Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Mar. 26, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]

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 is the sole owner following the January 2023 purchase of the membership interests of the previously joint-venture restaurants. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company owns a 50% interest in a limited partnership which owns six Good Times restaurants, is the sole general partner, and receives a management fee prior to any distributions to the limited partner. Because the Company owns an approximate 50% interest in the partnership and exercises complete management control over all decisions for the partnership, except for certain veto rights, the financial statements of the partnership are consolidated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company operates and licenses full-service restaurants under the brand Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar (“Bad Daddy’s”) 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 (“Good Times”), 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 26, 2024 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 26, 2024 and March 28, 2023. Operating results for the fiscal quarter ended March 26, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending September 24, 2024. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 26, 2023 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 26, 2023.

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 26, 2024 and March 28, 2023 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.

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.  Contributions to the Advertising Funds from our franchisees were $93,000 and $129,000 for the two quarters ended March 26, 2024 and March 28, 2023, 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, payments due from third party delivery and online ordering partners, and payments due to us for sales of gift cards to third party retailers.

Receivables consist of the following as of:

	March 26, 2024		September 26, 2023
Third party delivery partners	$	316	$	269
Third party retailers		268		291
Vendor rebates and incentives		243		185
Franchise and other		35		24
Total	$	862	$	769