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Chipotle
(NYSE:CMG) 

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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. As of December 31, 2020, it owned and operated 2,724 Chipotle restaurants in the United States, 40 international Chipotle restaurants, and 4 non-Chipotle restaurants. The company was f...

Founded: 1993
Full Time Employees: 104,958 (Dec 2022)
CEO: Brian Niccol  
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Restaurants

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At a glance:
  • Same-Store Sales Supported by Pricing and Traffic: Comparable sales trends are driven by a mix of menu price actions and continued customer traffic, reflecting resilient demand for fast-casual meals.
  • Restaurant Expansion Remains a Key Growth Lever: Ongoing new store openings—often with a focus on drive-thru-enabled formats—support unit growth and broader geographic penetration.
  • Margins Influenced by Food, Labor, and Efficiency Initiatives: Restaurant-level profitability is shaped by ingredient and wage inflation, partially offset by operational efficiencies, throughput improvements, and scale benefits.
  • Digital and Loyalty Ecosystem Strengthens Engagement: Digital ordering and the loyalty program help drive repeat visits and higher frequency, while improving convenience and supporting targeted marketing.
  • Key Risks: Input Costs, Supply Chain Volatility, and Competition: Results remain sensitive to commodity cost swings (e.g., beef, dairy, avocados), supply disruptions, and competitive intensity across quick-service and fast-casual peers.
Bull Thesis:
  • Robust Digital Sales & Loyalty Program Growth: Chipotle has successfully transformed its digital presence, with a significant portion of sales now coming through its app and website. The Chipotle Rewards loyalty program continues to expand, driving repeat business, higher average checks, and providing valuable customer data for targeted marketing and menu innovation.
  • Strong Pricing Power & Menu Innovation: Despite inflationary pressures, Chipotle has demonstrated an ability to implement price increases without significant customer pushback, indicating strong brand loyalty and perceived value. Consistent menu innovation, such as new protein options (e.g., Chicken Al Pastor) and limited-time offers, keeps the brand fresh and attracts new customers while driving incremental sales.
  • Excellent Unit Economics & Expansion Potential: Chipotle boasts industry-leading average unit volumes (AUVs) and strong restaurant-level operating margins. The success of 'Chipotlanes' (drive-thru digital order pickup lanes) significantly enhances throughput and customer convenience, providing a clear runway for continued new store expansion and market penetration, particularly in suburban areas.
  • Resilient Brand & Alignment with Health Trends: Chipotle's commitment to 'Food with Integrity' and its focus on fresh, customizable ingredients resonates strongly with health-conscious consumers and broader wellness trends. This strong brand identity and perceived quality help differentiate it in a competitive market and foster deep customer loyalty.
Bear Thesis:
  • Premium Valuation & High Growth Expectations: Chipotle trades at a significantly high valuation multiple (P/E, EV/EBITDA) compared to its peers and the broader market. This premium valuation implies continued rapid growth and flawless execution, leaving little room for error or any slowdown in same-store sales or unit expansion, making it vulnerable to market corrections or missed expectations.
  • Intense Competition & Market Saturation: The fast-casual dining segment is increasingly crowded with numerous competitors offering similar fresh, customizable, and health-oriented options. As Chipotle expands, it faces the challenge of maintaining market share and growth in potentially saturated markets, which could lead to increased marketing spend or slower unit growth.
  • Rising Labor & Food Costs: Persistent inflationary pressures on wages (especially minimum wage increases) and key food ingredients (e.g., avocados, beef) could compress Chipotle's restaurant-level operating margins. While the company has demonstrated pricing power, there's a limit to how much cost can be passed on to consumers before impacting demand.
  • Operational Challenges & Throughput Limitations: Despite improvements, maintaining consistent speed, quality, and customer experience across a rapidly expanding footprint, especially during peak hours, remains an operational challenge. Long lines or inconsistent service can deter customers and impact sales, particularly in high-volume urban locations.
Main Competitors:
  • Qdoba Mexican Eats (Burritos, bowls, quesadillas), Directly competes with Chipotle by offering a similar build-your-own menu of burritos, bowls, and quesadillas. Qdoba often differentiates itself with free guacamole and queso, appealing to customers seeking a similar fast-casual Mexican experience.
  • Moe's Southwest Grill (Burritos, bowls, tacos), Another direct competitor in the fast-casual Mexican space, Moe's offers customizable burritos, bowls, and tacos. It distinguishes itself with its 'Welcome to Moe's!' greeting and free chips and salsa with every order, fostering a distinct brand personality.
  • Sweetgreen ($SG) (Salads, warm bowls), Competes for the health-conscious, fast-casual diner by offering customizable salads and warm bowls made with fresh, often locally sourced ingredients. Sweetgreen appeals to a similar demographic looking for quick, nutritious, and transparently sourced meals, albeit with a different cuisine.
  • Cava Group, Inc. ($CAVA) (Mediterranean bowls, pitas), Offers a Mediterranean-inspired fast-casual experience with customizable bowls and pitas. Cava attracts customers seeking fresh, healthy, and flavorful options in a quick-service setting, directly competing for the 'healthy fast-casual' dollar with Chipotle.
  • Taco Bell ($YUM) (Tacos, burritos, quesadillas), While a traditional fast-food chain, Taco Bell (owned by Yum! Brands) competes for the same meal occasions, particularly for value-conscious consumers seeking Mexican-inspired food quickly. Its extensive menu, drive-thru convenience, and aggressive pricing offer a different value proposition.
Moat:
Chipotle's primary moat lies in its strong brand recognition, perceived quality of ingredients ('Food with Integrity'), efficient assembly-line service model, and a loyal customer base built on its early mover advantage in the fast-casual segment. Competition is fierce and multi-faceted, coming from direct fast-casual Mexican rivals (Qdoba, Moe's), adjacent healthy fast-casual concepts (Sweetgreen, Cava) that vie for similar demographics, and traditional fast-food chains (Taco Bell) that compete on price and convenience. Chipotle differentiates itself through its commitment to fresh, simple ingredients, customizable menu, and a consistent, high-quality experience, further bolstered by its digital ordering and loyalty programs.
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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 
                                                                                      
      food and beverage revenue
    3,072,730,000 2,969,211,000 2,989,255,000 3,047,754,000 2,859,831,000 2,829,988,000 2,778,034,000 2,954,913,000 2,684,447,000 2,499,567,000 2,456,039,000 2,497,509,000 2,351,009,000 2,163,907,000 2,202,336,000 2,192,802,000 1,998,956,000 1,939,405,000 1,932,409,000 1,869,365,000 1,715,990,000 1,586,905,000 1,581,335,000                                                            
      delivery service revenue
    15,512,000 14,300,000 14,189,000 15,639,000 15,422,000 15,322,000 15,542,000 18,204,000 17,401,000 16,753,000 15,909,000 17,292,000 17,571,000 16,692,000 17,839,000 20,537,000 21,583,000 21,228,000 19,906,000 23,173,000 25,585,000 20,805,000 20,079,000                                                            
      total revenue
    3,088,242,000 2,983,511,000 3,003,444,000 3,063,393,000 2,875,253,000 2,845,310,000 2,793,576,000 2,973,117,000 2,701,848,000 2,516,320,000 2,471,948,000 2,514,801,000 2,368,580,000 2,180,599,000 2,220,175,000 2,213,339,000 2,020,539,000 1,960,633,000 1,952,315,000 1,892,538,000 1,741,575,000 1,607,710,000 1,601,414,000                                               345,344,000 340,543,000 340,754,000 305,327,000 288,910,000 286,431,000 274,346,000 236,095,000 219,719,000 211,260,000 204,936,000 187,015,000  
      yoy
    7.41% 4.86% 7.51% 3.04% 6.42% 13.07% 13.01% 18.22% 14.07% 15.40% 11.34% 13.62% 17.23% 11.22% 13.72% 16.95% 16.02% 21.95% 21.91%                                                   19.53% 18.89% 24.21% 29.32% 31.49% 35.58% 33.87% 26.24%      
      qoq
    3.51% -0.66% -1.96% 6.54% 1.05% 1.85% -6.04% 10.04% 7.37% 1.80% -1.70% 6.17% 8.62% -1.78% 0.31% 9.54% 3.06% 0.43% 3.16% 8.67% 8.33% 0.39%                                                1.41% -0.06% 11.60% 5.68% 0.87% 4.41% 16.20% 7.45% 4.00% 3.09% 9.58%   
      restaurant operating costs
                                                                                      
