Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

We have guarantees related to certain franchisee loans with terms extending from one to four years. Payments under these guarantees would result from the inability of a franchisee to fund required payments when due. Through December 25, 2019, no events had occurred that caused us to make payments under the guarantees. There were $0.6 million and $2.5 million of loans outstanding under these programs as of December 25, 2019 and December 26, 2018, respectively. As of December 25, 2019, the maximum amount payable under the loan guarantees was $0.5 million. As a result of these guarantees, we have recorded liabilities of less than $0.1 million as of December 25, 2019 and December 26, 2018, which are included as a component of other noncurrent liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets and other nonoperating expense in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

There are various claims and pending legal actions against or indirectly involving us, incidental to and arising out of the ordinary course of the business. In the opinion of management, based upon information currently available, the ultimate liability with respect to these proceedings and claims will not materially affect the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position.

We have amounts payable under purchase contracts for food and non-food products. Many of these agreements do not obligate us to purchase any specific volumes and include provisions that would allow us to cancel such agreements with appropriate notice. Our future purchase obligation payments due by period for both company and franchised restaurants at December 25, 2019 consist of the following:



	(In thousands)
Less than 1 year	$	193,494
1-2 years	—
3-4 years	—
5 years and thereafter	—
Total	$	193,494

For agreements with cancellation provisions, amounts included in the table above represent our estimate of purchase obligations during the periods presented if we were to cancel these contracts with appropriate notice. We would likely take delivery of goods under such circumstances.