Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2015

Noncontrolling Interests

Schedule of Joint Venture Arrangements

					Noncontrolling
	Number of	Restaurant	Papa John’s		Interest
	Restaurants	Locations	Ownership		Ownership
December 27, 2015
Star Papa, LP	87	Texas	51	%	49	%
Colonel’s Limited, LLC	61	Maryland and Virginia	70	%	30	%
PJ Minnesota, LLC	33	Minnesota	70	%	30	%
PJ Denver, LLC	32	Colorado	60	%	40	%
December 28, 2014
Star Papa, LP	84	Texas	51	%	49	%
Colonel’s Limited, LLC	56	Maryland and Virginia	70	%	30	%
PJ Minnesota, LLC	35	Minnesota	70	%	30	%
PJ Denver, LLC	25	Colorado	60	%	40	%
December 29, 2013
Star Papa, LP	81	Texas	51	%	49	%
Colonel’s Limited, LLC	52	Maryland and Virginia	70	%	30	%
PJ Minnesota, LLC	33	Minnesota	80	%	20	%
PJ Denver, LLC	25	Colorado	60	%	40	%

Schedule of Income Before Income Taxes Attributable to Joint Ventures

The income before income taxes attributable to these joint ventures for the years ended December 27, 2015, December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

	2015		2014		2013
Papa John’s International, Inc.	$	9,725	$	6,932	$	5,121
Noncontrolling interests	6,282		4,382		3,442
Total income before income taxes	$	16,007	$	11,314	$	8,563

Summary of Changes in Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

The following summarizes changes in our redeemable noncontrolling interests in 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

Balance at December 29, 2013	$	7,024
Net income	2,487
Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interest holders	(1,000		)
Change in redemption value	44
Balance at December 28, 2014	8,555
Net income	3,873
Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interest holders	(4,000		)
Change in redemption value	(65		)
Balance at December 27, 2015	$	8,363