Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 26, 2017	Mar. 27, 2016
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 449,266	$ 428,595
Costs and expenses:
General and administrative expenses	38,007	40,247
Depreciation and amortization	10,457	9,744
Total costs and expenses	405,585	385,697
Operating income	43,681	42,898
Net interest expense	(1,810)	(1,489)
Income before income taxes	41,871	41,409
Income tax expense	11,972	13,358
Net income before attribution to noncontrolling interests	29,899	28,051
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1,471)	(1,869)
Net income attributable to the Company	28,428	26,182
Calculation of income for earnings per share:
Net income attributable to the Company	28,428	26,182
Change in noncontrolling interest redemption value	520	220
Net income attributable to participating securities	(117)	(110)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$ 28,831	$ 26,292
Basic earnings per common share	$ 0.78	$ 0.69
Diluted earnings per common share	$ 0.77	$ 0.69
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	36,810	37,931
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	37,350	38,297
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.20	$ 0.175
Domestic Company-owned restaurants
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 206,896	$ 205,679
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	165,419	161,310
North America franchising
Revenues:
Total revenues	27,607	26,476
North America commissary and other
Revenues:
Total revenues	186,245	168,985
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	173,712	156,806
International
Revenues:
Total revenues	28,518	27,455
Costs and expenses:
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	$ 17,990	$ 17,590