Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Summary of Number of Restaurants

The following table summarizes the number of restaurants as of the end of each fiscal year:

	2021	2020	2019
Company-operated	163	144	137
Franchise	2,055	2,097	2,106
Total system	2,218	2,241	2,243

Summary of New Accounting Standard Impact

The following table summarizes the activity in our allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands):

Balance as of September 27, 2020	$	(5,541)
Provision for expected credit losses	(770)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	19
Balance as of October 3, 2021	$	(6,292)