      food, beverage and packaging
    913,346,000 900,155,000 902,445,000 885,989,000 838,403,000 866,252,000 855,515,000 873,673,000 779,076,000 747,155,000 734,186,000 738,664,000 692,559,000 638,851,000 662,540,000 673,928,000 626,926,000 620,150,000 591,332,000 574,478,000 522,671,000 498,450,000 517,261,000 454,756,000 462,299,000 476,769,000 466,496,000 483,284,000 421,367,000 406,536,000 409,213,000 413,096,000 371,915,000 379,914,000 394,567,000 399,152,000 361,795,000 365,612,000 363,900,000 341,902,000 294,166,000 337,065,000 401,051,000 396,693,000 369,026,000 373,991,000 372,063,000 363,148,000 311,792,000 285,912,000 277,503,000 270,510,000 239,589,000 234,330,000 228,566,000 221,517,000 206,590,000 191,898,000 195,793,000 188,121,000 162,908,000 149,589,000 145,688,000 141,922,000 123,908,000 116,463,000 119,473,000 120,207,000 109,884,000 110,944,000 112,412,000 109,697,000 98,894,000 92,184,000 92,075,000 87,463,000 74,671,000 69,989,000 65,436,000 63,341,000 59,232,000  
      labor
    805,411,000 760,524,000 756,669,000 756,261,000 718,226,000 716,865,000 696,847,000 716,627,000 659,450,000 629,228,000 616,282,000 611,678,000 583,794,000 558,914,000 557,178,000 549,926,000 531,940,000 516,829,000 502,757,000 464,506,000 433,669,000 408,364,000 405,818,000 385,266,000 393,565,000 381,520,000 373,645,000 368,053,000 348,842,000 332,509,000 332,865,000 341,842,000 318,863,000 305,428,000 306,862,000 305,851,000 287,851,000 284,250,000 286,144,000 276,926,000 257,681,000 260,585,000 270,076,000 270,914,000 244,151,000 237,310,000 230,360,000 228,529,000 208,208,000 193,818,000 188,709,000 185,804,000 171,469,000 167,301,000 162,655,000 159,895,000 151,985,000 142,080,000 138,046,000 137,705,000 125,288,000 119,532,000 115,234,000 114,790,000 104,017,000 99,697,000 96,419,000 95,389,000 93,567,000 91,783,000 89,534,000 88,278,000 81,410,000 77,452,000 75,395,000 71,116,000 65,454,000 61,627,000 59,629,000 56,941,000 52,937,000  
      occupancy
    169,881,000 162,493,000 158,314,000 154,250,000 149,841,000 146,442,000 142,570,000 138,663,000 135,699,000 131,167,000 126,269,000 123,897,000 121,931,000 118,648,000 115,826,000 113,919,000 112,032,000 107,184,000 104,223,000 103,430,000 101,769,000 99,213,000 97,694,000 95,576,000 95,279,000 92,970,000 91,409,000 89,923,000 88,770,000 88,404,000 86,691,000 86,772,000 85,256,000 84,650,000 83,199,000 80,321,000 78,962,000 76,489,000 74,201,000 72,354,000 70,592,000 68,143,000 66,391,000 64,693,000 63,185,000 60,930,000 58,838,000 56,254,000 54,846,000 52,795,000 50,128,000 48,564,000 47,620,000 45,391,000 43,777,000 41,758,000 40,509,000 38,647,000 37,117,000 36,195,000 35,315,000 33,977,000 32,096,000 31,772,000 31,088,000 30,417,000 28,677,000 28,167,000 26,957,000 28,351,000 24,483,000 23,404,000 21,833,000 20,536,000 19,745,000 18,322,000 17,288,000 15,554,000 15,040,000 14,338,000 13,872,000  
      other operating costs
    480,643,000 461,567,000 450,433,000 428,663,000 415,161,000 411,490,000 386,463,000 384,754,000 385,773,000 370,466,000 345,368,000 349,707,000 363,206,000 341,644,000 322,085,000 317,481,000 330,695,000 320,452,000 294,650,000 287,242,000 294,710,000 288,456,000 268,416,000 262,378,000 210,762,000 212,520,000 180,259,000 193,309,000 174,743,000 189,303,000 167,488,000 175,171,000 148,069,000 175,038,000 162,312,000 163,685,000 150,609,000 168,563,000 166,045,000 152,156,000 155,189,000 136,184,000 134,879,000 130,359,000 113,541,000 112,732,000 110,957,000 115,418,000 95,137,000 95,389,000 89,060,000 86,296,000 76,656,000 80,350,000 73,728,000 66,353,000 66,179,000 68,435,000 63,167,000 62,221,000 57,385,000 54,281,000 51,977,000 52,968,000 43,678,000 45,955,000 44,118,000 43,845,000 40,663,000 41,369,000 41,379,000 42,897,000 38,373,000 34,849,000 33,240,000 33,665,000 29,758,000 27,890,000 25,744,000 25,873,000 23,238,000  
      general and administrative expenses
    203,720,000 160,341,000 146,742,000 172,151,000 172,783,000 191,216,000 126,614,000 175,028,000 204,625,000 169,247,000 159,501,000 156,496,000 148,340,000 135,073,000 140,896,000 140,820,000 147,402,000 159,777,000 145,930,000 146,044,000 155,103,000 124,024,000 133,150,000 102,647,000 106,470,000 112,416,000 115,070,000 121,395,000 102,671,000 103,720,000 109,524,000 85,153,000 77,063,000 57,690,000 99,182,000 70,075,000 69,441,000 65,069,000 78,405,000 70,756,000 62,010,000 46,875,000 70,066,000 70,212,000 63,061,000 60,929,000 71,172,000 74,879,000 66,917,000 55,844,000 52,726,000 50,952,000 44,211,000 43,174,000 48,606,000 42,295,000 49,334,000 37,988,000 37,254,000 41,968,000 32,216,000 28,733,000 33,522,000 30,141,000 26,194,000 25,078,000 24,555,000 25,797,000 23,719,000 24,266,000 22,645,000 20,684,000 21,560,000 20,641,000 19,279,000 18,109,000 17,009,000 16,651,000 15,723,000 17,643,000 15,267,000  
      depreciation and amortization
    96,718,000 92,702,000 90,524,000 90,945,000 87,211,000 83,876,000 84,349,000 83,562,000 83,243,000 85,492,000 78,546,000 78,771,000 76,585,000 74,012,000 71,416,000 69,733,000 71,665,000 66,262,000 63,191,000 62,082,000 63,122,000 59,956,000 60,180,000 60,024,000 58,374,000 55,149,000 52,206,000 51,642,000 53,781,000 53,217,000 52,654,000 49,193,000 46,915,000 41,442,000 41,546,000 41,081,000 39,279,000 38,072,000 37,434,000 36,074,000 34,788,000 34,140,000 33,145,000 32,440,000 30,643,000 29,750,000 27,961,000 27,009,000 25,754,000 24,903,000 24,618,000 23,597,000 22,936,000 22,141,000 21,362,000 20,543,000 20,084,000 19,198,000 18,741,000 18,505,000 18,494,000 17,815,000 17,319,000 17,053,000 16,734,000 15,940,000 15,451,000 15,197,000 14,720,000 14,124,000 13,769,000 12,707,000 12,170,000 11,688,000 11,167,000 10,576,000 10,164,000 9,265,000 8,676,000 8,309,000 8,003,000  
      pre-opening costs
    11,641,000 16,946,000 13,741,000 10,610,000 8,210,000 12,905,000 12,786,000 8,995,000 7,211,000 13,590,000 9,605,000 7,538,000 6,198,000 11,341,000 7,618,000 5,253,000 5,348,000 6,984,000 5,894,000 4,965,000 3,421,000 4,497,000 3,808,000 3,644,000 3,566,000 4,986,000 3,064,000 2,118,000 940,000 1,756,000 2,127,000 2,014,000 2,649,000 2,577,000 2,792,000 2,903,000 4,069,000 4,118,000 4,490,000 4,133,000 4,421,000 5,452,000 4,367,000 3,668,000 3,435,000 4,088,000 3,829,000 3,392,000 4,300,000 4,775,000 4,604,000 3,246,000 2,886,000 3,383,000 2,772,000 3,306,000 2,448,000 3,145,000 2,448,000 1,606,000 1,296,000 2,598,000 1,943,000 1,724,000 1,502,000 2,405,000 2,535,000 1,568,000 1,893,000 2,506,000 2,884,000 3,403,000 2,831,000 2,855,000 2,350,000 2,570,000 1,810,000 2,110,000 2,053,000 1,505,000 1,110,000  
      impairment, closure costs, and asset disposals
    9,819,000 8,464,000 7,404,000 5,467,000 6,168,000 532,000 15,176,000 5,762,000 5,479,000 6,528,000 7,241,000 16,240,000 8,361,000 5,785,000 6,363,000 4,681,000 4,310,000 4,699,000 4,658,000 4,266,000 5,668,000 7,864,000 7,991,000 5,386,000 9,336,000 5,738,000 5,927,000 4,487,000 6,942,000 10,004,000 6,454,000 45,322,000                                                   
      total operating expenses
    2,691,179,000 2,563,192,000 2,526,272,000 2,504,336,000 2,396,003,000 2,429,578,000 2,320,320,000 2,387,064,000 2,260,556,000 2,152,873,000 2,076,998,000 2,082,991,000 2,000,974,000 1,884,268,000 1,883,922,000 1,875,741,000 1,830,318,000 1,802,337,000 1,712,635,000 1,647,013,000 1,580,133,000 1,490,824,000 1,494,318,000 1,369,677,000 1,339,651,000 1,342,068,000 1,288,076,000 1,314,211,000 1,198,056,000 1,185,449,000 1,167,016,000 1,198,563,000 1,055,589,000 1,050,071,000 1,097,207,000 1,062,684,000 995,656,000 1,004,010,000 1,027,256,000 957,488,000 881,063,000 893,894,000 982,131,000 970,367,000 891,242,000 881,939,000 876,786,000 870,231,000 768,513,000 715,043,000 689,753,000 670,368,000 606,707,000 596,973,000 582,865,000 557,142,000 538,379,000 502,881,000 493,844,000 487,698,000 434,563,000 408,529,000 399,290,000 391,882,000 348,390,000                  
      income from operations
    397,063,000 420,319,000 477,172,000 559,057,000 479,250,000 415,732,000 473,256,000 586,053,000 441,292,000 363,447,000 394,950,000 431,810,000 367,606,000 296,331,000 336,253,000 337,598,000 190,221,000 158,296,000 239,680,000 245,525,000 161,442,000 116,886,000 107,096,000 -4,939,000 71,121,000 98,156,000 115,621,000 120,020,000 110,161,000 39,612,000 57,991,000 67,957,000 92,808,000 60,029,000 30,867,000 106,725,000 73,173,000 30,550,000 9,726,000 40,895,000 -46,604,000 103,613,000 234,759,000 227,416,000 197,801,000 187,872,000 207,436,000 179,842,000 135,650,000 129,104,000 137,154,000 146,418,000 120,044,000 102,188,000 117,663,000 133,790,000 102,224,000 93,868,000 98,010,000 83,863,000 74,821,000 73,992,000 77,584,000 74,959,000 61,296,000 50,385,000 54,809,000 57,322,000 41,189,000 27,874,000 31,058,000 38,314,000 26,793,000 27,456,000 31,396,000 30,682,000 18,649,000 15,496,000 17,853,000 15,870,000 12,733,000  
      yoy
    -17.15% 1.10% 0.83% -4.61% 8.60% 14.39% 19.83% 35.72% 20.04% 22.65% 17.46% 27.91% 93.25% 87.20% 40.29% 37.50% 17.83% 35.43% 123.80% -5071.15% 127.00% 19.08% -7.37% -104.12% -35.44% 147.79% 99.38% 76.61% 18.70% -34.01% 87.87% -36.33% 26.83% 96.49% 217.37% 160.97% -257.01% -70.52% -95.86% -82.02% -123.56% -44.85% 13.17% 26.45% 45.82% 45.52% 51.24% 22.83% 13.00% 26.34% 16.57% 9.44% 17.43% 8.86% 20.05% 59.53% 36.62% 26.86% 26.33% 11.88% 22.07% 46.85% 41.55% 30.77% 48.82% 80.76% 76.47% 49.61% 53.73% 1.52% -1.08% 24.87% 43.67% 77.18% 75.86% 93.33% 46.46%      
      qoq
    -5.53% -11.91% -14.65% 16.65% 15.28% -12.15% -19.25% 32.80% 21.42% -7.98% -8.54% 17.47% 24.05% -11.87% -0.40% 77.48% 20.17% -33.96% -2.38% 52.08% 38.12% 9.14% -2268.37% -106.94% -27.54% -15.11% -3.67% 8.95% 178.10% -31.69% -14.67% -26.78% 54.61% 94.48% -71.08% 45.85% 139.52% 214.11% -76.22% -187.75% -144.98% -55.86% 3.23% 14.97% 5.28% -9.43% 15.34% 32.58% 5.07% -5.87% -6.33% 21.97% 17.47% -13.15% -12.05% 30.88% 8.90% -4.23% 16.87% 12.08% 1.12% -4.63% 3.50% 22.29% 21.66% -8.07% -4.38% 39.17% 47.77% -10.25% -18.94% 43.00% -2.41% -12.55% 2.33% 64.52% 20.35% -13.20% 12.50% 24.64%   
      operating margin %
    12.86% 14.09% 15.89% 18.25% 16.67% 14.61% 16.94% 19.71% 16.33% 14.44% 15.98% 17.17% 15.52% 13.59% 15.15% 15.25% 9.41% 8.07% 12.28% 12.97% 9.27% 7.27% 6.69% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 8.07% 9.12% 11.24% 8.78% 9.50% 10.96% 11.18% 7.90% 7.05% 8.45% 7.74% 6.81%  
      interest and other income
    8,742,000 13,324,000 19,789,000 18,355,000 22,253,000 23,365,000 29,307,000 21,861,000 19,364,000 18,906,000 18,392,000 16,446,000 8,949,000 7,057,000 3,712,000 10,572,000 -213,000 9,263,000 -126,000 851,000 -2,168,000 846,000 -595,000 623,000 2,743,000 2,840,000 4,411,000 3,947,000 3,129,000 3,858,000 2,493,000 2,323,000 1,394,000 1,437,000 1,275,000 1,049,000 1,188,000 588,000 672,000 786,000 2,126,000 1,795,000 1,518,000 1,742,000 1,223,000 885,000 785,000 1,144,000 689,000 390,000 765,000 330,000 266,000 462,000 547,000 377,000 434,000 571,000 567,000 475,000 475,000 402,000 395,000 427,000 275,000 302,000 132,000 293,000 198,000 270,000 931,000            
      income before income taxes
    405,805,000 433,643,000 496,961,000 577,412,000 501,503,000 439,097,000 502,563,000 607,914,000 460,656,000 382,353,000 413,342,000 448,256,000 376,555,000 303,388,000 339,965,000 348,170,000 190,008,000 167,559,000 239,554,000 246,376,000 159,274,000 117,732,000 106,501,000 -4,316,000 73,864,000 100,996,000 120,032,000 123,967,000 113,290,000 43,470,000 60,484,000 70,280,000 94,202,000 61,466,000 32,142,000 107,774,000 74,361,000 31,138,000 10,398,000 41,681,000 -44,478,000 105,408,000 236,277,000 229,158,000 199,024,000 188,757,000 208,221,000 180,986,000 136,339,000 129,494,000 137,919,000 146,748,000 120,310,000 102,650,000 118,210,000 134,167,000 102,658,000 94,282,000 98,458,000 81,857,000 75,108,000 74,303,000 77,965,000 75,301,000 61,492,000 50,615,000 54,867,000 57,429,000 41,314,000 28,069,000 31,911,000 39,164,000 28,062,000 28,881,000 32,919,000 32,138,000 20,064,000 17,389,000 19,800,000 17,427,000 13,639,000  
      provision for income taxes
    102,981,000 102,711,000 114,858,000 141,285,000 114,904,000 107,333,000 115,175,000 152,243,000 101,369,000 -100,267,000 -100,125,000 -106,466,000 -84,911,000 -50,692,250 -82,827,000 -88,228,000 -31,714,000 -31,423,750 -35,120,000   -2,810,500 -26,257,000   -28,580,000 -21,450,000 -32,939,000 -25,158,000 -11,451,000 -22,280,000 -23,396,000      -15,163,000 -2,599,000   -37,534,000 -91,394,000 -88,954,000 -76,383,000 -67,523,000 -77,420,000 -70,716,000 -53,270,000 -49,872,000 -54,540,000 -58,895,000 -43,726,000 -41,297,000 -45,910,000 -52,484,000 -39,994,000 -36,809,000 -38,025,000 -31,200,000 -28,726,000 -27,858,000 -29,737,000 -28,840,000 -23,645,000 -19,019,000 -20,403,000 -22,036,000 -15,922,000 -11,096,000 -12,434,000 -14,696,000 -10,778,000 -8,024,000 -12,315,000 -12,157,000 -7,624,000    -5,651,000  
      net income
    302,824,000 330,932,000 382,103,000 436,127,000 386,599,000 331,764,000 387,388,000 455,671,000 359,287,000 282,086,000 313,217,000 341,790,000 291,644,000 223,727,000 257,138,000 259,942,000 158,294,000 133,475,000 204,434,000 187,974,000 127,101,000 190,959,000 80,244,000 8,175,000 76,388,000 72,416,000 98,582,000 91,028,000 88,132,000 32,019,000 38,204,000 46,884,000 59,446,000 43,793,000 19,610,000 66,730,000 46,120,000 15,975,000 7,799,000 25,596,000 -26,432,000 67,874,000 144,883,000 140,204,000 122,641,000 121,234,000 130,801,000 110,270,000 83,069,000 79,622,000 83,379,000 87,853,000 76,584,000 61,353,000 72,300,000 81,683,000 62,664,000 57,473,000 60,433,000 50,657,000 46,382,000 46,445,000 48,228,000 46,461,000 37,847,000 31,596,000 34,464,000 35,393,000 25,392,000 16,973,000 19,477,000 24,468,000 17,284,000 17,538,000 20,604,000 19,981,000 12,440,000 10,841,000 11,802,000 10,792,000 7,988,000  
      yoy
    -21.67% -0.25% -1.36% -4.29% 7.60% 17.61% 23.68% 33.32% 23.19% 26.08% 21.81% 31.49% 84.24% 67.62% 25.78% 38.29% 24.54% -30.10% 154.77% 2199.38% 66.39% 163.70% -18.60% -91.02% -13.33% 126.17% 158.04% 94.16% 48.26% -26.89% 94.82% -29.74% 28.89% 174.13% 151.44% 160.70% -274.49% -76.46% -94.62% -81.74% -121.55% -44.01% 10.77% 27.15% 47.64% 52.26% 56.88% 25.52% 8.47% 29.78% 15.32% 7.55% 22.21% 6.75% 19.64% 61.25% 35.10% 23.74% 25.31% 9.03% 22.55% 47.00% 39.94% 31.27% 49.05% 86.15% 76.95% 44.65% 46.91% -3.22% -5.47% 22.46% 38.94% 61.77% 74.58% 85.15% 55.73%      
      qoq
    -8.49% -13.39% -12.39% 12.81% 16.53% -14.36% -14.99% 26.83% 27.37% -9.94% -8.36% 17.19% 30.36% -12.99% -1.08% 64.21% 18.59% -34.71% 8.76% 47.89% -33.44% 137.97% 881.58% -89.30% 5.48% -26.54% 8.30% 3.29% 175.25% -16.19% -18.51% -21.13% 35.74% 123.32% -70.61% 44.69% 188.70% 104.83% -69.53% -196.84% -138.94% -53.15% 3.34% 14.32% 1.16% -7.31% 18.62% 32.75% 4.33% -4.51% -5.09% 14.71% 24.83% -15.14% -11.49% 30.35% 9.03% -4.90% 19.30% 9.22% -0.14% -3.70% 3.80% 22.76% 19.78% -8.32% -2.62% 39.39% 49.60% -12.86% -20.40% 41.56% -1.45% -14.88% 3.12% 60.62% 14.75% -8.14% 9.36% 35.10%   
      net income margin %
    9.81% 11.09% 12.72% 14.24% 13.45% 11.66% 13.87% 15.33% 13.30% 11.21% 12.67% 13.59% 12.31% 10.26% 11.58% 11.74% 7.83% 6.81% 10.47% 9.93% 7.30% 11.88% 5.01% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 4.91% 5.72% 7.18% 5.66% 6.07% 7.19% 7.28% 5.27% 4.93% 5.59% 5.27% 4.27%  
      earnings per share:
                                                                                      
