Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

18. Related Party Transactions

Certain of our officers and directors own equity interests in entities that franchise restaurants. Following is a summary of full-year transactions and year-end balances with franchisees owned by related parties (in thousands):


	2018		2017		2016
Revenues from affiliates:
North America commissary sales	$	2,653	$	2,619	$	2,372
Other sales		238		336		248
North America franchise royalties and fees		429		439		413
Total	$	3,320	$	3,394	$	3,033


	December 30,		December 31,
	2018		2017
Accounts receivable affiliates	$	69	$	86

The revenues from affiliates were at rates and terms available to independent franchisees.

We had the following transactions with PJMF:

Papa John’s contributed $10.0 million to the PJMF for additional advertising in 2018. See Notes 16 and 19 for additional information.

PJMF reimbursed Papa John’s $900,000, $1.6 million and $1.1 million in 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively, for certain costs associated with national pizza giveaways awarded to our online loyalty program customers.

PJMF reimbursed Papa John’s $1.0 million in 2018, $1.3 million in 2017 and $1.4 million in 2016 for certain administrative services (i.e. marketing, accounting, and information services), graphic design services, services and expenses of our founder as former brand spokesman, and for software maintenance fees.

We paid $300,000 in 2018, $446,000 in 2017 and $732,000 in 2016 for charter aircraft services provided by an entity owned by board member, John H. Schnatter. See Note 19 for additional information.