Facility Consolidation Costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure

Facility Consolidation Costs

In September 2015, the Company approved a plan to consolidate many core restaurant and franchisee support functions at its headquarters in Glendale, California and communicated the plan to employees. In conjunction with this action, the Company will exit a significant portion of the Applebee's restaurant support center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Company estimates it will incur a total of approximately $8 million in costs related to the exit of the facility and $8 million in employee termination benefits and other personnel-related costs associated with the consolidation. The majority of the facility exit costs will be incurred as of the date the Company will stop using the significant portion of the facility it will be vacating, estimated to be in the first half of fiscal 2016.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred $4.6 million of employee termination costs, primarily severance and relocation costs associated with the consolidation. These charges were included in general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

	Employee Termination Costs
	(In millions )
Accrued termination costs at December 31, 2014	$	—
Charges	4.6
Payments	(1.1		)
Accrued termination costs at December 31, 2015	$	3.5

Approximately $3.3 million and $0.2 million of accrued termination costs were included in accrued employee compensation and benefits and other accrued expenses, respectively, in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015.