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ITEM 6.    Selected Financial Data (continued)

    

Fiscal Year Ended


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000(1)


    

1999


    

1998


 
    

(in thousands, except per share data,

restaurant-related data and footnotes)

 

Cash flow Data:

                                            

Net cash provided by operating activities

  

$

29,114

 

  

$

25,762

 

  

$

8,184

 

  

$

7,339

 

  

$

8,214

 

Selected Operating Data:

                                            

System-wide restaurants open at end of period

  

 

194

 

  

 

182

 

  

 

164

 

  

 

144

 

  

 

131

 

Company-owned restaurants open at end of period

  

 

96

 

  

 

77

 

  

 

73

 

  

 

46

 

  

 

44

 

Average annual comparable company-owned restaurant sales(3)

  

$

2,975

 

  

$

3,020

 

  

$

2,890

 

  

$

2,664

 

  

$

2,496

 

Comparable company-owned restaurant sales increase(3)

  

 

1.6

%

  

 

2.0

%

  

 

6.9

%

  

 

5.8

%

  

 

4.9

%

Restaurant-level operating profit(4)

  

$

51,881

 

  

$

41,215

 

  

$

32,423

 

  

$

20,340

 

  

$

20,424

 

Balance Sheet Data:

                                            

Cash and cash equivalents

  

$

4,797

 

  

$

18,992

 

  

$

8,317

 

  

$

5,176

 

  

$

5,645

 

Total assets(1)

  

 

169,626

 

  

 

154,441

 

  

 

141,184

 

  

 

70,706

 

  

 

55,338

 

Long-term debt, including current portion

  

 

39,980

 

  

 

80,087

 

  

 

78,413

 

  

 

66,120

 

  

 

57,509

 

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)(1)

  

$

98,989

 

  

$

46,978

 

  

$

39,773

 

  

$

(14,861

)

  

$

(19,291

)


(1)   In May 2000, we purchased all of the outstanding capital stock of one of our franchisees, The Snyder Group Company, for approximately $23.7 million, plus liabilities assumed of $20.0 million, thereby acquiring 14 restaurants and significantly changing our capital structure.

In addition, in May 2000, we sold 4,310,344 shares of our common stock to affiliates of Quad-C, a private equity firm, for $25.0 million. The proceeds were used to pay off debentures and promissory notes, as well as pay down bank debt and fund new restaurant construction.

(2)   Net income in 1999 included a benefit for income taxes of $1.6 million and net income in 2000 included a benefit for income taxes of $12.6 million, in each case as a result of the reversal of previously recorded deferred tax asset valuation allowance. Due to our improved profitability, the deferred tax asset valuation allowance was reversed because it became more likely than not that the deferred tax asset would be realized in the future.
(3)   Company-owned restaurants become comparable in the first period following the first full fiscal year of operations. For example, a restaurant opened in September 2002 will be included in comparable company-owned restaurants beginning in 2004.
(4)   We define restaurant-level operating profit to be restaurant sales minus restaurant operating costs, excluding restaurant closures and impairment costs. It does not include general and administrative costs, depreciation and amortization, franchise development costs and pre-opening costs. Although restaurant-level operating profit is a measure commonly used in the restaurant industry to evaluate operating performance, it is not a measurement determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, cash flows generated by operations, investing or financing activities or other financial statement data presented as indicators of financial performance or liquidity. Restaurant-level operating profit as presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The following table sets forth our calculation of restaurant-level operating profit:

 

    

2002


  

2001


  

2000(1)


 

1999


 

1998


Restaurant Revenues

  

$

265,518

  

$

214,963

  

$

180,413

 

$

121,430

 

$

110,953

Cost of sales

  

 

61,084

  

 

50,914

  

 

43,945

 

 

30,159

 

 

27,679

Labor

  

 

94,030

  

 

74,854

  

 

64,566

 

 

43,504

 

 

39,089

Operating

  

 

40,428

  

 

33,195

  

 

27,960

 

 

19,429

 

 

17,382

Occupancy

  

 

18,095

  

 

14,785

  

 

11,519

 

 

7,998

 

 

6,379

    

  

  

 

 

Restaurant-level operating profit

  

$

51,881

  

$

41,215

  

$

32,423

 

$

20,340

 

$

20,424

    

  

  

 

 

 

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