock Purchase Plan) in October 1998. The Plan provides employees who have completed 90 days of continuous service with an opportunity to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock through payroll deduction. Immediately following the end of each semi-annual offering period, participant account balances are used to purchase shares of stock measured at 85% percent of the fair market value of shares at the beginning of the offering period or at the end of the offering period, whichever is lower. The Plan authorizes a maximum of 1,000,000 shares that may be purchased on the open market or from the Company’s treasury. As of April 30, 2012 (latest available data), 169,822 shares had been cumulatively purchased through the Plan. Shares purchased through the Plan are held by the Plan’s custodian until withdrawn or distributed. As of April 30, 2012, the custodian held 42,808 shares on behalf of employees.

Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan

Common shares totaling 58,492 (as adjusted for subsequent changes in capitalization from the original authorization of 50,000 shares) were reserved for issuance under the non-qualified Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan (FESP) (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) when it was established in 1993. As of September 18, 2012, 38,553 shares remained in the FESP reserve, including 19,722 shares allocated but not issued to participants.

Other Outstanding Options, Warrants or Rights

There are no other outstanding options, warrants or rights.

Treasury Stock

As of September 18, 2012, the Company’s treasury held 2,538,053 shares of the Company’s common stock. Most of the shares were acquired through a modified “Dutch Auction” self-tender offer in 1997, and in a series of intermittent repurchase programs that began in 1998.

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase over a three year period, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, up to 450,000 shares of its common stock representing approximately 9% percent of the Company's total outstanding shares. During the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012, the Company acquired 212,929 shares under the program at a cost of $6,708,000, which includes 32,000 shares that were beneficially owned by the Chief Executive Officer and 180,929 shares re-acquired in connection with the exercise of "cashless" stock options that normally settle through a broker on the open market.

Separate from the repurchase program, the Company’s treasury acquired 2,691 shares of its common stock during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012 at a cost of $72,000 to cover the withholding tax obligations in connection with restricted and unrestricted stock awards.

Dividends

Regular quarterly cash dividends paid to shareholders during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012 amounted to $791,000 or $0.16 per share. In addition, a $0.16 per share dividend was declared on September 12, 2012. Its payment of $808,000 on October 9, 2012 (included in accounts payable at September 18, 2012) was the 207th consecutive quarterly cash dividend (a period of 52 years) paid by the Company.

On July 25, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a special one-time cash dividend of $9.50 per share payable September 14, 2012 to shareholders of record on August 31, 2012. The total for the special dividend that was paid on September 14, 2012 amounted to $47,963,000, which was based on 5,048,711 shares outstanding on August 31, 2012.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (EPS) calculations are based on the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period presented. Diluted EPS includes the effect of common stock equivalents, which assumes the exercise and conversion of dilutive stock options.

	Used to Calculate Basic EPS	Stock equivalents	Used to Calculate Diluted EPS
16 weeks ended:	Weighted average shares outstanding		Weighted average shares outstanding
September 18, 2012	4,961,555	55,717	5,017,272
September 20, 2011	4,928,671	13,168	4,941,839

Excluded from the calculations above (because the effect was anti-dilutive), were stock options to purchase 7,000 shares during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012 and 253,000 during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011.

Share-Based Payment (Compensation Cost)

The fair value of restricted stock issued and stock options granted is recognized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods of the awards. The fair value of unrestricted stock is recognized entirely during the period granted. Compensation costs arising from all share-based payments are charged to administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings.

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
Stock options granted	$	14		$	50
Restricted stock issued	98			129
Unrestricted stock issued	127			371
Share-based compensation cost, pretax	239			550
Tax benefit	(81		)	(187		)
Share-based compensation cost, net of tax	$	158		$	363
Effect on basic earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.07
Effect on diluted earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.07

As of September 18, 2012, there was $41,000 of total unrecognized pretax compensation cost related to non-vested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.5 years. Unrecognized pretax compensation cost related to restricted stock awards amounted to $26,000 as of September 18, 2012, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.08 years.

Compensation cost is also recognized in connection with the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (described elsewhere in NOTE F — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/ CAPITAL STOCK). Compensation costs related to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are determined at the end of each semi-annual offering period – October 31 and April 30.

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Leased Property

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Leases [Abstract]

LEASED PROPERTY

LEASED PROPERTY

Although it is the Company’s policy to own the property on which it operates restaurants, the Company occupies some of its restaurant facilities pursuant to lease agreements. As of September 18, 2012, the Company operated 14 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants on non-owned premises, 13 of which were classified as operating leases and one was a capital lease. Most of the operating leases have multiple renewal options, four of which will expire at various times over the next five years. While none of the four leases has a purchase option, all four have renewal options available. In addition, an operating lease was put into place in September 2012 for land on which construction of a Frisch's Big Boy restaurant was in progress as of September 18, 2012.

The Company remains contingently liable under certain operating lease agreements relating to land on which seven of the Company's former Golden Corral restaurants are situated (see Other Contingencies in NOTE H — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES).

Office space is occupied under an operating lease that expires during fiscal year 2023, at which time a purchase option becomes available to acquire the office property in fee simple title.

Rent expense under operating leases:

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012		September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Minimum rentals (a)	$	326	$	377
Contingent payments	—		—
	$	326	$	377

(a) The 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 does not include $186,000 for Golden Corral recorded in discontinued operations.