      basic
    0.23 0.25 0.29 0.32 0.29 0.24 0.28 0.33 13.09 10.28 11.37 12.38 10.56 8.08 9.26 9.32 5.64 4.75 7.26 6.68 4.52 6.83 2.87 0.29 2.75 2.6 3.55 3.28 3.18 1.16 1.37 1.69 2.13 1.56 0.69 2.33 1.6 0.54 0.27 0.88 -0.88 2.2 4.65 4.51 3.95 3.91 4.22 3.55 2.67 2.57 2.7 2.84 2.47 1.96 2.28 2.58 1.84 1.93 1.63 1.49 1.49 1.55 1.48 1.2 1.09 1.11 0.79    0.53    0.38 0.33 0.36    
      diluted
    0.23 0.25 0.29 0.32 0.28 0.24 0.28 0.33 13.01 10.21 11.32 12.32 10.5 8.02 9.2 9.25 5.59 4.68 7.18 6.6 4.45 6.71 2.82 0.29 2.7 2.55 3.47 3.22 3.13 1.14 1.36 1.68 2.13 1.55 0.69 2.32 1.6 0.54 0.27 0.87 -0.88 2.18 4.59 4.45 3.88 3.84 4.15 3.5 2.64 2.54 2.66 2.82 2.45 1.95 2.27 2.56 1.97 1.8 1.9 1.59 1.46 1.46 1.52 1.46 1.19 0.99 1.08 1.1 0.78    0.52    0.38 0.33 0.36    
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                      
      basic
    1,298,220 1,337,336 1,335,000 1,344,955 1,354,518 1,368,343 1,367,038 1,372,800 27,444 27,555 27,550 27,604 27,624 27,851 27,773 27,905 28,043 28,132 28,150 28,134 28,125 27,917 27,973 27,911 27,792 27,740 27,775 27,720 27,696 27,823 27,802 27,819 27,911 28,491 28,415 28,649 28,750 29,265 29,063 29,207 29,893 31,092 31,187 31,120 31,036 31,038 31,020 31,049 31,061 30,957 30,897 30,901 31,012 31,513 31,643 31,696 31,410 31,217 31,331 31,167 31,082 31,234 31,031 31,373 31,483 31,766 31,625 31,856 32,003 32,766 32,862,000 32,856,000 32,808 32,672 32,706,000 32,642,000 32,558 32,051 32,499 32,462,000 30,683,000  
      diluted
    1,301,859 1,342,616 1,339,522 1,350,236 1,360,719 1,376,555 1,374,605 1,381,518 27,624 27,710 27,681 27,747 27,788 28,062 27,956 28,092 28,301 28,511 28,475 28,501 28,582 28,416 28,454 28,333 28,323 28,295 28,388 28,300 28,118 27,962 28,017 27,935 27,950 28,561 28,439 28,800 28,850 29,770 29,171 29,340 29,893 31,494 31,548 31,526 31,592 31,512 31,547 31,474 31,486 31,281 31,296 31,176 31,229 31,783 31,846 31,951 31,846 31,775 31,832 31,761 31,717 31,735 31,629 31,802 31,814 32,102 31,949 32,195 32,362 33,146 33,170,000 33,284,000 33,330 33,146 33,171,000 33,065,000 32,953 32,465 32,885 32,903,000 31,078,000  
      other comprehensive income, net of income taxes:
                                                                                      
      foreign currency translation adjustments
    -724 638 -586 2,506 435 -2,842 1,074 -564 -1,293 1,423 -1,128 479 457 1,008 -2,257 -1,480 195 -228.5 -956 305 -263               2,136,000 675,000 -2,252,000 -203,000 -765,000 1,929,000                                          
      comprehensive income
    302,100 331,570 381,517 438,633 387,034 328,922 388,462 455,107 357,994 283,509 312,089 342,269 292,101 224,735 254,881 258,462 158,489 129,648.75 203,478 188,279 126,838               68,808,000 46,613,000 13,259,000 7,060,000 25,340,000 -22,610,000 467,354,971 143,165 141,935 117,929 443,001,901 129,412 110,139 82,938 327,785,810 84,890 87,820 75,480 278,609,768 73,260 80,625 63,347                          
      benefit for income taxes
                       -58,402,000 -32,173,000   12,491,000 2,524,000           -41,044,000 -28,241,000   -16,085,000 18,046,000                                          
      revenue
                           1,364,738,000 1,410,772,000 1,440,224,000 1,403,697,000 1,434,231,000 1,308,217,000 1,225,061,000 1,225,007,000 1,266,520,000 1,148,397,000 1,110,100,000 1,128,074,000 1,169,409,000 1,068,829,000 1,034,560,000 1,036,982,000 998,383,000 834,459,000 997,507,000 1,216,890,000 1,197,783,000 1,089,043,000 1,069,811,000 1,084,222,000 1,050,073,000 904,163,000 844,147,000 826,907,000 816,786,000 726,751,000 699,161,000 700,528,000 690,932,000 640,603,000 596,749,000 591,854,000 571,561,000 509,384,000 482,521,000 476,874,000 466,841,000 409,686,000                  
      loss on disposal and impairment of assets
                                    4,859,000 3,332,000 6,747,000 -384,000 3,650,000 1,837,000 16,637,000                                            
      benefit from income taxes
                                    -34,756,000 -20,454,250 -12,532,000                                                
      unrealized gain on investments, net of tax benefit of 37,
                                       -58,000                                               
      other comprehensive income, net of income taxes
                                       2,078,000 493,000 -2,716,000 -739,000 -256,000 3,822,000                                          
      unrealized gain on investments, net of tax benefit of 94 and
                                        -182,000                                              
      unrealized gain on investments, net of income taxes of (346), 0, 1,185, and 0
                                         466,500 -536,000                                            
      loss on disposal of assets
                                           3,187,000 2,216,000 5,450,000 2,156,000 1,388,000 4,200,000 2,209,000 1,606,000 1,602,000 1,559,000 1,607,000 2,405,000 1,399,000 1,340,000 903,000 1,399,000 1,475,000 1,250,000 1,490,000 1,278,000 1,377,000 1,661,000 2,004,000 1,511,000 1,512,000 1,269,000 1,204,000 1,544,000 1,344,000 1,864,000 4,127,000 2,379,000 1,370,000 1,463,000 1,249,000 1,784,000 1,843,000 1,292,000 1,137,000 1,106,000 1,116,000 623,000  
      unrealized gain on investments, net of income taxes of 348, 0, 1,531, and 0
                                           509,000                                           
      unrealized gain on investments, net of income taxes of 1,182 and 0
                                            1,893,000                                          
      interest and other expense
                                                             -157,000 -119,000 -2,481,000 -188,000 -91,000 -14,000 -85,000 -79,000 -72,000 -74,000 -186,000 -73,000 -75,000 -78,000            
      restaurant sales
                                                                     387,544,000 387,581,000 388,836,000 354,456,000 345,344,000 340,543,000 340,754,000 305,327,000 288,910,000 286,431,000 274,222,000 235,484,000 218,759,000 210,381,000 204,236,000 186,411,000  
      revenue:
                                                                                      
      franchise royalties and fees
                                                                               124,000 611,000 960,000 879,000 700,000 604,000  
      restaurant operating costs:
                                                                                      
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                      
      basic
                                                                         465 590 740  407.5 630 610    330 260  
      diluted
                                                                         460 590 740  400 620 600    330 260  
      interest income
                                                                           925,000 1,343,000 1,498,000 1,597,000 1,530,000 1,490,000 1,967,000 2,015,000 1,622,000 970,000  
      interest expense
                                                                           -75,000 -74,000 -73,000 -74,000 -74,000 -75,000   -65,000 -64,000  
      benefit (provision) for income taxes
                                                                                   -6,635,000   
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
    Annual
      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 
                                                                                        
