Segment Information

The company operates in three reportable operating segments defined by management reporting structure and operating activities.

The Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group manufactures, sells, and distributes foodservice equipment for the restaurant and institutional kitchen industry. This business segment has manufacturing facilities in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Australia, China, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include conveyor ovens, combi-ovens, convection ovens, baking ovens, proofing ovens, deck ovens, speed cooking ovens, hydrovection ovens, ranges, fryers, rethermalizers, steam cooking equipment, food warming equipment, catering equipment, heated cabinets, charbroilers, ventless cooking systems, kitchen ventilation, induction cooking equipment, countertop cooking equipment, toasters, griddles, professional mixers, stainless steel fabrication, custom millwork, professional refrigerators, blast chillers, coldrooms, ice machines, freezers and coffee and beverage dispensing equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: Anets, Bear Varimixer, Beech, Blodgett, Blodgett Combi, Blodgett Range, Bloomfield, Britannia, CTX, Carter-Hoffmann, Celfrost, Concordia, CookTek, Desmon, Doyon, Eswood, Firex, Follett, Frifri, Giga, Globe, Goldstein, Holman, Houno, IMC, Induc, Jade, Joe Tap, Josper, L2F, Lang, Lincat, MagiKitch’n, Market Forge, Marsal, Middleby Marshall, MPC, Nieco, Nu-Vu, PerfectFry, Pitco, QualServ, Southbend, Star, Sveba Dahlen, Taylor, Toastmaster, TurboChef, Wells and Wunder-Bar.

The Food Processing Equipment Group manufactures preparation, cooking, packaging food handling and food safety equipment for the food processing industry. This business segment has manufacturing operations in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Denmark, France, Germany, India and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include batch ovens, baking ovens, proofing ovens, conveyor belt ovens, continuous processing ovens, frying systems and automated thermal processing systems, grinders, slicers, reduction and emulsion systems, mixers, blenders, battering equipment, breading equipment, seeding equipment, water cutting systems, food presses, food suspension equipment, filling and depositing solutions, forming equipment, automated loading and unloading systems, food safety, food handling, freezing, defrosting and packaging equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: Alkar, Armor Inox, Auto-Bake, Baker Thermal Solutions, Burford, Cozzini, CVP Systems, Danfotech, Drake, Emico, Glimek, Hinds-Bock, Maurer-Atmos, MP Equipment, RapidPak, Scanico, Spooner Vicars, Stewart Systems and Thurne, Ve.Ma.C.

The Residential Kitchen Equipment Group manufactures, sells and distributes kitchen equipment for the residential market. This business segment has manufacturing facilities in California, Michigan, Mississippi, Wisconsin, France, Ireland, Romania and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group are ranges, cookers, stoves, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, cooktops, refrigerators, wine coolers, ice machines, ventilation equipment and outdoor equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: AGA, AGA Cookshop, Brigade, Fired Earth, Grange, Heartland, La Cornue, Leisure Sinks, Lynx, Marvel, Mercury, Rangemaster, Rayburn, Redfyre, Sedona, Stanley, TurboChef, U-Line and Viking.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The chief operating decision maker evaluates individual segment performance based on operating income.

Net Sales Summary

(dollars in thousands)



	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	Sep 29, 2018				Sep 30, 2017				Sep 29, 2018				Sep 30, 2017
	Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent		Sales		Percent
Business Segments:
Commercial Foodservice	$	471,598	66.1	%	$	354,828	59.8	%	$	1,245,619	63.3	%	$	1,000,830	58.8	%
Food Processing	88,257		12.4		86,871		14.7		270,478		13.8		256,515		15.1
Residential Kitchen	153,476		21.5		151,344		25.5		450,162		22.9		445,338		26.1
Total	$	713,331	100.0	%	$	593,043	100.0	%	$	1,966,259	100.0	%	$	1,702,683	100.0	%

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the company's business segments(1) (in thousands):



	Commercial Foodservice		Food Processing		Residential Kitchen		Corporate and Other(2)			Total
Three Months Ended September 29, 2018
Net sales	$	471,598	$	88,257	$	153,476	$	—		$	713,331
Income (loss) from operations (3,4)	102,091		13,831		9,489		(17,734		)	107,677
Depreciation and amortization expense	17,558		2,209		7,606		460			27,833
Net capital expenditures	7,665		318		1,779		(1,418		)	8,344

Nine Months Ended September 29, 2018
Net sales	$	1,245,619	$	270,478	$	450,162	$	—		$	1,966,259
Income (loss) from operations (3,4)	284,645		39,157		32,598		(50,421		)	305,979
Depreciation and amortization expense	32,907		9,385		22,767		1,396			66,455
Net capital expenditures	16,371		7,274		9,421		(514		)	32,552

Total assets	$	2,907,387	$	492,151	$	1,111,546	$	67,525		$	4,578,609

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
Net sales	$	354,828	$	86,871	$	151,344	$	—		$	593,043
Income (loss) from operations (3,4,5)	89,028		19,975		16,274		(15,833		)	109,444
Depreciation and amortization expense	6,977		2,101		7,422		461			16,961
Net capital expenditures	7,978		484		2,813		869			12,144

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
Net sales	$	1,000,830	$	256,515	$	445,338	$	—		$	1,702,683
Income (loss) from operations (3,4,5)	264,576		62,163		40,242		(51,272		)	315,709
Depreciation and amortization expense	20,455		5,145		22,256		1,420			49,276
Net capital expenditures	34,727		2,430		5,756		(479		)	42,434

Total assets	$	1,559,757	$	393,272	$	1,211,388	$	36,726		$	3,201,143

(1)Non-operating expenses are not allocated to the operating segments. Non-operating expenses consist of interest expense and deferred financing amortization, foreign exchange gains and losses and other income and expense items outside of income from operations.

(2)Includes corporate and other general company assets and operations.

(3)Restructuring expenses are allocated in operating income by segment. See note 16 for further details.

(4)Includes reclassifications due to adoption of ASU No. 2017-07. See note 15 for further details.

(5)Gain on sale of plant allocated to Commercial Foodservice.

Geographic Information

Long-lived assets, not including goodwill and other intangibles (in thousands):



	Sep 29, 2018		Sep 30, 2017
United States and Canada	$	268,952	$	212,033
Asia	12,291		15,705
Europe and Middle East	119,732		125,892
Latin America	654		982
Total international	$	132,677	$	142,579
	$	401,629	$	354,612