The ground lease for the Frisch's Big Boy restaurant that is classified as a capital lease requires the Company to purchase the land in fee simple title between the 10th (2020) and 15th (2025) years of the lease. Delivery equipment is held under capitalized leases expiring during various periods extending into fiscal year 2021.

An analysis of the capitalized leased property is shown in the following table. Amortization of capitalized delivery and other equipment is based on the straight-line method over the primary terms of the leases.

	Asset balances at
	September 18, 2012			May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Restaurant property (land)	$	825		$	825
Delivery equipment	1,676			1,486
Less accumulated amortization	(731		)	(679		)
	$	1,770		$	1,632

Future minimum lease payments under capitalized leases and operating leases are summarized below. The column for capitalized leases includes the requirement to acquire the land described above in fee simple title.

Period ending September 18,	Capitalized Leases			Operating Leases
	(in thousands)
2013	$	276		$	1,053
2014	276			1,063
2015	276			887
2016	276			843
2017	212			855
2018 to 2033	1,266			9,833
Total	2,582			$	14,534
Amount representing interest	(753		)
Present value of obligations	1,829
Portion due within one-year	(169		)
Long-term obligations	$	1,660

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Accrued Expenses

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

ACCRUED EXPENSES

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet consisted of the following:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Salaries, wages and related expenses	$	5,106	$	4,976
Accrued property taxes	1,764		1,787
Other accrued expenses	678		579
Total accrued expenses	7,548		$	7,342

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Pension Plans

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

PENSION PLANS

PENSION PLANS

As discussed more fully under Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES, the Company has historically sponsored two qualified defined benefit pension plans (DB Plans) plus an unfunded non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) for “highly compensated employees” (HCE’s). A merger of the DB Plans was completed on May 29, 2012. Net periodic pension cost for the retirement plans is shown in the table that follows:

	16 weeks ended
Net periodic pension cost components	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Service cost	$	555		$	591
Interest cost	533			576
Expected return on plan assets	(614		)	(635		)
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost	(2		)	1
Recognized net actuarial loss	527			269
Settlement loss	—			46
Net periodic pension cost (a)	$	999		$	848
(a) Amount for Golden Corral included in discontinued operations	—			142
Weighted average discount rate	4.25		%	5.25		%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	4.00		%	4.00		%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets	7.50		%	7.50		%

Net periodic pension cost for fiscal year 2013 is currently expected in the range of $3,200,000 to $3,300,000. Net periodic pension cost for fiscal year 2012 was $2,746,000. Most of the anticipated increase in net periodic pension cost is due the reduction of 100 basis points in the discount rate. Approximately $135,000 is added to annualized net periodic pension cost for each decrement of 25 basis points in the discount rate.

The preliminary minimum required contribution to the merged DB Plan for the plan year ending May 31, 2013 is currently projected to be $1,860,000. The Company currently anticipates contributing up to $2,100,000 over the course of fiscal year 2013, including $525,000 that was contributed during 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012. Obligations to participants in the SERP are satisfied in the form of a lump sum distribution upon retirement of the participants. No lump sums were paid from the SERP during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012.

Future funding of the DB Plan largely depends upon the performance of investments that are held in trusts that have been established for the plan. Equity securities comprise 70 percent of the target allocation of plan assets. Although the market for equity securities has made significant rebounds, the market declines experienced in fiscal year 2009 continue to adversely affect funding requirements, and combined with low bond rates will likely require the continued recognition of significantly higher net periodic pension costs than had been incurred prior to 2009.

The “Underfunded pension obligation” included in “Long-Term Obligations” in the consolidated balance sheet represents projected benefit obligations in excess of the fair value of plan assets. The change in underfunded status is re-measured at the end of each fiscal year, effected through an increase or decrease in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” in the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet. The projected benefit obligation, which includes a projection of future salary increases, was measured at the end of the fiscal year 2012 using a weighted average discount rate of 4.25 percent, which was a reduction of 100 basis points from the end of the prior year. The projected benefit obligation increases approximately $1,250,000 for each decrease of 25 basis points in the discount rate.

Compensation expense (not included in the net periodic pension cost described above) relating to the Non Deferred Cash Balance Plan (NDCBP) (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) is equal to amounts contributed, or expected to be contributed, to the trusts established for the benefits of certain HCE's - $145,000 and $144,000 respectively, for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. No NDCBP expense was associated with Golden Corral in the prior year. The total NDCBP expense also includes accruals for additional required contributions that are due when the present value of lost benefits under the DB Plan and the SERP exceeds the value of the assets in the HCE's trust accounts when a participating HCE retires or is otherwise separated from service with the Company. In addition, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has an employment agreement that calls for additional annual contributions to be made to the trust established for the benefit of the CEO under the NDCBP when certain levels of annual pretax earnings are achieved.

The Company sponsors two 401(k) defined contribution plans (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). In the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011, matching contributions to the 401(k) plans amounted to $76,000 and $85,000 (including $17,000 for Golden Corral reported in discontinued operations) respectively.

A non-qualified Executive Savings Plan (FESP) is in place for certain HCE’s who have been disqualified from participation in the 401(k) plans (see Benefit Plans in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). In the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011, matching contributions to FESP were $12,000 and $11,000 (including less than $1,000 for Golden Corral reported in discontinued operations) respectively.

The Company does not sponsor post retirement health care plans.