        assets
                                                                                        
        current assets:
                                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      246,636,000 350,545,000 698,743,000 844,524,000 725,597,000 748,537,000 698,547,000 806,528,000 727,394,000 560,609,000 602,307,000 504,866,000 409,727,000 384,000,000 366,623,000 520,933,000 615,863,000 815,374,000 721,109,000 668,269,000 694,776,000 607,987,000 662,401,000 605,622,000 500,315,000 480,626,000 386,565,000 299,913,000 277,661,000 249,953,000 343,028,000 225,658,000 231,838,000 184,569,000 113,480,000 175,137,000 122,413,000 87,880,000 154,128,000 189,960,000 250,805,000 248,005,000 604,162,000 587,685,000 542,957,000 419,465,000 442,618,000 470,050,000 411,592,000 323,203,000 308,076,000 281,632,000 346,930,000 322,553,000 421,149,000 404,797,000 370,191,000 401,243,000 409,875,000 349,801,000 282,939,000 224,838,000 210,996,000 202,042,000 193,002,000 219,566,000 238,446,000 208,299,000 204,934,000 88,044,000 212,183,000 195,617,000 187,162,000 151,176,000 167,657,000 156,217,000   157,565,000 142,044,000   
        accounts receivable
      94,934,000 156,466,000 95,844,000 105,004,000 101,594,000 143,963,000 93,202,000 97,542,000 89,836,000 115,535,000 71,122,000 60,985,000 65,869,000 106,880,000 71,276,000 83,636,000 89,295,000 99,599,000 76,099,000 75,697,000 68,449,000 104,500,000 69,366,000 68,006,000 63,461,000 80,545,000 49,489,000 49,362,000 49,725,000 62,312,000 26,868,000 23,702,000 26,691,000 40,453,000 23,870,000 24,940,000 21,582,000 40,451,000 22,103,000 23,208,000 23,692,000 38,283,000 24,157,000 25,711,000 21,480,000 34,839,000 18,949,000 20,242,000 16,582,000 24,016,000 14,575,000 14,961,000 15,475,000 16,800,000 14,566,000 10,351,000 9,087,000 8,389,000 5,765,000 6,179,000 7,623,000 5,658,000 4,446,000 3,787,000 3,514,000 4,763,000 3,133,000 3,217,000 3,375,000 3,643,000 4,582,000 5,374,000 3,879,000 5,373,000 5,869,000 6,270,000 5,332,000 4,865,000 3,059,000 1,967,000 2,773,000  
        inventory
      44,685,000 49,508,000 46,436,000 40,402,000 41,387,000 48,942,000 49,848,000 35,560,000 37,947,000 39,309,000 40,177,000 36,004,000 34,599,000 35,668,000 33,752,000 29,456,000 29,852,000 32,826,000 28,450,000 25,159,000 24,304,000 26,445,000 25,464,000 24,178,000 23,335,000 26,096,000 23,871,000 21,144,000 18,780,000 21,555,000 18,285,000 20,851,000 17,404,000 19,860,000 21,634,000 19,126,000 18,319,000 15,019,000 18,382,000 16,966,000 16,885,000 15,043,000 17,524,000 16,529,000 16,052,000 15,332,000 15,885,000 15,522,000 15,202,000 13,044,000 12,509,000 11,270,000 11,431,000 11,096,000 9,964,000 10,504,000 10,017,000 8,913,000 8,768,000 8,447,000 8,738,000 7,098,000 7,175,000 6,358,000 6,314,000 5,614,000 5,858,000 5,715,000 5,766,000 4,789,000 5,485,000 5,151,000 4,583,000 4,332,000 4,404,000 4,418,000 4,142,000 3,505,000 3,393,000 3,040,000 3,049,000  
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      126,278,000 120,450,000 100,542,000 96,506,000 103,945,000 97,538,000 87,896,000 91,852,000 98,118,000 117,462,000 104,038,000 103,422,000 98,389,000 86,412,000 76,439,000 73,716,000 70,403,000 78,756,000 72,821,000 71,613,000 61,615,000 54,906,000 50,794,000 53,656,000 50,781,000 57,076,000 62,211,000 44,116,000 34,217,000 54,129,000 55,406,000 69,860,000 55,742,000 50,918,000 49,089,000 50,296,000 47,023,000 44,080,000 45,250,000 52,178,000 48,317,000 39,965,000 37,760,000 39,686,000 37,252,000 34,795,000 33,632,000 36,966,000 38,213,000 34,204,000 34,696,000 34,938,000 31,723,000 27,378,000 24,666,000 28,298,000 26,159,000 21,404,000 22,679,000 31,279,000 20,318,000 16,016,000                     
        income tax receivable
       91,393,000 109,684,000 80,721,000  67,229,000 82,087,000 71,529,000  52,960,000    47,741,000 112,064,000 97,874,000 50,701,000 94,064,000 318,593,000 284,612,000 244,122,000 282,783,000 60,436,000 97,840,000 56,631,000 27,705,000 3,824,000    21,697,000 32,334,000  9,353,000 12,986,000   5,108,000 24,013,000 25,211,000 35,041,000 58,152,000 13,486,000 7,851,000  16,488,000    3,657,000    9,612,000 26,198,000 34,446,000 34,891,000   6,133,000 7,845,000 23,528,000 10,091,000    4,976,000 5,819,000  285,000 3,195,000  1,337,000 9,535,000 394,000        
        investments
      624,786,000 698,591,000 722,531,000 701,968,000 689,125,000 674,378,000 668,676,000 683,287,000 692,474,000 734,838,000 851,699,000 851,142,000 652,858,000 515,136,000 417,278,000 240,684,000 240,379,000 260,945,000 301,534,000 322,460,000 363,585,000 343,616,000 342,819,000 301,041,000 380,978,000 400,156,000 428,796,000 417,867,000 457,363,000 426,845,000 327,787,000 348,269,000 298,764,000 324,382,000 434,877,000 394,466,000 454,627,000 329,836,000 205,021,000 80,184,000  415,199,000 355,581,000 291,545,000 347,577,000 338,592,000 346,991,000 334,580,000 295,403,000 254,971,000 224,097,000 202,164,000 160,573,000 150,306,000 152,742,000 124,736,000 94,480,000 55,005,000 34,759,000 34,759,000 45,000,000 124,766,000                     
        total current assets
      1,137,319,000 1,466,953,000 1,773,780,000 1,869,125,000 1,661,648,000 1,780,587,000 1,680,256,000 1,786,298,000 1,645,769,000 1,620,713,000 1,669,343,000 1,556,419,000 1,261,442,000 1,175,837,000 1,077,432,000 1,046,299,000 1,096,493,000 1,381,564,000 1,518,606,000 1,447,810,000 1,456,851,000 1,420,237,000 1,211,280,000 1,150,343,000 1,075,501,000 1,072,204,000 954,756,000 832,402,000 837,746,000 814,794,000 793,071,000 720,674,000 630,439,000 629,535,000 655,936,000 663,965,000 663,964,000 522,374,000 468,897,000 387,707,000 374,740,000 814,647,000 1,073,233,000 989,231,000 984,695,000 878,479,000 873,870,000 892,099,000 790,791,000 666,307,000 603,782,000 555,010,000 575,514,000 546,607,000 656,679,000 620,442,000 551,487,000 501,192,000 487,729,000 441,712,000 377,160,000 406,221,000 345,399,000 339,348,000 327,050,000 297,454,000 269,142,000 239,297,000 230,445,000 211,072,000 239,976,000 220,338,000 210,676,000 201,844,000 188,649,000 176,412,000 177,444,000 178,837,000 172,716,000 155,060,000 147,312,000  
        leasehold improvements, property and equipment
      2,767,047,000 2,679,361,000 2,594,005,000 2,503,429,000 2,436,762,000 2,390,126,000 2,320,395,000 2,265,694,000 2,202,739,000 2,170,038,000 2,093,011,000 2,021,964,000 1,981,329,000 1,951,147,000 1,871,623,000 1,813,348,000 1,779,521,000 1,769,278,000 1,719,224,000 1,666,184,000 1,613,670,000 1,584,311,000 1,547,217,000 1,498,048,000 1,465,666,000 1,458,690,000 1,425,446,000 1,387,896,000 1,366,684,000 1,379,254,000 1,361,440,000 1,333,949,000 1,343,717,000 1,338,366,000 1,331,786,000 1,328,280,000 1,322,622,000 1,303,558,000 1,278,672,000 1,269,335,000 1,241,602,000 1,217,220,000 1,180,957,000 1,147,059,000 1,119,469,000 1,106,984,000 1,052,684,000 1,011,916,000 983,047,000 963,238,000 936,023,000 895,819,000 875,597,000 866,703,000 835,654,000 804,655,000 773,116,000 751,951,000 719,346,000 695,609,000 683,392,000 676,881,000 658,423,000 641,600,000 637,569,000 636,411,000 622,026,000 605,631,000 595,951,000 585,899,000 566,033,000 539,340,000 515,247,000 494,930,000 469,295,000 444,259,000 426,048,000 404,740,000 379,891,000 359,627,000 345,790,000  
        long-term investments
      96,397,000 197,123,000 347,694,000 518,680,000 701,056,000 868,025,000 892,487,000 972,644,000 776,815,000 564,488,000 473,247,000 430,762,000 368,023,000 388,055,000 442,620,000 359,911,000 333,088,000 274,311,000 188,344,000 150,814,000 110,928,000 102,328,000 61,474,000                                                            
        restricted cash
      35,662,000 35,364,000 30,893,000 30,704,000 30,526,000 29,842,000 27,969,000 27,664,000 26,138,000 25,554,000 25,315,000 25,106,000 25,133,000 24,966,000 30,974,000 30,895,000 30,872,000 30,856,000 27,891,000 27,877,000 27,863,000 27,849,000 27,591,000 27,979,000 27,956,000 27,855,000 28,697,000 28,543,000 28,382,000 30,199,000 29,580,000                                                    
        operating lease assets
      4,614,939,000 4,463,010,000 4,385,099,000 4,203,989,000 4,075,748,000 4,000,127,000 3,954,689,000 3,770,997,000 3,670,983,000 3,578,548,000 3,555,808,000 3,433,719,000 3,334,277,000 3,302,402,000 3,309,051,000 3,209,934,000 3,147,061,000 3,118,294,000 3,094,045,000 2,945,912,000 2,858,345,000 2,767,185,000 2,708,218,000 2,634,165,000 2,591,416,000 2,505,466,000 2,479,464,000 2,370,710,000 2,349,993,000                                                      
        other assets
      129,916,000 130,781,000 128,438,000 120,928,000 116,415,000 113,728,000 113,935,000 74,599,000 66,866,000 63,082,000 72,830,000 62,526,000 61,229,000 63,158,000 63,798,000 63,010,000 58,283,000 56,716,000 57,518,000 59,918,000 59,463,000 59,047,000 53,921,000 37,655,000 24,010,000 18,450,000 18,001,000 17,817,000 20,738,000 19,332,000 24,842,000 52,060,000 51,974,000 55,852,000 54,716,000 54,367,000 53,737,000 53,177,000 46,866,000 46,455,000 46,860,000 48,321,000 46,695,000 47,228,000 46,534,000 42,777,000 47,611,000 47,520,000 46,302,000 43,933,000 45,988,000 45,879,000 44,100,000 42,550,000 32,922,000 32,196,000 31,954,000 21,985,000 14,641,000 14,609,000 16,108,000 16,564,000 6,610,000 6,235,000 6,214,000 5,701,000 6,712,000 6,472,000 6,264,000 6,075,000 3,971,000 5,139,000 4,070,000 3,402,000 3,484,000 3,223,000 3,193,000 2,893,000 2,879,000 2,628,000 2,748,000  
        goodwill
      21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 21,939,000 19,556,000 17,738,000 17,738,000 17,738,000 17,738,000  
        total assets
      8,803,219,000 8,994,531,000 9,281,848,000 9,268,794,000 9,044,094,000 9,204,374,000 9,011,670,000 8,919,835,000 8,411,249,000 8,044,362,000 7,911,493,000 7,552,435,000 7,053,372,000 6,927,504,000 6,817,437,000 6,545,336,000 6,467,257,000 6,652,958,000 6,627,567,000 6,320,454,000 6,149,059,000 5,982,896,000 5,631,640,000 5,370,129,000 5,206,488,000 5,104,604,000 4,937,937,000 4,659,307,000 4,625,482,000 2,265,518,000 2,230,872,000 2,128,622,000 2,097,444,000 2,045,692,000 2,064,377,000 2,068,551,000 2,062,262,000 2,026,103,000 2,067,033,000 2,101,800,000 2,140,820,000 2,725,066,000 2,947,922,000 2,806,224,000 2,703,719,000 2,546,285,000 2,437,053,000 2,277,582,000 2,155,680,000 2,009,280,000 1,911,432,000 1,808,931,000 1,712,670,000 1,668,667,000 1,706,205,000 1,648,409,000 1,527,568,000 1,425,308,000 1,343,373,000 1,263,581,000 1,158,055,000 1,121,605,000 1,032,371,000 1,009,122,000 992,772,000 961,505,000 919,819,000 873,339,000 854,599,000 824,985,000 831,919,000 786,756,000 751,932,000 722,115,000 683,367,000 645,833,000 626,241,000 604,208,000 573,224,000 535,053,000 513,588,000  
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                        
        current liabilities:
                                                                                        
