Non-controlling Interests

3 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2017

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Non-controlling Interests

Note 10. Non-controlling Interests

Non-controlling interests are presented as a separate item in the stockholders’ equity section of the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The amount of consolidated net income or loss attributable to non-controlling interests is presented on the face of the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions, while changes in ownership interest that do result in deconsolidation of a subsidiary require gain or loss recognition based on the fair value on the deconsolidation date.

The equity interests of the unrelated limited partners and members are shown on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet in the stockholders’ equity section as a non-controlling interest and is adjusted each period to reflect the limited partners’ and members’ share of the net income or loss as well as any cash contributions or distributions to or from the limited partners and members for the period. The limited partners’ and members’ share of the net income or loss in the subsidiary is shown as non-controlling interest income or expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. All inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated.

The following table summarizes the activity in non-controlling interests during the quarter ended December 26, 2017 (in thousands):

	Good Times			Bad Daddy’s			Total
Balance at September 26, 2017	$	434		$	2,279		$	2,713
Income		79			94			173
Distributions		(94	)		(162	)		(256	)
Balance at December 26, 2017	$	419		$	2,211		$	2,630

Our non-controlling interests consist of one joint venture partnership involving seven Good Times restaurants and six joint venture partnerships involving six Bad Daddy’s restaurants. Three of the six Bad Daddy’s joint venture partnerships were established in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2017 to fund the construction of Bad Daddy’s restaurants in North Carolina. Two of the restaurants opened in fiscal 2017 and one opened in October 2017.