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Discontinued Operations - Balance Sheet and Income Statement (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Impairment of long-lived assets	$ 70,500	$ 0
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax	(157,705)	(2,734,313)
Assets of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation [Abstract]
Total current assets	137,100		190,120
Assets of discontinued operations	3,055,000
Golden Corral, disposal group
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Sales	0	30,367,000
Food and paper	0	11,619,000
Payroll and related	0	8,892,000
Other operating costs	0	8,234,000
Costs and expenses	0	28,745,000
Gross profit	0	1,622,000
Administrative and advertising	0	927,000
Loss on sale of Golden Corral			5,590,000
Impairment of long-lived assets	0	4,000,000	388,000
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	(3,305,000)
Income taxes	158,000	(571,000)
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax	(158,000)	(2,734,000)
Assets of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	0		0
Trade and other receivables	137,000		190,000
Inventory	0		0
Prepaid expenses and sundry deposits	0		0
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	0		0
Total current assets	137,000		190,000
Net property and equipment	0		0
Other intangible assets	0		0
Assets of discontinued operations	137,000		190,000
Liabilities of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation [Abstract]
Accounts payable	37,000		47,000
Accrued expenses	241,000		636,000
Total current liabilities	278,000		683,000
Deferred other	0		0
Deferred income taxes	0		0
Liabilities of discontinued operations	$ 278,000		$ 683,000

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Pension Plans - Postretirement Benefits Disclosures (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	4 Months Ended		4 Months Ended								4 Months Ended
	May 28, 2013	Sep. 18, 2012 Qualified defined benefit pension plan (DB)	May 29, 2012 Qualified defined benefit pension plan (DB)	Sep. 18, 2012 Defined contribution pension - 401(k) Savings	Sep. 20, 2011 Defined contribution pension - 401(k) Savings	Sep. 18, 2012 Non-qualified executive savings plan (FESP)	Sep. 20, 2011 Non-qualified executive savings plan (FESP)	Sep. 18, 2012 Equity securities Qualified defined benefit pension plan (DB)	Sep. 18, 2012 Chief executive officer Non-deferred cash balance plan (NDCBP)	Sep. 20, 2011 Chief executive officer Non-deferred cash balance plan (NDCBP)	Sep. 18, 2012 Minimum Qualified defined benefit pension plan (DB)	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group Defined contribution pension - 401(k) Savings	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group Non-qualified executive savings plan (FESP)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]
Estimated required employer contributions to the defined benefit plans in current fiscal year											$ 1,860,000
Estimated employer contributions to the defined benefit plans in the current fiscal year											2,100,000
Employer contributions to defined benefit plans		525,000
Target plan asset allocation								70.00%
Weighted average discount rate used in Projected Benefit Obligation			4.25%
Weighted average discount rate reduction	1.00%
Decrease of Projected Benefit Obligation for each decrease of 25 basis points in discount rate		1,250,000
Projected benefit obligation measurement increment, percentage	0.25%
Deferred compensation arrangement with individual, compensation expense									145,000	144,000
Employer contribution to defined contributions plans				$ 76,000	$ 85,000	$ 12,000	$ 11,000					$ 17,000	$ 1,000

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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of impairment of long-lived assets

Impairment of long-lived assets, recorded as observable inputs (Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy), are summarized below for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012:

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	$	—	$	1,622	$	—	$	70

The impairments of long lived assets were recorded as significant unobservable inputs (level 3 under the fair value hierarchy), which are summarized below (also see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets along with Real Estate Held for Sale in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES):

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
First Quarter Fiscal 2012	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Six former Golden Corral restaurants	$	—	$	—	$	6,909	$	(4,000	)

Additional non-cash pretax impairment charges of $388,000 were subsequently recorded during Fiscal Year 2012: a) $94,000 in the third quarter ended March 6, 2012 based on a contract that was accepted for less than the original estimate of fair value and b) $294,000 in the fourth quarter to reflect revised opinions of value from real estate brokers.

Results of discontinued operations

Assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations consisted of:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	—
Trade and other receivables	137		190
Inventories	—		—
Prepaid expenses and sundry deposits	—		—
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	—		—
Total current assets	137		190
Net property and equipment	—		—
Other intangible assets	—		—
Assets of discontinued operations	$	137	$	190
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	37	$	47
Accrued expenses	241		636
Total current liabilities	278		683
Deferred other	—		—
Deferred income taxes	—		—
Liabilities of discontinued operations	$	278	$	683

	16 weeks ended
	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	30,367
Food and paper	—			11,619
Payroll and related	—			8,892
Other operating costs	—			8,234
	—			28,745
Gross profit	—			1,622
Administrative and advertising	—			927
Impairment of long-lived assets	—			4,000
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	—			(3,305		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	158			(571		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(158	)	$	(2,734	)

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Pension Plans Pension Plans (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Net periodic pension cost components

Net periodic pension cost for the retirement plans is shown in the table that follows:

	16 weeks ended
Net periodic pension cost components	September 18, 2012			September 20, 2011
	(in thousands)
Service cost	$	555		$	591
Interest cost	533			576
Expected return on plan assets	(614		)	(635		)
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost	(2		)	1
Recognized net actuarial loss	527			269
Settlement loss	—			46
Net periodic pension cost (a)	$	999		$	848
(a) Amount for Golden Corral included in discontinued operations	—			142
Weighted average discount rate	4.25		%	5.25		%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	4.00		%	4.00		%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets	7.50		%	7.50		%

