Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Note 1.  Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Good Times Restaurants Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries as well as one partnership in which the Company is the general partner, and five limited liability companies in which the Company was the controlling member during the period of time in which unrelated parties owned membership interests in those limited liability companies. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company operates and licenses full-service restaurants under the brand Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar that are primarily located in Colorado and in the Southeast region of the United States.

The Company operates and franchises drive-thru fast-food hamburger restaurants under the brand Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, all of which are located in Colorado and Wyoming.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices of the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all of the normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of March 28, 2023 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 28, 2023 and March 29, 2022. Operating results for the fiscal quarter ended March 28, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending September 26, 2023. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 27, 2022 is derived from the audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2022.

Fiscal Year – The Company’s fiscal year is a 52/53-week year ending on the last Tuesday of September. In a 52-week fiscal year, each of the Company’s quarterly periods consist of 13 weeks. The additional week in a 53-week fiscal year is added to the first quarter, making such quarter consist of 14 weeks. The quarters ended March 28, 2023 and March 29, 2022 each consisted of 13 weeks.

Reclassification – Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. Such reclassifications had no effect on the net income (loss).

Advertising Costs – The company utilizes Advertising Funds to administer certain advertising programs for both the Bad Daddy’s and Good Times brands that benefit both us and our franchisees.   We and our franchisees are required to contribute a percentage of gross sales to the fund.  The contributions to these funds are designated and segregated for advertising. We consolidate the Advertising Funds into our financial statements whereby contributions from franchisees, when received, are recorded and included as a component of franchise revenues.  Additionally, the Company intends to utilize all of the advertising contributions towards advertising expenditures, we recognize costs equal to franchisee contributions to the advertising funds on a quarterly basis. Contributions to the Advertising Funds from our franchisees were $129,000 and $136,000 for the two quarters ended March 28, 2023 and March 29, 2022, respectively.

Receivables – Our receivables typically consist of royalties and other fees due to us from independent franchisees of our brands as well as product rebates and other incentives due to us under agreements with our food and beverage vendors, and payments due to us for sales of gift cards to third party retailers. As of March 28, 2023, total receivables were $603,000, which consists of $78,000 in receivables from large box retail partners, retailed receivables, $122,000 in rebate receivables, $312,000 in third party delivery receivables, and $91,000 of franchise and other receivables, compared to $1,239,000 as of the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2022, consisting primarily of $745,000 for a lease termination agreement entered in the quarter for one of our Good Times locations, and $494,000 of franchise and other receivables.