7.                        Gift Card Breakage

The Company sells gift cards which do not have an expiration date, and it does not deduct dormancy fees from outstanding gift card balances.  The Company recognizes revenue from gift cards when:  (i) the gift card is redeemed by the customer or (ii) the likelihood of the gift card being redeemed by the customer is remote, and the Company determines that there is not a legal obligation to remit the unredeemed gift card balance to the relevant jurisdiction (gift card breakage).  The determination of the gift card breakage rate is based upon the Company’s specific historical redemption patterns.  The Company recognizes gift card breakage by applying its estimate of the rate of gift card breakage over the period of estimated performance (generally, 24 months).  For the twelve and forty weeks ended September 30, 2012, the Company recognized gift card breakage of $399,000 and $985,000, respectively.  For the twelve and forty weeks ended October 2, 2011, the Company recognized $274,000 and $1.3 million (inclusive of the initial cumulative program adjustment of $438,000 for third-party gift card sales).  Gift card breakage is included in other revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.