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Shareholders' Equity/Capital Stock - Share-based Compensation Expense (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012	Sep. 20, 2011
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense, pre-tax	$ 239,000	$ 550,000
Tax benefit	(81,000)	(187,000)
Share-based compensation expense, net of tax	158,000	363,000
Dilutive Securities, Effect on Basic Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Effect on basic and diluted earnings per share	$ 0.03	$ 0.07
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized [Abstract]
Total compensation not yet recognized, non-vested stock options	41,000
Stock options
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense, pre-tax	14,000	50,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized [Abstract]
Total compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	6 months
Restricted stock
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense, pre-tax	98,000	129,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized [Abstract]
Total compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	29 days
Total compensation cost not yet recognized, restricted stock	26,000
Unrestricted stock
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense, pre-tax	$ 127,000	$ 371,000

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Accrued Expenses Accrued Expenses (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]
Salaries, wages and related expenses	$ 5,106,000	$ 4,976,000
Accrued property taxes	1,764,000	1,787,000
Other accrued expenses	678,000	579,000
Total accrued expenses	$ 7,548,187	$ 7,341,718

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Consolidated Balance Sheet (USD $)	Sep. 18, 2012	May 29, 2012
Current Assets
Cash and equivalents	$ 1,173,735	$ 45,962,546
Restricted cash	0	3,492,803
Trade and other accounts receivables	1,403,931	1,683,123
Inventories	6,020,447	5,589,553
Prepaid expenses, sundry deposits and property held for sale	2,864,698	708,440
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	1,275,437	2,300,995
Current assets of discontinued operations	137,100	190,120
Total current assets	12,875,348	59,927,580
Property and Equipment
Land and improvements	45,154,076	44,473,068
Buildings	74,019,054	72,218,910
Equipment and fixtures	78,964,377	77,935,903
Leasehold improvements and buildings on leased land	16,631,132	16,609,854
Capitalized leases	2,501,334	2,311,565
Construction in progress	575,843	1,414,514
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	217,845,816	214,963,814
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	115,595,034	112,825,024
Net property and equipment	102,250,782	102,138,790
Other Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets	776,713	777,420
Investments in land	3,168,564	3,390,886
Property held for sale	5,799,899	8,093,084
Deferred income taxes	3,839,638	3,149,367
Other long term assets	2,607,327	2,491,654
Total other assets	16,192,141	17,902,411
Total assets	131,318,271	179,968,781
Long-term obligations due within one year
Long-term debt	5,932,506	6,592,637
Obligations under capitalized leases	169,383	162,683
Self insurance	757,173	972,915
Accounts payable	7,480,669	6,293,007
Accrued expenses	7,548,187	7,341,718
Income taxes	0	128,490
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	277,973	683,336
Total current liabilities	22,165,891	22,174,786
Long-Term Obligations
Long-term debt	12,706,765	14,445,869
Obligations under capitalized leases	1,659,706	1,526,244
Self insurance	1,457,862	1,268,667
Underfunded pension obligation	14,734,708	14,785,312
Deferred compensation and other	4,019,657	4,043,068
Total long-term obligations	34,578,698	36,069,160
Commitments
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred stock - authorized, 3,000,000 shares without par value; none issued	0	0
Common stock - authorized, 12,000,000 shares without par value; issued 7,586,764 and 7,586,764 shares - stated value - $1.00	7,586,764	7,586,764
Additional contributed capital	69,268,780	65,909,780
Preferred stock, common stock, including additional paid in capital, total, value	76,855,544	73,496,544
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(8,659,961)	(9,006,202)
Retained earnings	46,528,862	95,289,648
Retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income	37,868,901	86,283,446
Less cost of treasury stock (2,538,053 and 2,648,158 shares)	40,150,763	38,055,155
Total shareholders' equity	74,573,682	121,724,835
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 131,318,271	$ 179,968,781

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Accounting Policies

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) follows:

Description of the Business

Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and Subsidiaries (Company) is a regional company that operates full service family-style restaurants under the name “Frisch’s Big Boy.”All 94 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants operated by the Company as of September 18, 2012 are located in various regions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The Company owns the trademark “Frisch’s” and has exclusive, irrevocable ownership of the rights to the “Big Boy” trademark, trade name and service marks in the states of Kentucky and Indiana, and in most of Ohio and Tennessee. All of the Frisch’s Big Boy restaurants also offer “drive-thru” service. The Company also licenses 25 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants to other operators, which are located in certain parts of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In addition, the Company operates a commissary and food manufacturing plant near its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio that services all Frisch's Big Boy restaurants operated by the Company, and is available to supply restaurants licensed to others.

Consolidation Practices

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) include the accounts of Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (US GAAP). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, these interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (all of which were normal and recurring) necessary for a fair presentation of all periods presented.

Certain amounts reported in prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

At the beginning of Fiscal Year 2012 (defined below), the Company operated a second business segment, which consisted of 35 Golden Corral restaurants (Golden Corral) that were licensed to the Company by Golden Corral Corporation (GCC). Six of the Golden Corrals were closed in August 2011 due to under performance. In May 2012, the remaining 29 Golden Corrals were sold to GCC. Results of Golden Corral for the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (First Quarter Fiscal 2012) are presented as discontinued operations (see NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS).

