Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Policies) |
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| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
| Basis of Presentation |
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Red Robin and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Red Robin have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K have been condensed or omitted. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 25, 2016 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures required for audited annual financial statements. For further information, please refer to and read these interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2017.
The Company’s quarter that ended April 16, 2017 is referred to as first quarter 2017, or the sixteen weeks ended April 16, 2017; the quarter ended April 17, 2016 is referred to as first quarter 2016, or the sixteen weeks ended April 17, 2016. The quarter ended December 25, 2016 is referred to as fourth quarter 2016, or the twelve weeks ended December 25, 2016. The Company’s fiscal year 2017 comprises 53 weeks and will end on December 31, 2017.
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| Recently Issued Accounting Standards & Recently Adopted Accounting Standards |
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance on accounting for leases. This guidance requires the recognition of liabilities for lease obligations and corresponding right-of-use assets on the balance sheet and disclosure of key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 using a modified retrospective adoption method. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the full impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements but expect this adoption will result in a significant increase in the assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.
In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance outlining a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. This guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Additionally, this guidance expands related disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The new guidance may be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of adoption. In March 2016, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) that amends the principal versus agent guidance in the new revenue recognition standard. In April 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to clarify the guidance on accounting for licenses or intellectual property and identifying performance obligations in the new revenue recognition standard. In addition, in May 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that clarifies several narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients for adopting the new revenue guidance. We have determined the new revenue recognition standard will not have an impact on our recognition of food and beverage sales from Company-owned restaurants or our recognition of royalty fees from franchisees. The Company does not expect the impact of recognizing initial franchise fees over the franchise agreement period and recognizing advertising expense upon adoption of this standard to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. The Company will adopt this guidance beginning with its fiscal first quarter 2018 and will apply the guidance retrospectively to each prior period presented.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which eliminates step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. When performing the annual goodwill impairment test, an impairment charge should be recognized if the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2017, and does not expect the adoption will have a material impact on our financial statements when we perform our annual impairment test later this fiscal year.
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which changes the accounting for, and classification of, excess tax benefits and deficiencies, the classification of those excess tax benefits on the statement of cash flows, an accounting policy election for forfeitures, the amount an employer can withhold to cover income taxes and still qualify for equity classification, and the classification of those taxes paid on the statement of cash flows. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company adopted this standard on a prospective basis (prior periods have not been restated) which did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
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