        accounts payable
      247,287,000 212,813,000 260,190,000 216,347,000 217,406,000 210,695,000 221,301,000 203,480,000 196,866,000 197,646,000 207,541,000 162,041,000 182,606,000 184,566,000 167,842,000 158,581,000 168,905,000 163,161,000 171,712,000 140,251,000 147,417,000 121,990,000 157,324,000 160,523,000 130,423,000 115,816,000 118,483,000 99,007,000 106,214,000 113,071,000 103,486,000 95,597,000 99,001,000 82,028,000 86,705,000 80,976,000 83,840,000 78,363,000 74,682,000 75,255,000 76,606,000 85,709,000 77,250,000 81,453,000 76,066,000 69,613,000 88,398,000 77,648,000 66,729,000 59,022,000 70,267,000 63,305,000 56,629,000 58,700,000 65,094,000 55,960,000 49,154,000 46,382,000 49,011,000 40,258,000 35,929,000 33,705,000 35,641,000 30,211,000 26,139,000 25,230,000 32,555,000 24,666,000 22,662,000 23,890,000 29,249,000 25,565,000 25,682,000 19,880,000 24,958,000 19,923,000 19,651,000 19,567,000 17,640,000 11,718,000 9,290,000  
        accrued payroll and benefits
      192,520,000 250,126,000 193,156,000 236,947,000 154,429,000 261,913,000 184,367,000 223,410,000 142,425,000 227,537,000 155,015,000 177,475,000 116,465,000 170,456,000 128,495,000 161,052,000 172,454,000 162,405,000 190,912,000 225,104,000 221,677,000 203,054,000 194,877,000 130,306,000 132,273,000 126,600,000 145,766,000 98,800,000 119,689,000 113,467,000 127,302,000 97,573,000 110,268,000 82,541,000 108,120,000 85,169,000 96,730,000 76,301,000 97,009,000 109,613,000 80,606,000 64,958,000 80,334,000 93,396,000 67,212,000 73,894,000 78,159,000 86,383,000 56,332,000 67,195,000 60,406,000 69,564,000 44,779,000 71,731,000 50,068,000 56,199,000 37,160,000 60,241,000 42,965,000 45,383,000 31,148,000 50,336,000 39,085,000 37,667,000 24,748,000 41,404,000 29,121,000 29,355,000 31,524,000 24,469,000 26,740,000 19,977,000 24,873,000 26,210,000 25,618,000 16,116,000 16,300,000 16,764,000 16,803,000 10,611,000 10,847,000  
        accrued liabilities
      231,312,000 182,448,000 196,961,000 185,090,000 185,307,000 179,747,000 181,354,000 169,631,000 171,612,000 147,688,000 151,148,000 141,291,000 160,436,000 147,539,000 156,455,000 148,614,000 136,655,000 173,052,000 153,233,000 143,469,000 145,627,000 164,649,000 158,234,000 146,229,000 147,242,000 155,843,000 141,159,000 126,879,000 119,813,000 147,849,000 171,998,000 161,991,000 149,409,000 159,324,000 128,577,000 98,311,000 101,114,000 127,129,000 107,808,000 91,660,000 114,751,000 129,275,000 86,660,000 86,167,000 85,850,000 102,203,000 73,781,000 69,638,000 68,703,000 73,011,000 47,800,000 46,013,000 49,468,000 56,278,000 44,031,000 37,812,000 38,098,000 46,456,000 33,382,000 31,647,000 32,143,000 38,892,000 28,590,000 29,204,000 28,214,000 31,216,000 25,371,000 26,836,000 24,423,000 28,347,000 24,927,000 24,307,000 25,301,000 27,135,000 19,605,000 20,753,000 22,810,000 23,277,000 15,393,000 14,207,000 14,734,000  
        unearned revenue
      207,417,000 240,375,000 206,730,000 206,635,000 203,744,000 238,577,000 180,288,000 182,331,000 187,317,000 209,680,000 156,320,000 158,959,000 157,898,000 183,071,000 133,118,000 132,446,000 132,421,000 156,351,000 120,423,000 113,016,000 110,197,000 127,750,000 91,467,000 88,924,000 77,499,000 95,195,000 61,809,000 61,794,000 57,088,000 70,474,000                                                     
        current operating lease liabilities
      310,151,000 302,380,000 293,027,000 287,252,000 284,505,000 277,836,000 270,574,000 264,304,000 254,144,000 248,074,000 244,994,000 244,061,000 239,029,000 236,248,000 231,947,000 230,930,000 223,303,000 218,713,000 214,684,000 213,646,000 209,086,000 204,756,000 199,815,000 197,196,000 178,358,000 173,139,000 166,802,000 161,253,000 157,665,000                                                      
        income tax payable
      48,666,000    46,147,000    44,989,000  172,689,000 98,423,000 37,658,000               535,000 21,198,000 5,129,000   8,642,000   3,329,000 24,639,000        47,993,000  24,648,000 7,867,000 35,478,000  1,225,000 3,825,000 31,240,000     4,241,000 2,955,000     3,381,000 21,068,000 4,207,000   9,923,000   1,367,000    3,328,000 7,875,000 1,522,000 3,755,000 4,866,000 4,601,000  
        total current liabilities
      1,237,353,000 1,188,142,000 1,150,064,000 1,132,271,000 1,091,538,000 1,168,768,000 1,037,884,000 1,043,156,000 997,353,000 1,030,625,000 1,087,707,000 982,250,000 894,092,000 921,880,000 817,857,000 831,623,000 833,738,000 873,682,000 850,964,000 835,486,000 834,004,000 822,199,000 801,717,000 723,178,000 665,795,000 666,593,000 634,019,000 548,268,000 581,667,000 449,990,000 402,786,000 355,161,000 367,320,000 323,893,000 323,402,000 267,785,000 306,323,000 281,793,000 279,499,000 276,528,000 271,963,000 279,942,000 244,244,000 261,016,000 277,121,000 245,710,000 264,986,000 241,536,000 227,242,000 199,228,000 179,698,000 182,707,000 182,116,000 186,852,000 159,333,000 150,109,000 124,547,000 157,453,000 128,443,000 117,416,000 99,344,000 123,054,000 103,433,000 100,574,000 100,272,000 102,153,000 87,136,000 80,942,000 88,616,000 76,788,000 80,997,000 71,295,000 75,934,000 73,301,000 70,256,000 60,194,000 66,708,000 61,201,000 56,052,000 43,914,000 44,028,000  
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                        
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      4,935,729,000 4,773,434,000 4,687,090,000 4,493,334,000 4,348,574,000 4,262,782,000 4,212,868,000 4,014,454,000 3,903,353,000 3,803,551,000 3,773,087,000 3,643,931,000 3,532,566,000 3,495,162,000 3,497,221,000 3,393,423,000 3,331,319,000 3,301,601,000 3,274,875,000 3,134,555,000 3,040,176,000 2,952,296,000 2,891,140,000 2,809,178,000 2,764,778,000 2,678,374,000 2,642,737,000 2,534,769,000 2,513,901,000                                                      
        deferred income tax liabilities
      143,559,000 125,674,000 140,480,000 36,297,000 38,879,000 46,208,000 79,519,000 83,298,000 84,229,000 89,109,000 111,089,000 106,440,000 98,137,000 98,623,000 133,255,000 126,239,000 127,729,000 141,765,000 148,395,000 133,510,000 135,929,000 149,422,000 95,221,000 96,502,000 64,851,000 37,814,000  4,407,000 12,528,000                                                      
        other liabilities
      78,943,000 76,674,000 82,376,000 78,697,000 74,231,000 71,070,000 67,501,000 67,107,000 64,985,000 58,870,000 53,296,000 52,928,000 46,892,000 43,816,000 41,723,000 39,852,000 40,511,000 38,536,000 42,425,000 42,745,000 41,419,000 38,844,000 37,976,000 36,775,000 39,044,000 38,797,000 38,734,000 33,814,000 33,587,000 31,638,000 37,123,000 36,457,000 37,630,000 40,042,000 36,826,000 35,879,000 34,633,000 33,946,000 33,293,000 32,630,000 32,216,000 32,883,000 31,919,000 32,047,000 30,968,000 28,263,000 27,407,000 26,870,000 26,349,000 23,591,000 23,490,000 22,508,000 21,971,000 16,499,000 15,959,000 15,096,000 14,705,000 12,435,000 11,769,000 11,892,000 11,341,000 9,825,000 9,374,000 8,570,000 8,365,000 6,851,000 6,627,000 5,991,000 5,473,000 4,857,000 4,480,000 4,226,000 3,919,000 3,069,000 3,667,000 3,335,000 3,019,000 111,000     
        total liabilities
      6,395,584,000 6,163,924,000 6,060,010,000 5,740,599,000 5,553,222,000 5,548,828,000 5,397,772,000 5,208,015,000 5,049,920,000 4,982,155,000 5,025,179,000 4,785,549,000 4,571,687,000 4,559,481,000 4,490,056,000 4,391,137,000 4,333,297,000 4,355,584,000 4,316,659,000 4,146,296,000 4,051,528,000 3,962,761,000 3,826,054,000 3,665,633,000 3,534,468,000 3,421,578,000 3,315,490,000 3,121,258,000 3,141,683,000 824,179,000 795,035,000 736,615,000 733,399,000 681,247,000 677,251,000 618,355,000 654,540,000 623,610,000 626,013,000 615,757,000 600,566,000 597,092,000 546,434,000 554,514,000 569,385,000 533,916,000 543,289,000 524,548,000 510,647,000 470,992,000 445,690,000 441,488,000 424,579,000 422,741,000 398,589,000 387,184,000 357,773,000 381,082,000 343,932,000 324,519,000 295,309,000 310,732,000 271,342,000 259,108,000 258,393,000 258,044,000 238,137,000 224,279,000 222,053,000 202,395,000 199,217,000 177,719,000 170,651,000 160,005,000 146,600,000 135,202,000 140,080,000 130,251,000 119,058,000 105,400,000 105,708,000  
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                                        
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      12,871,000 13,044,000 13,257,000 13,414,000 13,498,000 13,586,000 13,635,000 13,713,000 376,000 375,000 375,000 375,000 374,000 373,000 373,000 373,000 373,000 371,000 371,000 370,000 369,000 367,000 367,000 367,000 365,000 363,000 363,000 362,000 361,000 360,000                           349,000 344,000 343,000 343,000 341,000 340,000 338,000 337,000 336,000 335,000                 
        additional paid-in capital
      2,235,107,000 2,204,944,000 2,177,774,000 2,157,080,000 2,117,803,000 2,078,010,000 2,030,178,000 2,023,802,000 1,994,950,000 1,956,160,000 1,917,868,000 1,880,933,000 1,849,683,000 1,829,304,000 1,807,938,000 1,782,303,000 1,753,328,000 1,729,312,000 1,690,806,000 1,654,195,000 1,606,501,000 1,549,909,000 1,526,955,000 1,506,785,000 1,483,224,000 1,465,697,000 1,439,811,000 1,414,420,000 1,393,284,000 1,374,154,000 1,353,071,000 1,328,489,000 1,317,238,000 1,305,090,000 1,294,315,000 1,276,285,000 1,255,528,000 1,238,875,000 1,223,760,000 1,205,225,000 1,184,143,000 1,172,628,000 1,172,140,000 1,134,728,000 1,066,216,000 1,038,932,000 1,015,621,000 991,190,000 956,382,000 919,840,000 885,891,000 855,893,000 834,262,000 816,612,000 805,366,000 789,271,000 765,880,000 676,652,000 667,150,000 647,237,000 612,726,000 594,331,000 575,554,000 560,815,000 550,907,000 539,880,000 535,660,000 525,023,000 507,724,000 501,993,000 498,680,000 494,471,000 491,183,000 489,296,000 483,035,000 477,504,000 473,016,000 470,653,000 468,596,000 466,597,000 464,372,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -8,013,000 -7,289,000 -7,927,000 -7,341,000 -9,847,000 -10,282,000 -7,440,000 -8,514,000 -7,950,000 -6,657,000 -8,080,000 -6,952,000 -7,431,000 -7,888,000 -8,896,000 -6,639,000 -5,159,000 -5,354,000 -5,143,000 -4,187,000 -4,492,000 -4,229,000 -5,444,000 -6,149,000 -7,204,000 -5,363,000 -5,887,000 -5,261,000 -5,858,000                                      -21,000 -25,000 -212,000 -193,000 -21,000            
        retained earnings
      167,670,000 619,908,000 1,038,734,000 1,365,042,000 1,369,418,000 1,574,232,000 1,577,525,000 1,682,819,000 6,416,272,000 6,056,985,000 5,774,899,000 5,461,682,000 5,119,892,000 4,828,248,000 4,604,521,000 4,347,383,000 4,087,441,000 3,929,147,000 3,795,672,000 3,591,238,000 3,403,264,000 3,276,163,000 3,085,204,000 3,004,960,000 2,996,785,000 2,921,448,000 2,849,032,000 2,750,450,000 2,659,422,000 2,573,617,000 2,541,598,000 2,503,394,000 2,456,510,000 2,397,064,000 2,353,271,000 2,333,661,000 2,266,931,000 2,220,811,000 2,204,836,000 2,197,037,000 2,171,441,000 2,197,873,000 2,129,999,000 1,985,116,000 1,844,912,000 1,722,271,000 1,601,037,000 1,470,236,000 1,359,966,000 1,276,897,000 1,197,275,000 1,113,896,000 1,026,043,000 949,459,000 888,106,000 815,806,000 734,123,000 671,459,000 613,986,000 553,553,000 502,896,000 456,514,000 410,069,000 361,841,000 315,380,000 277,533,000 245,937,000 211,473,000 176,080,000 150,688,000 133,715,000 114,238,000 89,770,000 72,486,000 53,397,000 32,793,000 12,812,000 2,972,000     
        total shareholders' equity
      2,407,635,000 2,830,607,000 3,221,838,000 3,528,195,000 3,490,872,000 3,655,546,000 3,613,898,000 3,711,820,000 3,361,329,000 3,062,207,000                   1,483,799,000 1,441,339,000 1,435,837,000 1,392,007,000 1,364,045,000 1,364,445,000 1,387,126,000 1,450,196,000 1,407,722,000 1,402,493,000 1,441,020,000 1,486,043,000 1,540,254,000 2,127,974,000 2,401,488,000 2,251,710,000 2,134,334,000                                      
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
      8,803,219,000 8,994,531,000 9,281,848,000 9,268,794,000 9,044,094,000 9,204,374,000 9,011,670,000 8,919,835,000 8,411,249,000 8,044,362,000                   4,625,482,000 2,265,518,000 2,230,872,000 2,128,622,000 2,097,444,000 2,045,692,000 2,064,377,000 2,068,551,000 2,062,262,000 2,026,103,000 2,067,033,000 2,101,800,000 2,140,820,000 2,725,066,000 2,947,922,000 2,806,224,000 2,703,719,000                                      
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                        
        treasury stock
              -5,042,319,000 -4,944,656,000 -4,798,748,000 -4,569,152,000 -4,480,833,000 -4,282,014,000 -4,076,555,000 -3,969,221,000 -3,702,023,000 -3,356,102,000 -3,170,798,000 -3,067,458,000 -2,908,111,000 -2,802,075,000 -2,801,496,000 -2,801,467,000 -2,801,150,000 -2,699,119,000 -2,660,872,000 -2,621,922,000 -2,563,410,000 -2,500,556,000 -2,454,337,000 -2,435,109,000 -2,406,434,000 -2,334,409,000 -2,257,174,000 -2,154,517,000 -2,107,426,000 -2,049,389,000 -1,982,488,000 -1,911,870,000 -1,811,237,000 -1,234,612,000 -895,881,000 -865,081,000 -772,008,000 -748,759,000 -723,826,000 -710,713,000 -673,157,000 -660,421,000 -619,173,000 -602,583,000 -572,483,000 -521,518,000 -386,987,000 -344,023,000 -331,437,000 -304,426,000 -282,728,000 -263,402,000 -254,441,000 -240,918,000 -225,796,000 -172,899,000 -132,114,000 -114,316,000 -100,228,000 -87,744,000 -51,375,000 -30,227,000             
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                        
        total shareholders’ equity
                2,886,314,000 2,766,886,000 2,481,685,000 2,368,023,000 2,327,381,000 2,154,199,000 2,133,960,000 2,297,374,000 2,310,908,000 2,174,158,000 2,097,531,000 2,020,135,000 1,805,586,000 1,704,496,000 1,672,020,000 1,683,026,000 1,622,447,000 1,538,049,000                  2,012,369,000 1,893,764,000 1,753,034,000 1,645,033,000 1,538,288,000 1,465,742,000 1,367,443,000 1,288,091,000 1,245,926,000 1,307,616,000 1,261,225,000 1,169,795,000 1,044,226,000 999,441,000 939,062,000 862,746,000 810,873,000 761,029,000 750,014,000 734,379,000 703,461,000 681,682,000 649,060,000 632,546,000 622,590,000 632,702,000 609,037,000 581,281,000 562,110,000 536,767,000 510,631,000 486,161,000 473,957,000 454,166,000 429,653,000 407,880,000  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                7,911,493,000 7,552,435,000 7,053,372,000 6,927,504,000 6,817,437,000 6,545,336,000 6,467,257,000 6,652,958,000 6,627,567,000 6,320,454,000 6,149,059,000 5,982,896,000 5,631,640,000 5,370,129,000 5,206,488,000 5,104,604,000 4,937,937,000 4,659,307,000                  2,546,285,000 2,437,053,000 2,277,582,000 2,155,680,000 2,009,280,000 1,911,432,000 1,808,931,000 1,712,670,000 1,668,667,000 1,706,205,000 1,648,409,000 1,527,568,000 1,425,308,000 1,343,373,000 1,263,581,000 1,158,055,000 1,121,605,000 1,032,371,000 1,009,122,000 992,772,000 961,505,000 919,819,000 873,339,000 854,599,000 824,985,000 831,919,000 786,756,000 751,932,000 722,115,000 683,367,000 645,833,000 626,241,000 604,208,000 573,224,000 535,053,000 513,588,000  
        deferred rent
                                   330,985,000 327,804,000 327,152,000 321,900,000 316,498,000 309,446,000 301,825,000 297,843,000 288,927,000 279,359,000 268,985,000 260,652,000 251,962,000 240,669,000 232,690,000 225,897,000 219,414,000 211,918,000 205,304,000 199,480,000 192,739,000 185,980,000 178,809,000 172,917,000 167,057,000 160,132,000 154,726,000 148,421,000 143,284,000 136,596,000 131,592,000 127,387,000 123,667,000 118,394,000 114,119,000 110,019,000 106,395,000 99,506,000 94,679,000 91,148,000 87,009,000 80,121,000 73,825,000 67,641,000 63,192,000 58,185,000 53,691,000 49,161,000 46,222,000 43,211,000 40,818,000 38,723,000  
        deferred income tax assets
                                9,634,000                                                        
        deferred income tax liability
                                   11,566,000 27,322,000 17,845,000 6,549,000 814,000 7,577,000 12,866,000 15,741,000 18,944,000 33,862,000 37,614,000 35,735,000 32,305,000 29,602,000 28,761,000 35,399,000 40,529,000 38,978,000 50,838,000 57,576,000 55,434,000 56,522,000 57,464,000 47,575,000 48,947,000 59,742,000 63,794,000 66,606,000 64,381,000 63,561,000 60,023,000 53,608,000 50,525,000 36,448,000 32,121,000 35,984,000 38,863,000 41,058,000 38,832,000 32,960,000 29,863,000 29,720,000 24,453,000 19,217,000 16,483,000 10,513,000 13,983,000 17,174,000 18,681,000 15,740,000 17,222,000 19,496,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                   -6,236,000 -4,855,000 -5,126,000 -3,628,000 -3,659,000 -3,645,000 -5,591,000 -7,669,000 -8,162,000 -5,446,000 -4,707,000 -4,451,000 -8,273,000 -5,128,000 -3,410,000 -5,141,000 -429,000 579,000 1,968,000 1,489,000 1,620,000 1,398,000 -113,000 -80,000 1,024,000 782,000 -178,000 880,000 197,000 690,000 1,331,000 1,224,000 606,000 864,000 -80,000 -130,000 29,000         7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 9,000 9,000 9,000  
        common stock 0.01 par value...
                                    360,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 358,000 358,000 358,000 358,000 358,000 358,000 358,000 358,000 357,000 355,000 354,000 353,000 353,000 353,000 352,000 351,000 350,000 349,000 349,000 349,000 349,000                           
        long term investments
                                      49,375,000     125,055,000 250,659,000 376,364,000 455,679,000 622,939,000 625,098,000 600,767,000 531,082,000 496,106,000 440,949,000 304,108,000 313,601,000 313,863,000 303,700,000 290,284,000 195,520,000 190,868,000 159,011,000 169,177,000 149,072,000 128,241,000 99,718,000 89,712,000 59,456,000                      
        current deferred tax asset
                                                20,563,000 20,224,000 19,377,000 18,968,000 15,795,000 14,739,000 13,799,000 13,212,000 9,829,000 10,045,000 9,382,000 8,862,000 7,394,000 7,310,000 6,662,000 6,238,000 5,883,000 5,114,000 4,697,000 4,317,000 3,758,000 3,759,000 3,526,000 3,134,000 3,371,000 3,214,000 2,709,000  2,450,000 2,773,000 2,535,000  1,644,000 1,512,000  930,000 1,664,000 1,267,000 1,047,000  
        current portion of deemed landlord financing
                                                           143,000 140,000 138,000 135,000 133,000 130,000 128,000 124,000 121,000 117,000 111,000 103,000 96,000 89,000 85,000 84,000 82,000 81,000 79,000 78,000 76,000 75,000 74,000 72,000 71,000 71,000 59,000 58,000  
        deemed landlord financing
                                                           3,386,000 3,423,000 3,459,000 3,494,000 3,529,000 3,563,000 3,596,000 3,629,000 3,661,000 3,693,000 3,724,000 3,753,000 3,782,000 3,810,000 3,835,000 3,856,000 3,878,000 3,899,000 3,920,000 3,940,000 3,960,000 3,979,000 3,999,000 4,018,000 4,036,000 4,055,000 3,446,000 3,461,000  
        prepaid expenses
                                                                    18,933,000 18,402,000 15,694,000 14,377,000 13,358,000 13,033,000 13,661,000 11,764,000 12,081,000 11,423,000 11,180,000 8,997,000 8,633,000 7,947,000 7,792,000 7,112,000 7,035,000 6,742,000 6,979,000  
        available-for-sale securities
                                                                    90,000,000 105,000,000 105,000,000 50,000,000    99,990,000    20,000,000         
        class a common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                        150,000 149,000 145,000 145,000 144,000 144,000 144,000 144,000 144,000 143,000 142,000 142,000 142,000 138,000 91,000  
        class b common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                        184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 184,000 183,000 183,000    
        current deferred tax assets
                                                                           2,557,000    2,431,000   1,228,000      
        receivable—mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                   8,783,000     
        notes receivable—mcdonald’s corporation
                                                                                48,000        
        notes receivable—mcdonald’s corporation.
                                                                                 48,000       
        cash
                                                                                  158,902,000 153,642,000   133,464,000  
        notes receivable—mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                  48,000      
        long-term deferred tax asset
                                                                                        