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year is the 52 week (364 days) or 53 week (371 days) period ending on the Tuesday nearest to the last day of May. The first quarter of each fiscal year contains 16 weeks. Each of the last three quarters normally contains 12 weeks. As it becomes necessary every fifth or sixth year, an additional week is added to the fiscal calendar, which results in a 53 week year with a 13 week fourth quarter. The current fiscal year will end on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 (Fiscal Year 2013), a period of 52 weeks. The year that ended May 29, 2012 (Fiscal Year 2012) was also a 52 week year.

Use of Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to use estimates and assumptions to measure certain items that affect the amounts reported. These judgments are based on knowledge and experience about past and current events, and assumptions about future events. Although management believes its estimates are reasonable and adequate, future events affecting them may differ markedly from current judgment. Significant estimates and assumptions are used to measure self-insurance liabilities, deferred executive compensation obligations, net periodic pension cost and future pension obligations, carrying values of property held for sale and for long-lived assets including property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.

Management considers the following accounting policies to be critical accounting policies because the application of estimates to these policies requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments: self-insurance liabilities, net periodic pension cost and future pension obligations, and the carrying values of long-lived assets.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Funds in transit from credit card processors are classified as cash. Highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less are considered as cash equivalents. Cash equivalents included $42,000,000 in commercial paper at May 29, 2012, which was used on September 14, 2012 to fund a special dividend of $9.50 per share.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash as of May 29, 2012 consisted of funds from the proceeds of two separate real property transactions that were being held by a third party intermediary in anticipation of the completion of qualifying like kind exchanges in order to defer taxable gains pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. In July and August 2012, all of the restricted cash was returned to the Company's treasury from the third party intermediary because suitable like kind exchanges could not be identified.

Receivables

Trade and other accounts receivable are valued on the reserve method. The reserve balance was $30,000 as of September 18, 2012 and May 29, 2012. The reserve is monitored for adequacy based on historical collection patterns and write-offs, and current credit risks.

Inventories

Inventories, comprised principally of food items, are valued at the lower of cost, determined by the first-in, first-out method, or market.

Accounting for Rebates

Cash consideration received from certain food vendors is treated as a reduction of cost of sales and is recognized in the same periods in which the rebates are earned.

Leases

Minimum scheduled lease payments on operating leases, including escalating rental payments, are recognized as rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Under certain circumstances, the lease term used to calculate straight-line rent expense includes option periods that have yet to be legally exercised. Contingent rentals, typically based on a percentage of restaurant sales in excess of a fixed amount, are expensed as incurred. Rent expense is also recognized during that part of the lease term when no rent is paid to the landlord, often referred to as a “rent holiday,” that generally occurs while a restaurant is being constructed on leased land. The Company does not typically receive leasehold incentives from landlords.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided principally on the straight-line method over the estimated service lives, which range from 10 to 25 years for new buildings or components thereof and five to 10 years for equipment. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term. Property betterments are capitalized while the cost of maintenance and repairs is expensed as incurred.

The cost of land not yet in service is included in “Construction in progress” in the consolidated balance sheet if construction has begun or if construction is likely within the next 12 months. one new Frisch's Big Boy restaurant building was under construction as of September 18, 2012 on land that is leased to the Company. Estimated remaining costs (not already included in Construction in progress) to complete construction of the restaurant approximated $2,040,000 as of September 18, 2012. Construction in progress as of September 18, 2012 consisted of the new restaurant that was under construction plus remodeling work that was at various stages of completion in existing restaurants.

Interest on borrowings is capitalized during active construction periods of new restaurants. Capitalized interest was $8,000 and $16,000 respectively, for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011.

Costs incurred during the application development stage of computer software that is developed or obtained for internal use is capitalized, while the costs of the preliminary project stage are expensed as incurred, along with certain other costs such as training. Capitalized computer software is amortized on the straight-line method over the estimated service lives, which range from three to 10 years. Software assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable over the remaining service life.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Management considers a history of cash flow losses on a restaurant-by-restaurant basis to be its primary indicator of potential impairment of long-lived assets. Carrying values are tested for impairment at least annually, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of the assets may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the property. When undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than carrying values, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the carrying values exceed fair value, which is determined as either 1) the greater of the net present value of the future cash flow stream, or 2) by opinions of value provided by real estate brokers and/or management’s judgment as developed through its experience in disposing of unprofitable restaurant properties. Broker opinions of value and the judgment of management consider various factors in their fair value estimates such as the sales of comparable properties and general real estate activity in the local market, general economic conditions in the area, and the physical condition and location of the subject property.

When decisions are made to permanently close under performing restaurants, the carrying values of the closed restaurant properties that are owned in fee simple title are reclassified to "Property held for sale" (see Property Held for Sale elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES) and are subjected to the accounting policy for impairment of long-lived assets (see above). When leased restaurant properties are permanently closed, before reaching the end of the lease term and there is no immediate assignment of the lease to a third party, an impairment provision is made equal to the present value of remaining non-cancelable lease payments after the closing date, net of estimated subtenant income. The carrying values of leasehold improvements are also reduced, if necessary, in accordance with the accounting policy for impairment of long-lived assets.

Non-cash pretax impairment charges totaling $70,000 were recorded during the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012 to lower previous estimates of the fair values of two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants, based on accepted sales contracts. Impairment of long-lived assets, recorded as observable inputs (Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy), are summarized below for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012:

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	$	—	$	1,622	$	—	$	70

No impairment losses from continuing operations were recorded during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011 (also see NOTE B - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS).

