Other General Expenses (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Other General Expenses

Schedule of Other General Expenses

Other general expenses are included within General and administrative expenses and primarily consist of the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
		June 30,		July 1,		June 30,		July 1,
		2019		2018		2019		2018
Provision for uncollectible accounts and notes receivable (a)	$	516	$	1,150	$	540	$	2,337
Loss on disposition of fixed assets		1,001		299		1,290		460
Other (income) expense		(304)		(210)		(717)		760
Other general expenses		1,213		1,239		1,113		3,557
Special charges (b) (c)		2,896		-		13,515		-
Administrative expenses (d)		44,609		37,733		85,225		75,411
General and administrative expenses	$	48,718	$	38,972	$	99,853	$	78,968

(a) Bad debt recorded on accounts receivable and notes receivable.

(b) Includes a $2.5 million marketing fund investment in both the three- and six-month periods to increase marketing and promotional activities. Also includes advisory and legal costs of $0.4 million and $5.5 million for the three- and six-month periods, respectively, primarily associated with the review of a wide range of strategic opportunities that culminated in Starboard’s strategic investment in the Company by affiliates of Starboard.

(c) Includes a one-time mark-to-market adjustment of $5.6 million from the increase in value of the Starboard option to purchase Series B Preferred Stock that culminated in the purchase of $50.0 million of Series B preferred stock in late March. See Note 8 for additional information.

(d) The increases in administrative expenses of $6.9 million and $9.8 million for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019, respectively, compared to the prior year comparable periods were primarily due to a shift in the timing of our operators’ conference from the third quarter in 2018 to the second quarter in 2019, higher professional and consulting fees and higher management incentive costs.