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Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
4 Months Ended
Apr. 18, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
1. Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its subsidiaries ("Red Robin" or the "Company"), primarily operates, franchises, and develops full-service restaurants in North America. As of April 18, 2021, the Company owned and operated 440 restaurants located in 38 states. The Company also had 103 franchised full-service restaurants in 16 states and one Canadian province. The Company operates its business as one operating and one reportable segment.
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. 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"), including the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. 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 27, 2020 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 27, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 3, 2021.
Our current and prior year periods, period end dates, and number of weeks included in the period are summarized in the table below:
Periods Period End Date Number of Weeks in Period
Current and Prior Fiscal Quarters:
First Quarter 2021 April 18, 2021 16
First Quarter 2020 April 19, 2020 16
Current and Prior Fiscal Years:
Fiscal Year 2021 December 26, 2021 52
Fiscal Year 2020 December 27, 2020 52
Reclassifications
Certain amounts presented have been reclassified within the April 19, 2020 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows to conform with the current period presentation, including prior year reclassifications from Other, net to Gift card breakage within Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, and from Prepaid expenses and other current assets to Income tax receivable within Changes in operating assets and liabilities. The reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s cash flows from operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Income Taxes
In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Update 2019-12, Income Taxes ("Topic 740") as part of its Simplification Initiative. This guidance provides amendments to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. The amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. This guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020, and early adoption is permitted. We adopted Topic 740 during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, noting it did not have a material impact to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements upon adoption.
Reference Rate Reform
In March 2020, FASB issued Update 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This update provides temporary optional expedients to applying the reference rate reform guidance to contracts that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. Under this update, contract modifications resulting in a new reference rate may be accounted for as a continuation of the existing contract. This guidance is effective upon issuance of the update and applies to contract modifications made through December 31, 2022. We are currently evaluating the full impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.
We reviewed all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and concluded they were either not applicable or not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.