Restaurant Closing Costs

Any liabilities associated with exit or disposal activities are recognized only when the liabilities are incurred, rather than upon the commitment to an exit or disposal plan. Conditional obligations that meet the definition of an asset retirement obligation are currently recognized if fair value is reasonably estimable. No conditional obligations meeting the definition of an asset retirement obligation have been recorded in these consolidated financial statements.

Property Held for Sale

Surplus property that is no longer needed by the Company and for which the Company is committed to a plan to sell the property is classified as “Property held for sale” in the consolidated balance sheet. As of September 18, 2012, “Property held for sale” consisted of three former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants ($1,904,000), three former Golden Corral restaurants ($3,055,000) and eight other surplus pieces of land ($2,204,000). All of the surplus property is stated at the lower of its cost or fair value, less cost to sell, which is reviewed each quarter (see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES). The stated value of any property for which a viable sales contract is pending at the balance sheet date - $1,363,000 at September 18, 2012 - is reclassified to current assets.

Gains and losses on the sale of assets, as reported in the consolidated statement of earnings, consist of transactions involving real property and sometimes may include restaurant equipment that is sold together with real property as a package when former restaurants are sold. Gains and losses reported on this line do not include abandonment losses that routinely arise when certain equipment is replaced before it reaches the end of its expected life; abandonment losses are instead reported in other operating costs.

Investments in Land

The cost of land (for potential future use - four tracts) on which construction is not likely within the next 12 months is classified as "Investments in land" in the consolidated balance sheet. Other tracts of undeveloped land (for which no specific plans have been made) are also included in "Investments in Land" and are carried at the lower of cost or fair value (see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets elsewhere in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES).

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

As of September 18, 2012 and May 29, 2012, the carrying amount of goodwill that was acquired in prior years amounted to $741,000. Acquired goodwill is tested for impairment on the first day of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever an impairment indicator arises. Impairment testing first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. The fair value of a reporting unit is not calculated unless the qualitative assessment determines that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. Other intangible assets are also tested for impairment on the first day of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and whenever an impairment indicator arises.

An analysis of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets follows:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Goodwill	$	741	$	741
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization	22		22
Other intangible assets subject to amortization - net	14		14
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	777	$	777

Revenue Recognition

Revenue from restaurant operations is recognized upon the sale of products as they are sold to customers. All sales revenue is recorded on a net basis, which excludes sales tax collected from being reported as sales revenue and sales tax remitted from being reported as a cost. Revenue from the sale of commissary products to restaurants licensed to other operators is recognized upon shipment of product. Revenue from franchise fees, based on certain percentages of sales volumes generated in restaurants licensed to other operators, is recorded on the accrual method as earned. Initial franchise fees are recognized as revenue when the fees are deemed fully earned and non-refundable, which ordinarily occurs upon the execution of the license agreement, in consideration of the Company’s services to that time.

Revenue from the sale of gift cards is deferred for recognition until the gift card is redeemed by the cardholder, or when the probability becomes remote that the cardholder will demand full performance from the Company and there is no legal obligation to remit the value of the unredeemed gift card under applicable state escheatment statutes.

New Store Opening Costs

New store opening costs consist of new employee training costs, the cost of a team to coordinate the opening and the cost of certain replaceable items such as uniforms and china. New store opening costs are charged as incurred to “Other operating costs” in the consolidated statement of earnings. New store opening costs for the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011 were $204,000 and $283,000 respectively.

Benefit Plans

The Company has historically sponsored two qualified defined benefit pension plans: the Pension Plan for Operating Unit Hourly Employees (the Hourly Pension Plan) and the Pension Plan for Managers, Office and Commissary Employees (the Salaried Pension Plan). (See NOTE G — PENSION PLANS.) A merger of the two qualified defined benefit pension plans was completed on May 29, 2012. The merger did not affect plan benefits, but lower administrative costs will be incurred. The merged plan is in compliance with the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART Act), the technical corrections promulgated by the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) and guidance on the HEART Act provided by the Internal Revenue Service.

Plan benefits are based on years-of-service and other factors. The Company’s funding policy is to contribute at least the minimum annual amount sufficient to satisfy legal funding requirements plus additional discretionary tax deductible amounts that may be deemed advisable, even when no minimum funding is required. Contributions are intended to provide not only for benefits attributed to service-to-date, but also for those expected to be earned in the future.

Hourly Restaurant Employees - Hourly restaurant employees hired after December 31, 1998 are ineligible for pension plan participation. Future accruals for credited service after August 31, 2009 have been frozen for hourly restaurant employees who were hired on or before December 31, 1998. Hourly restaurant employees hired January 1, 1999 or after have been eligible to participate in the Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Hourly Employees 401(k) Savings Plan (the Hourly Savings Plan), a defined contribution plan that provided a 40 percent match by the Company on the first 10 percent of earnings deferred by the participants. The Company’s match had vested on a scale based on length of service that reached 100 percent after four years of service. The Hourly Savings Plan was amended effective September 1, 2009 to provide for immediate vesting along with a 100 percent match from the Company on the first 3 percent of earnings deferred by participants. All hourly restaurant employees are now eligible to participate in the Hourly Savings Plan, regardless of when hired.