        tax receivable—mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                      -26,363,000  
        accrued loss contingency
                                                                                    1,212,000 1,227,000 1,270,000  
        due to mcdonald’s corporation
                                                                                    1,178,000 1,226,000   
        tax receivable—mcdonald’s corporation
                                                                                    -6,895,000 -17,606,000   
        accumulated deficit
                                                                                    -7,869,000 -19,671,000 -30,463,000  
        convertible class b common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                     186,000 234,000  
        due to mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                      3,228,000  
        restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                        
        long-term deferred tax assets
                                                                                        
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 
                                                                                         
          operating activities
                                                                                         
          net income
        302,824,000 330,932,000 382,103,000 436,127,000 386,599,000 331,764,000 387,388,000 455,671,000 359,287,000 282,086,000 313,217,000 341,790,000 291,644,000 223,727,000 257,138,000 259,942,000 158,294,000 133,475,000 204,434,000 187,974,000 127,101,000 190,959,000 80,244,000 8,175,000 76,388,000 72,416,000 98,582,000 91,028,000 88,132,000 32,019,000 38,204,000 46,884,000 59,446,000 156,643,000 -47,120,000 20,610,000 46,120,000 15,139,000 -17,797,000 52,028,000 -26,432,000 67,874,000 144,883,000 140,204,000 122,641,000 121,234,000 130,801,000 110,270,000 83,069,000 79,622,000 83,379,000 87,853,000 76,584,000 61,353,000 72,300,000 81,683,000 62,664,000 57,473,000 60,433,000 50,657,000 46,382,000 46,445,000 48,228,000 46,461,000 37,847,000 31,596,000 34,464,000 35,393,000 25,392,000 16,973,000 19,477,000 24,468,000 17,284,000 17,538,000 20,604,000 19,981,000 12,440,000 10,841,000 11,802,000 10,792,000 7,988,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                         
          depreciation and amortization
        96,718,000 92,702,000 90,524,000 90,945,000 87,211,000 83,876,000 84,349,000 83,562,000 83,243,000 85,492,000 78,546,000 78,771,000 76,585,000 74,012,000 71,416,000 69,733,000 71,665,000 66,262,000 63,191,000 62,082,000 63,122,000 59,956,000 60,180,000 60,024,000 58,374,000 55,149,000 52,206,000 51,642,000 53,781,000 53,217,000 52,654,000 49,193,000 46,915,000 41,442,000 80,825,000 1,802,000 39,279,000 108,934,000 1,360,000 1,286,000 34,788,000 34,140,000 33,145,000 32,440,000 30,643,000 29,750,000 27,961,000 27,009,000 25,754,000 24,903,000 24,618,000 23,597,000 22,936,000 22,141,000 21,362,000 20,543,000 20,084,000 19,198,000 18,741,000 18,505,000 18,494,000 17,815,000 17,319,000 17,053,000 16,734,000 15,940,000 15,451,000 15,197,000 14,720,000 14,124,000 13,769,000 12,707,000 12,170,000 11,688,000 11,167,000 10,576,000 10,164,000 9,265,000 8,676,000 8,309,000 8,003,000 
          deferred income tax provision
        17,887,000 -14,802,000 104,175,000 -2,561,000 -7,329,000 -33,338,000 -3,773,000 -936,000 -4,890,000 -21,970,000 4,638,000 8,313,000 -486,000 -34,628,000 6,970,000 -1,513,000 -14,024,000 -11,333,000 14,860,000 -2,402,000 -13,482,000 54,493,000 -1,265,000 27,779,000 27,343,000 45,108,000 -8,797,000 -8,121,000 1,772,000 -15,839,000 9,476,000 11,265,000 5,683,000 -6,703,000 -5,384,000 -2,832,000 -3,107,000 -14,587,000 -3,409,000 1,530,000 2,259,000 24,208,000 490,000 -7,481,000 -5,551,000 -1,626,000 -12,921,000 -7,675,000 1,551,000 -4,482,000 -716,000 9,224,000 -1,923,000 -12,265,000 -4,133,000 -3,462,000 1,803,000 -151,000 2,769,000 5,998,000 2,703,000 13,103,000 4,328,000 -4,096,000 -3,271,000 -2,099,000 2,069,000 5,367,000 2,945,000 -53,000 5,590,000 4,998,000 2,630,000         
          impairment, closure costs, and asset disposals
        9,658,000 8,305,000 7,215,000 5,038,000 6,018,000 443,000 14,222,000 5,708,000 4,209,000 6,489,000 6,363,000 16,021,000 8,152,000 5,611,000 6,276,000 4,586,000 4,265,000 4,603,000 4,248,000 3,298,000 4,937,000 7,676,000 7,451,000 4,942,000 8,805,000 5,186,000 5,272,000 859,000 4,085,000 5,352,000 6,454,000                                                   
          provision for credit losses
        -454,000 969,000 -379,000 47,000 -1,294,000 504,000 -134,000 257,000 -412,000 1,005,000 253,000 -188,000 500,000 209,000 -93,000 42,000 -918,000 -240,000 953,000 55,000 -275,000 307,000 -225,000 172,000 -90,000                                                         
          stock-based compensation expense
        28,000,000 25,577,000 18,816,000 37,549,000 37,601,000 45,827,000 4,660,000 45,240,000 36,003,000 37,459,000 35,801,000 30,672,000 20,084,000 20,659,000 25,150,000 28,631,000 23,590,000 37,651,000 36,061,000 47,290,000 55,390,000 22,047,000 19,817,000 23,367,000 17,395,000 25,739,000 25,336,000 21,167,000 19,154,000 20,945,000 24,574,000 11,548,000 12,097,000 10,659,000 17,750,000 20,390,000 16,456,000 15,777,000 18,351,000 19,533,000 10,505,000 -1,814,000 20,996,000 21,743,000 16,986,000 14,284,000 20,755,000 34,042,000 27,359,000 13,035,000 16,289,000 18,946,000 15,387,000 12,024,000 14,575,000 17,437,000 20,240,000                         
          other
        578,000 -22,232,000 -51,000 6,708,000 914,000 -5,931,000 -2,052,000 3,676,000 835,000 4,192,000 -8,035,000 -6,427,000 -2,810,000 -3,157,000 -1,136,000 -10,911,000 -998,000 -7,133,000 67,000 287,000 2,180,000 1,193,000 780,000 963,000 707,000 -7,548,000 -456,000 -1,319,000 -1,269,000 -985,000 -705,000 -908,000 -320,000 -92,000 -19,000   -380,000 128,000 -178,000 -174,000 309,000 44,000 110,000 119,000 95,000 6,000 -61,000 64,000 104,000 141,000 85,000 177,000 155,000 160,000 129,000 78,000 25,000 -3,000 2,364,000 115,000   50,000 -159,000 50,000 4,000 187,000 -19,000 -172,000 -21,000 -33,000 -32,000 -32,000 160,000 -81,000     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                         
          accounts receivable
        59,842,000 -61,365,000 10,036,000 -3,293,000 43,239,000 -51,343,000 3,738,000 -7,815,000 26,146,000 -44,882,000 -10,361,000 4,368,000 39,659,000 -36,917,000 10,538,000 1,959,000 10,394,000 -23,569,000 -15,404,000 5,111,000 32,175,000 -26,223,000 6,635,000 -3,369,000 25,967,000 -21,669,000 764,000 2,329,000 15,946,000 -21,740,000 -3,179,000 2,854,000 13,767,000 -16,617,000 1,105,000 -3,321,000 18,693,000 -18,007,000 883,000 559,000 14,642,000 -14,141,000 1,544,000 -4,207,000 13,300,000 -16,216,000 1,496,000 -3,685,000 7,439,000 -9,438,000 405,000 486,000 1,309,000 -2,379,000 -4,912,000 -1,437,000 -710,000 -2,834,000 388,000 1,444,000 -1,968,000 -1,288,000 -503,000 -337,000 1,385,000 -1,630,000 84,000 104,000 567,000 903,000 692,000 -1,714,000 1,409,000 496,000 401,000 -938,000 -467,000   582,000 -978,000 
          inventory
        4,745,000 -3,118,000 -6,085,000 958,000 7,535,000 743,000 -14,303,000 2,432,000 1,331,000 859,000 -4,195,000 -1,399,000 1,086,000 -1,955,000 -4,376,000 350,000 2,970,000 -4,396,000 -3,305,000 -839,000 2,148,000 -1,008,000 -1,415,000 -705,000 2,734,000 -2,218,000 -2,733,000 -2,360,000 2,781,000 -3,284,000 2,569,000 -3,458,000 2,451,000 1,773,000 -2,493,000 -793,000 -3,737,000 3,351,000 -1,521,000 -88,000 -1,833,000 2,474,000 -1,007,000 -468,000 -737,000 544,000 -375,000 -316,000 -2,160,000 -535,000 -1,234,000 159,000 -340,000 -1,133,000 546,000 -491,000 -1,102,000 -146,000 -323,000 292,000 -1,639,000 79,000 -816,000 -44,000 -700,000 244,000 -143,000 51,000 -977,000 696,000 -334,000 -568,000 -251,000 72,000 14,000 -246,000 -611,000   9,000 -424,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        -9,438,000 -23,586,000 -5,850,000 6,142,000 -9,748,000 -12,700,000 1,596,000 4,057,000 16,291,000 -15,717,000 -2,129,000 -6,796,000 -14,569,000 -11,491,000 -4,117,000 -4,972,000 5,920,000 -7,483,000 -1,157,000 -9,430,000 -8,756,000 -5,427,000 235,000 -2,092,000 -4,158,000 -5,552,000 -3,897,000 -9,905,000 -3,712,000 1,230,000 14,449,000 -14,697,000 -4,793,000 -1,820,000 1,253,000 -3,215,000 -2,928,000 1,103,000 6,905,000 -3,930,000 -8,337,000 -2,231,000 1,887,000 -2,399,000 -2,516,000 -1,205,000 3,291,000 1,270,000 -4,014,000 498,000 292,000 -3,220,000 -4,376,000 -2,711,000 3,650,000 -2,155,000 -4,738,000 1,270,000 8,591,000 -10,963,000 -4,297,000                     
          operating lease assets
        79,793,000 97,066,000 84,662,000 78,417,000 72,540,000 74,415,000 75,291,000 71,084,000 64,797,000 69,185,000 63,693,000 62,228,000 59,135,000 62,809,000 58,959,000 57,380,000 55,125,000 72,209,000                                                                
          other assets
        1,759,000 -668,000 -4,125,000 -423,000 61,000 300,000 -19,759,000 208,000 1,561,000 11,143,000 -10,394,000 178,000 3,277,000 1,191,000 1,477,000 -1,882,000 -1,132,000 2,092,000 1,784,000 303,000 -186,000 -4,823,000 -13,180,000 -3,441,000 -5,133,000 -46,000 -43,000 2,665,000 242,000 -3,505,000 -2,276,000 -79,000 3,855,000 -1,205,000 -398,000 -572,000 -412,000 -6,364,000 -323,000 364,000 1,468,000 -1,652,000 516,000 -658,000 -3,825,000 4,794,000 -149,000 -1,209,000 -2,365,000 2,074,000 -63,000 -1,777,000 -1,588,000 -9,672,000 -654,000 -267,000 -9,946,000 -7,359,000 -55,000 -392,000 456,000 -8,053,000 -369,000 -21,000 -513,000 1,011,000 -240,000 -208,000 -189,000 -2,104,000 1,168,000 -1,069,000 -668,000 123,000 -261,000 -31,000 -300,000   120,000 -95,000 
          accounts payable
        22,678,000 -36,753,000 16,944,000 -848,000 13,208,000 -13,823,000 14,488,000 -4,786,000 12,588,000 427,000 15,669,000 -8,051,000 -2,732,000 7,434,000 13,746,000 -18,674,000 15,702,000 -7,272,000 16,187,000 -6,921,000 19,446,000 -9,635,000 -34,754,000 20,285,000 20,245,000 3,189,000 6,157,000 -6,063,000 -4,256,000 13,897,000 3,732,000 -2,791,000 17,242,000 -3,863,000 6,500,000 7,563,000 708,000 5,204,000 1,737,000 -4,823,000 -8,852,000 12,424,000 -7,010,000 -720,000 14,831,000 -12,538,000 -2,990,000 9,690,000 8,006,000 -1,337,000 -2,689,000 5,305,000 773,000 -519,000 3,469,000 1,990,000 2,909,000 2,694,000 369,000 3,868,000 2,501,000 2,106,000 -443,000 3,626,000 1,700,000 -1,795,000 3,148,000 644,000 -562,000 -1,249,000 -259,000 1,121,000 4,022,000 -1,349,000 2,452,000 959,000 3,000   1,821,000 -3,570,000 
