Inventories:

Inventories consisted of the following at the dates presented:



	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Food and beverage	$	5,383	$	5,440
Entertainment and merchandise	18,424		16,560
Inventories	$	23,807	$	22,000

Food and beverage inventories include food, beverage, paper products and other supplies needed for our food service operations and are procured from a single distributor. Entertainment and merchandise inventories consist primarily of novelty toy items, used as redemption prizes for certain games, sold directly to our guests or used as part of our birthday party packages. In addition, entertainment and merchandise inventories also consist of other supplies used in our entertainment operations.