Salaried Restaurant Management, Office and Commissary Employees - Salaried employees hired after June 30, 2009 are ineligible for pension plan participation. Salaried employees hired on or before June 30, 2009 continue to participate and are credited with normal benefits for years of service. Salaried employees are automatically enrolled, unless otherwise elected, in the Frisch’s Employee 401(k) Savings Plan (the Salaried Savings Plan), a defined contribution plan. The Salaried Savings Plan provides immediate vesting under two different Company matching schedules. Employees hired on or before June 30, 2009 may continue to defer up to 25 percent of their compensation under the Salaried Savings Plan, with the Company contributing a 10 percent match on the first 18 percent deferred. Salaried employees hired after June 30, 2009 receive a 100 percent match from the Company on the first 3 percent of compensation deferred.

The executive officers of the Company and certain other “highly compensated employees” (HCE’s) are disqualified from participation in the Salaried Savings Plan. A non-qualified savings plan - Frisch’s Executive Savings Plan (FESP) - provides a means by which the HCE’s may continue to defer a portion of their compensation. FESP allows deferrals of up to 25 percent of a participant’s compensation into a choice of mutual funds or common stock of the Company. Matching contributions are added to the first 10 percent of salary deferred at a rate of 10 percent for deferrals into mutual funds, while a 15 percent match is added to deferrals into the Company’s common stock. HCE’s hired after June 30, 2009 receive a 100 percent matching contribution from the Company on the first 3 percent of compensation deferred into either mutual funds or common stock.

Although the Company owns the mutual funds of the FESP until the retirement of the participants, the funds are invested at the direction of the participants. FESP assets are the principal component of “Other long-term assets” in the consolidated balance sheet. The common stock is a “phantom investment” that may be paid in actual shares or in cash upon retirement of the participant. The FESP liability to the participants is included in “Deferred compensation and other” long term obligations in the consolidated balance sheet.

The mutual funds and the corresponding liability to FESP participants were increased $154,000 (due to market gains) during the 16 week period ended September 18, 2012, and were decreased $278,000 (due to market losses) during the 16 week period ended September 20, 2011. All of these changes were effected through offsetting investment income or loss and charges (market gains) or credits (market losses) to deferred compensation expense, which is included within administrative and advertising expense in the consolidated statement of earnings.

The Company also sponsors an unfunded non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) that was originally intended to provide a supplemental retirement benefit to the HCE’s whose benefits under the Salaried Pension Plan were reduced when their compensation exceeded Internal Revenue Code imposed limitations or when elective salary deferrals were made to FESP. Amendments to the SERP were made on January 1, 2000 to exclude any benefit accruals after December 31, 1999 (interest continues to accrue) and to close entry into the Plan by any HCE hired after December 31, 1999.

Effective January 1, 2000 a Non Deferred Cash Balance Plan was adopted to provide comparable retirement type benefits to the HCE’s in lieu of future accruals under the qualified defined benefit plan and the SERP. The comparable benefit amount is determined each year and converted to a lump sum (reported as W-2 compensation) from which taxes are withheld and the net amount is deposited into the HCE’s individual trust account. In addition, accruals have been made for additional required contributions that are due when the present value of lost benefits under the qualified defined benefit plan and the SERP exceeds the value of the assets in the HCE's trust account when a participating HCE retires or is otherwise separated from service with the Company (see NOTE G — PENSION PLANS).

Self-Insurance

The Company self-insures its Ohio workers’ compensation claims up to $300,000 per claim. Initial self-insurance liabilities are accrued based on prior claims history, including an amount developed for incurred but unreported claims. Management performs a comprehensive review each fiscal quarter and adjusts the self-insurance liabilities as deemed appropriate based on claims experience, which continues to benefit from active claims management and post accident drug testing.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are provided on all items included in the consolidated statement of earnings regardless of when such items are reported for tax purposes, which gives rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities. The provision for income taxes in all periods presented has been computed based on management’s estimate of the effective tax rate for the entire year. The effective tax rate was estimated at 32 percent and 23 percent respectively for the 16 week periods ended September 18, 2012 and September 20, 2011. This year's higher rate is primarily due to changes in tax credits and state deferred taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Company's tax return for Fiscal Year 2011, which was filed in February 2012.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accounts receivable, investments and long-term debt. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents together with accounts payable and accounts receivable approximate their fair value based on their short-term character. The fair value of long-term debt is disclosed in NOTE C — LONG-TERM DEBT.

The Company does not use the fair value option for reporting financial assets and financial liabilities and therefore does not report unrealized gains and losses in the consolidated statement of earnings. Fair value measurements for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities are used primarily in the impairment analyses of long-lived assets, goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” ASU 2011-05 was issued to amend Accounting Standards Codification Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income.” Under ASU 2011-05, an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, the presentation must show each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, which has been the Company’s historical presentation. The amendment did not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income.

ASU 2011-12, “Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05” was issued in December 2011 to defer the effective date of the guidance in ASU 2011-05 relating to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. All other requirements of ASU 2011-05 are not affected by the issuance of ASU 2011-12, including the requirement to report income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements, which is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2011-05 on May 30, 2012 (the first day of the fiscal year that will end May 28, 2013). See the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income that immediately follows the Consolidated Statement of Earnings in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company reviewed all other significant newly issued accounting pronouncements and concluded that they are either not applicable to the Company’s business or that no material effect is expected on the financial statements as a result of future adoption.