          accrued payroll and benefits
        -55,394,000 56,777,000 -44,201,000 82,324,000 -107,013,000 77,631,000 -38,336,000 80,851,000 -85,289,000 71,950,000 -22,499,000 61,025,000 -53,428,000 42,725,000 -32,278,000 -11,021,000 10,438,000 -31,362,000 -34,261,000 2,880,000 18,188,000 8,169,000 65,250,000 -2,575,000 5,839,000 -18,712,000 46,997,000 -22,379,000 5,853,000                                                     
          accrued liabilities
        41,962,000 -20,841,000 8,216,000 2,309,000 -183,000 3,796,000 6,432,000 -8,266,000 25,322,000 1,306,000 1,948,000 -17,075,000 17,009,000 -11,402,000 5,731,000 8,858,000 -31,151,000 18,404,000 12,695,000 -2,233,000 -17,869,000 3,631,000 10,085,000 1,269,000 -9,389,000 10,991,000 17,893,000 12,432,000 -4,773,000   -14,847,000 18,831,000 3,060,000 57,370,000 -18,163,000 -3,693,000 -2,754,000 4,272,000 21,576,000 10,397,000 -6,000 -12,517,000 26,450,000 -21,367,000 23,557,000 -4,319,000 30,940,000 -15,159,000 31,986,000 -7,415,000 21,342,000 -33,893,000 33,933,000 79,000 18,730,000 -31,435,000 30,344,000 -690,000 13,738,000 -25,941,000 21,555,000 801,000 13,909,000 -19,658,000 18,128,000 -1,699,000 244,000 3,131,000 1,149,000 7,383,000 -5,890,000 -3,171,000 8,122,000 8,354,000 -315,000 -2,862,000 5,119,000 7,363,000 -806,000 -372,000 
          unearned revenue
        -27,663,000 64,224,000 2,041,000 5,446,000 -31,001,000 68,884,000 -485,000 -2,902,000 -19,358,000 56,875,000 -1,296,000 2,759,000 -22,653,000 51,515,000 1,921,000 1,542,000 -21,604,000 37,365,000 8,509,000 4,119,000 -15,606,000 37,551,000 3,434,000 11,897,000 -15,924,000 39,065,000 16,000 4,705,000 -13,386,000                                                     
          income tax payable/receivable
        140,039,000 18,303,000 -28,995,000 -126,810,000 113,377,000 14,737,000 -10,535,000 -116,525,000 97,960,000 -225,664,000 74,250,000 60,777,000 85,400,000 64,332,000 -14,238,000 -47,199,000 43,367,000 229,229,000 -33,999,000 -40,491,000 38,640,000 -222,574,000 37,442,000 -40,940,000 -29,179,000 -23,098,000 -4,392,000 -20,647,000 16,054,000 26,805,000 10,637,000 -41,015,000 18,012,000 3,637,000 -16,290,000 -21,271,000 29,751,000 18,314,000 1,107,000 11,123,000 23,796,000 -45,102,000 11,164,000 -8,620,000 75,314,000 -32,443,000 20,233,000 -27,047,000 48,088,000 15,803,000 10,843,000 -25,033,000 42,721,000 15,220,000 9,173,000 5,704,000 29,260,000                         
          operating lease liabilities
        -62,990,000 -78,746,000 -66,032,000 -57,788,000 -55,662,000 -62,124,000 -54,422,000 -49,811,000 -51,537,000 -58,297,000 -55,386,000 -49,210,000 -51,584,000 -53,986,000 -53,176,000 -50,428,000 -49,596,000 -65,624,000 -39,722,000 -50,916,000 -50,902,000 -50,085,000 -45,601,000 -28,550,000 -40,918,000 -39,079,000 -38,132,000 -37,854,000 -36,492,000                                                     
          other long-term liabilities
        806,000 -6,900,000 666,000 1,040,000 1,002,000 3,109,000 -1,871,000 873,000 1,147,000 3,521,000 389,000 4,754,000 767,000 885,000 2,010,000 363,000 595,000 -4,458,000 -481,000 502,000 453,000 431,000 764,000 483,000 104,000 1,390,000 -429,000 543,000 358,000 3,597,000 731,000 -1,110,000 -2,349,000 3,256,000 1,008,000 1,307,000 745,000 711,000 719,000 470,000 -613,000 1,018,000 -75,000 1,128,000 2,755,000 904,000 581,000 562,000 2,798,000 139,000 1,020,000 575,000 2,123,000 539,000 863,000 391,000 2,269,000 666,000 -124,000 551,000 1,516,000 451,000 804,000 205,000 1,514,000 224,000 636,000 518,000 616,000    850,000    308,000     
          net cash from operating activities
        651,350,000 425,844,000 569,680,000 561,327,000 557,075,000 526,770,000 446,494,000 562,578,000 569,234,000 265,459,000 480,472,000 582,510,000 455,036,000 401,573,000 351,918,000 286,786,000 282,902,000 438,420,000 280,803,000 256,885,000 305,973,000 115,124,000 243,790,000 122,862,000 182,071,000 186,589,000 234,528,000 117,934,000 182,581,000 129,055,000 197,079,000 94,302,000 201,116,000 88,271,000 135,252,000 93,003,000 150,579,000 68,170,000 101,407,000 117,986,000 61,679,000 94,753,000 187,433,000 158,411,000 242,719,000 132,311,000 189,325,000 180,653,000 179,778,000 140,065,000 120,962,000 142,503,000 125,250,000 126,026,000 123,062,000 141,499,000 29,376,000 120,227,000 116,153,000 106,411,000 68,305,000 92,995,000 67,240,000 69,089,000 59,867,000 81,580,000 64,431,000 51,651,000 63,011,000 47,845,000 55,023,000 47,392,000 48,247,000 41,350,000 43,534,000 31,292,000 30,747,000   21,876,000 23,194,000 
          capital expenditures
        -77,762,000 -209,504,000 -137,593,000 -161,389,000 -68,421,000 -169,047,000 -145,031,000 -128,393,000 -68,496,000 -177,239,000 -105,380,000 -137,232,000 -120,369,000 -143,646,000 -139,023,000 -100,333,000 -96,162,000 -121,906,000 -108,446,000 -125,504,000 -86,619,000 -126,594,000 -81,303,000 -87,802,000 -77,653,000 -95,947,000 -95,963,000 -77,776,000 -64,226,000 -77,391,000 -81,494,000 -70,981,000 -57,524,000 -51,271,000 -51,791,000 -56,627,000 -57,088,000 -66,590,000 -65,540,000 -63,791,000 -62,921,000 -75,578,000 -67,445,000 -55,032,000 -59,363,000 -92,190,000 -57,560,000 -55,610,000 -47,230,000 -63,261,000 -56,535,000 -43,635,000 -36,495,000 -59,532,000 -47,173,000 -48,468,000 -41,864,000 -58,280,000 -35,186,000 -31,243,000 -26,438,000 -42,036,000 -29,526,000 -21,950,000 -19,703,000 -36,916,000 -28,473,000 -24,665,000 -27,144,000 -42,091,000 -38,744,000 -39,023,000 -32,243,000 -42,359,000 -35,470,000 -30,608,000 -32,108,000   -22,805,000 -14,200,000 
          free cash flows
        573,588,000 216,340,000 432,087,000 399,938,000 488,654,000 357,723,000 301,463,000 434,185,000 500,738,000 88,220,000 375,092,000 445,278,000 334,667,000 257,927,000 212,895,000 186,453,000 186,740,000 316,514,000 172,357,000 131,381,000 219,354,000 -11,470,000 162,487,000 35,060,000 104,418,000 90,642,000 138,565,000 40,158,000 118,355,000 51,664,000 115,585,000 23,321,000 143,592,000 37,000,000 83,461,000 36,376,000 93,491,000 1,580,000 35,867,000 54,195,000 -1,242,000 19,175,000 119,988,000 103,379,000 183,356,000 40,121,000 131,765,000 125,043,000 132,548,000 76,804,000 64,427,000 98,868,000 88,755,000 66,494,000 75,889,000 93,031,000 -12,488,000 61,947,000 80,967,000 75,168,000 41,867,000 50,959,000 37,714,000 47,139,000 40,164,000 44,664,000 35,958,000 26,986,000 35,867,000 5,754,000 16,279,000 8,369,000 16,004,000 -1,009,000 8,064,000 684,000 -1,361,000   -929,000 8,994,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                         
          purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment
        -180,332,000 -197,455,000 -163,486,000 -160,585,000 -144,810,000 -172,885,000 -147,525,000 -140,490,000 -132,703,000 -171,930,000 -131,200,000 -137,232,000 -120,369,000 -143,646,000 -139,023,000 -100,333,000 -96,162,000 -121,906,000 -108,446,000 -125,504,000 -86,619,000 -126,594,000 -81,303,000 -87,802,000 -77,653,000 -95,947,000 -95,963,000 -77,776,000 -64,226,000 -77,391,000 -81,494,000 -70,981,000 -57,524,000 -51,271,000 -51,791,000 -56,627,000 -57,088,000 -66,590,000 -65,540,000 -63,791,000 -62,921,000 -75,578,000 -67,445,000 -55,032,000 -59,363,000 -92,190,000 -57,560,000 -55,610,000 -47,230,000 -63,261,000 -56,535,000 -43,635,000 -36,495,000 -59,532,000 -47,173,000 -48,468,000 -41,864,000 -58,280,000 -35,186,000 -31,243,000 -26,438,000 -42,036,000 -29,526,000 -21,950,000 -19,703,000 -36,916,000 -28,473,000 -24,665,000 -27,144,000 -42,091,000 -38,744,000 -39,023,000 -32,243,000 -42,359,000 -35,470,000 -30,608,000 -32,108,000   -22,805,000 -14,200,000 
          purchases of investments
        -250,000 -12,503,000 -9,219,000 -2,500,000 -4,000,000 -157,827,000 -90,412,000 -371,636,000 -366,798,000 -269,150,000 -255,325,000 -375,837,000 -214,819,000 -100,603,000 -318,571,000 -76,415,000 -118,827,000 -140,451,000 -97,979,000 -100,443,000 -90,477,000 -143,349,000 -223,965,000 -20,358,000 -80,746,000 -120,647,000 -119,854,000 -119,142,000 -89,111,000 -187,971,000 -88,923,000 -39,545,000 -168,749,000 -79,717,000 -100,162,000       -125,543,000 -159,922,000 -134,793,000 -139,114,000 -130,372,000 -199,351,000 -101,499,000 -89,782,000 -93,710,000 -63,532,000 -175,799,000 -54,598,000 -84,592,000 -18,000,000 -50,488,000 -60,382,000 -83,549,000 -10,000,000 -30,250,000 -59,452,000                     
          maturities of investments
        172,509,000 182,212,000 157,302,000 165,073,000 154,889,000 174,567,000 173,697,000 175,911,000 198,462,000 289,065,000 220,223,000 120,926,000 99,639,000 60,551,000 60,457,000 60,617,000 81,923,000 102,307,000 81,396,000 101,452,000 60,593,000 100,573,000 119,927,000 99,541,000 99,037,000 148,275,000 108,448,000 160,000,000 60,000,000 90,000,000 110,000,000 40,000,000 145,000,000 190,000,000 60,000,000   45,000,000 65,200,000 71,450,000 121,000,000 95,000,000 83,500,000 50,000,000 71,750,000 49,500,000 52,500,000 28,000,000 39,250,000 39,500,000     34,759,000 10,241,000 79,766,000                     
          net cash from investing activities
        -8,073,000 -27,746,000 -15,403,000 1,988,000 6,079,000 -136,032,000 -64,240,000 -336,215,000 -301,039,000 -152,015,000 -166,302,000 -392,143,000 -235,549,000 -183,698,000 -397,137,000 -116,131,000 -133,066,000 -158,900,000 -125,029,000 -121,610,000 -116,503,000 -169,370,000 -187,841,000 -16,144,000 -59,362,000 -54,350,000 -107,369,000 -36,918,000 -93,337,000 -175,362,000 -60,417,000 -70,526,000 -81,273,000 59,012,000 -91,953,000 3,451,000 -57,088,000 -66,590,000 -65,540,000 -63,791,000 522,727,000 -135,921,000 -155,917,000 -68,825,000 -103,477,000 -139,062,000 -206,911,000 -85,359,000 -87,512,000 -104,471,000 -92,067,000 -180,184,000 -51,593,000 -89,124,000 -65,173,000 -98,956,000 -102,246,000 -107,070,000 -45,186,000 -51,838,000 -6,124,000 -78,702,000 -14,526,000 -21,950,000 -74,703,000 -86,916,000 -28,473,000 -24,665,000 72,846,000 -142,081,000 -38,744,000 -39,023,000 -12,243,000 -62,359,000 -35,470,000 -35,714,000 -32,670,000   -22,805,000 -14,200,000 
          financing activities
                                                                                         
