Note A - Description and Organization of Business	12 Months Ended
Mar. 26, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]	NOTE A - DESCRIPTION AND ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS Nathan’s Famous, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company” or “Nathan’s”) has historically operated or franchised a chain of retail fast food restaurants featuring the “Nathan’s World Famous Beef Hot Dog”, crinkle-cut French-fried potatoes and a variety of other menu offerings. Nathan’s has also established a Branded Product Program, which enables foodservice retailers to sell select Nathan’s proprietary products outside of the realm of a traditional franchise relationship. Nathan’s also licenses the manufacture and sale of “Nathan’s Famous” packaged hot dogs, crinkle-cut French fries and a number of other products to a variety of third parties for sale to supermarkets, club stores and grocery stores. The Company is also the owner of the Arthur Treacher’s brand. Arthur Treacher’s main product is its "Original Fish & Chips" product consisting of fish fillets coated with a special batter prepared under a proprietary formula, deep-fried golden brown, and served with English-style chips and corn meal "hush puppies." The Company considers itself to be a brand marketer of its products to the foodservice and retail industries, pursuant to its various business structures. Nathan’s has also pursued co-branding and co-hosting initiatives. At March 26, 2023, the Company’s restaurant system included four Company-owned units in the New York City metropolitan area and 232 franchised or licensed units, located in 17 states and 13 foreign countries. It also included 267 virtual kitchens (existing kitchens with no Nathan’s Famous branded storefront presence, used to fill online orders) located in 19 states and 4 foreign countries. COVID-19 and Macroeconomic Conditions The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 had a number of adverse effects on our business including a reduction in customer traffic at our Company-owned restaurants and our franchised locations, as well as difficulty in staffing these locations. Additionally, it hampered many of our Branded Product Program customers including professional sports venues, amusement parks, shopping malls and movie theaters. While the disruptions to our business from the COVID-19 pandemic have mostly subsided, the resurgence of COVID-19 or its variants, as well as an outbreak of other widespread health epidemics or pandemics, may disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. During fiscal 2023, the Company continued to experience rising labor costs, as well as higher commodity prices, packaging costs and fuel prices. We expect this trend to continue into fiscal 2024. Our average cost of hot dogs for the fiscal 2023 period was approximately 1.4% higher than during the fiscal 2022 period. In general, we have been able to offset increases resulting from inflation by increasing prices. We continue to monitor these inflationary pressures and will continue to implement mitigation plans as needed. Delays in implementing price increases, competitive pressures, consumer spending levels and other factors may limit our ability to implement further price increases in the future. The extent to which COVID-19 and inflation will impact the Company will depend on future developments, which cannot be predicted. Such impacts may include non-cash asset impairments and difficulty collecting trade receivables, among other things.

Note A - Description and Organization of Business

12 Months Ended

Mar. 26, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION AND ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS

Nathan’s Famous, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company” or “Nathan’s”) has historically operated or franchised a chain of retail fast food restaurants featuring the “Nathan’s World Famous Beef Hot Dog”, crinkle-cut French-fried potatoes and a variety of other menu offerings. Nathan’s has also established a Branded Product Program, which enables foodservice retailers to sell select Nathan’s proprietary products outside of the realm of a traditional franchise relationship. Nathan’s also licenses the manufacture and sale of “Nathan’s Famous” packaged hot dogs, crinkle-cut French fries and a number of other products to a variety of third parties for sale to supermarkets, club stores and grocery stores. The Company is also the owner of the Arthur Treacher’s brand. Arthur Treacher’s main product is its "Original Fish & Chips" product consisting of fish fillets coated with a special batter prepared under a proprietary formula, deep-fried golden brown, and served with English-style chips and corn meal "hush puppies." The Company considers itself to be a brand marketer of its products to the foodservice and retail industries, pursuant to its various business structures. Nathan’s has also pursued co-branding and co-hosting initiatives.

At March 26, 2023, the Company’s restaurant system included four Company-owned units in the New York City metropolitan area and 232 franchised or licensed units, located in 17 states and 13 foreign countries. It also included 267 virtual kitchens (existing kitchens with no Nathan’s Famous branded storefront presence, used to fill online orders) located in 19 states and 4 foreign countries.

COVID-19 and Macroeconomic Conditions

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 had a number of adverse effects on our business including a reduction in customer traffic at our Company-owned restaurants and our franchised locations, as well as difficulty in staffing these locations. Additionally, it hampered many of our Branded Product Program customers including professional sports venues, amusement parks, shopping malls and movie theaters. While the disruptions to our business from the COVID-19 pandemic have mostly subsided, the resurgence of COVID-19 or its variants, as well as an outbreak of other widespread health epidemics or pandemics, may disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

During fiscal 2023, the Company continued to experience rising labor costs, as well as higher commodity prices, packaging costs and fuel prices. We expect this trend to continue into fiscal 2024. Our average cost of hot dogs for the fiscal 2023 period was approximately 1.4% higher than during the fiscal 2022 period. In general, we have been able to offset increases resulting from inflation by increasing prices. We continue to monitor these inflationary pressures and will continue to implement mitigation plans as needed. Delays in implementing price increases, competitive pressures, consumer spending levels and other factors may limit our ability to implement further price increases in the future.

The extent to which COVID-19 and inflation will impact the Company will depend on future developments, which cannot be predicted. Such impacts may include non-cash asset impairments and difficulty collecting trade receivables, among other things.