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Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	4 Months Ended			4 Months Ended									12 Months Ended			4 Months Ended		4 Months Ended
	Jul. 25, 2012	Sep. 18, 2012 restaurants tracts_of_land	Sep. 20, 2011	May 29, 2012	Sep. 18, 2012 Maximum Building and building improvements	Sep. 18, 2012 Maximum Equipment	Sep. 18, 2012 Maximum Computer software	Sep. 18, 2012 Minimum Building and building improvements	Sep. 18, 2012 Minimum Equipment	Sep. 18, 2012 Minimum Computer software	Sep. 18, 2012 Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	Sep. 18, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group	Sep. 20, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group	May 29, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group	May 16, 2012 Golden Corral, disposal group restaurants	Aug. 23, 2011 Golden Corral, disposal group restaurants	Sep. 20, 2011 Six former Golden Corral restaurants	Sep. 18, 2012 Six former Golden Corral restaurants	Sep. 20, 2011 Impairment of intangible assets Golden Corral, disposal group	Sep. 20, 2011 Closing costs included in impairment charges Golden Corral, disposal group	Sep. 18, 2012 Other operating costs	Sep. 20, 2011 Other operating costs	Sep. 18, 2012 Ohio	Sep. 20, 2011 Frisch's Big Boy	Sep. 18, 2012 Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	Sep. 18, 2012 Frisch's Big Boy Entity operated units restaurants	Sep. 18, 2012 Frisch's Big Boy Franchised units restaurants	Sep. 18, 2012 Golden Corral, segment restaurants	May 31, 2011 Golden Corral, segment restaurants
Description of the Business [Abstract]
Number of restaurants																										94	25		35
Consolidation Practices [Abstract]
Number of restaurants closed due to underperformance																6
Number of restaurants sold to Golden Corral Corporation															29
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Commercial paper included in cash and equivalents				$ 42,000,000
Special cash dividends declared and paid, per share	$ 9.50
Receivables [Abstract]
Receivables reserve balance		30,000		30,000
Property and Equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful life					25 years	10 years	10 years	10 years	5 years	3 years
Number of restaurants under construction		1
Estimated remaining costs to complete construction in progress		2,040,000
Capitalized interest		8,000	16,000
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Impairment of long-lived assets		70,500	0								70,000	0	4,000,000	388,000			4,000,000		69,000	180,000				0
Carrying value of assets inlcuded in discontinued operations		3,055,000										137,000		190,000
Property Held for Sale / Investments in Land [Abstract]
Property held for sale (number of buildings and tracts of land)		8																							3			3
Property held for sale											1,904,000
Property held for sale, discontinued operation																		3,055,000
Property held for sale, surplus land (tracts of land)		2,204,000
Property held for sale, amount reclassified to current assets		1,363,000
Investments in land (tracts of land)		4
New Store Opening Costs [Abstract]
New store opening costs																					204,000	283,000
Self-Insurance [Abstract]
Self-insured workers' compensation, per claim limit																							300,000
Increase in self-insured obligations		$ (26,547)	$ 101,038
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate		32.00%	23.00%

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Leased Property - Operating Leases (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2012 restaurants	Sep. 20, 2011
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Property under operating lease, for which Company is contingently liable (restaurants)	1
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net [Abstract]
Minimum rentals	$ 326,000	$ 377,000	[1]
Contingent payments	0	0
Rent expense, net	326,000	377,000
Golden Corral, disposal group
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Property under operating lease, for which Company is contingently liable (restaurants)	7
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net [Abstract]
Minimum rentals excluded from rent expense		$ 186,000
Frisch's Big Boy
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Leased properties (restaurants)	14
Properties under operating lease (restaurants)	13
Frisch's Big Boy | Renewal option available
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Properties under operating lease (restaurants)	4
Maximum lease term of expiring leases	5 years
Frisch's Big Boy | No purchase option available
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Properties under operating lease (restaurants)	0

[1] (a) The 16 weeks ended September 20, 2011 does not include $186,000 for Golden Corral recorded in discontinued operations.

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Accounting Policies Accounting Policies (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Sep. 18, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of impairment of long-lived assets

Impairment of long-lived assets, recorded as observable inputs (Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy), are summarized below for the 16 weeks ended September 18, 2012:

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Two former Frisch's Big Boy restaurants	$	—	$	1,622	$	—	$	70

The impairments of long lived assets were recorded as significant unobservable inputs (level 3 under the fair value hierarchy), which are summarized below (also see Impairment of Long-Lived Assets along with Real Estate Held for Sale in NOTE A —ACCOUNTING POLICIES):

	Fair Value Measurements Using
	(in thousands)
First Quarter Fiscal 2012	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Gains (Losses)
Six former Golden Corral restaurants	$	—	$	—	$	6,909	$	(4,000	)

Additional non-cash pretax impairment charges of $388,000 were subsequently recorded during Fiscal Year 2012: a) $94,000 in the third quarter ended March 6, 2012 based on a contract that was accepted for less than the original estimate of fair value and b) $294,000 in the fourth quarter to reflect revised opinions of value from real estate brokers.

Schedule of goodwill and other intangible assets

An analysis of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets follows:

	September 18, 2012		May 29, 2012
	(in thousands)
Goodwill	$	741	$	741
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization	22		22
Other intangible assets subject to amortization - net	14		14
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	777	$	777