          repurchase of common stock
        -701,027,000 -741,796,000 -686,665,000 -443,259,000 -553,796,000 -338,954,000                                                                            
          tax withholding on stock-based compensation awards
        -47,997,000 -900,000 -15,239,000 -417,000 -32,902,000 -880,000 -338,000 -357,000 -72,654,000 -533,000 -1,139,000 -289,000 -67,185,000 -6,596,000 -469,000 -6,094,000 -85,811,000 -16,378,000 -4,632,000 -14,050,000 -44,810,000 -579,000 -29,000 -317,000 -47,630,000                                                         
          other financing activities
        1,534,000 1,100,000 1,436,000 16,000 1,524,000 1,099,000 1,019,000 386,000 -415,000 297,000 431,000 104,000 11,000 292,000 2,000 -229,000 -359,000 68,000 -134,000 -1,987,000 -221,000 -30,000 -10,000                                                           
          net cash from financing activities
        -747,490,000 -741,596,000 -700,468,000 -443,660,000 -585,174,000 -338,735,000 -489,556,000 -145,334,000 -100,074,000 -155,280,000 -216,259,000 -95,230,000 -193,883,000 -206,669,000 -108,332,000 -264,925,000 -349,478,000 -182,039,000 -102,348,000 -161,959,000 -102,260,000 -609,000 -39,000 -2,103,000 -102,100,000 -39,029,000 -40,256,000 -58,919,000 -63,531,000 -45,357,000 -19,322,000 -29,208,000 -72,648,000 -76,319,000 -105,757,000 -44,687,000 -59,131,000 -66,840,000 -71,401,000 -114,910,000 -583,132,000 -313,955,000 -14,046,000 -45,898,000 -12,541,000 -16,234,000 -9,672,000 -36,994,000 -3,837,000 -20,575,000 -3,153,000 -27,647,000 -48,976,000 -135,699,000 -41,992,000 -7,272,000 41,429,000 -21,387,000 -10,469,000 12,068,000 -4,480,000 -156,000 -44,539,000 -38,099,000 -11,728,000 -13,544,000 -5,811,000 -23,621,000 -18,967,000 -29,903,000 287,000 86,000 -18,000 4,528,000 3,376,000 1,737,000 7,183,000 782,000 12,596,000 9,509,000 124,409,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        602,000 -229,000 599,000 -550,000 -236,000 -140,000 -374,000 -369,000 -752,000 377,000 -261,000 -25,000 290,000 163,000 -680,000 -637,000 147,000 -251,000 -572,000 191,000 -407,000 699,000 481,000 715,000 -819,000 9,000 -97,000 316,000 178,000                                                     
          net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -103,611,000 -343,727,000 -145,592,000 119,105,000 -22,256,000 51,863,000 -107,676,000 80,660,000 167,369,000 -41,459,000 97,650,000 95,112,000 25,894,000 11,369,000 -154,231,000 -94,907,000 -199,495,000 97,230,000 52,854,000 -26,493,000 86,803,000 -54,156,000 56,391,000 105,330,000 19,790,000 93,219,000 86,806,000 22,413,000 25,891,000 -92,456,000 117,390,000 -6,123,000 47,171,000                                                 
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
        385,909,000  778,379,000  586,163,000  408,966,000  846,230,000 635,836,000  508,481,000 280,152,000 214,170,000                                                 
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
        282,298,000  -145,592,000 119,105,000 756,123,000  -107,676,000 80,660,000 753,532,000  97,650,000 95,112,000 434,860,000  -154,231,000 -94,907,000 646,735,000 97,230,000 52,854,000 -26,493,000 722,639,000  56,391,000 105,330,000 528,271,000 93,219,000 86,806,000 22,413,000 306,043,000 -92,456,000 117,390,000 -6,123,000 261,341,000                                                 
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
                                                                                         
          income taxes paid/
        -55,146,000                                                                                 
          purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        102,570,000 -12,049,000 25,893,000 -804,000 76,389,000 3,838,000 2,494,000 12,097,000 64,207,000 -5,309,000 25,820,000                                                                       
          repurchase of common stock accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        29,190,000 7,273,000 6,669,000 -3,086,000 12,102,000 -4,721,000                                                                            
          proceeds from sale of equipment
                         1,150,000                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                                                         
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of year
                                                                                         
          income taxes paid
         104,477,000 39,677,000 270,573,000 8,754,000 124,309,000 131,126,000 269,568,000 7,859,000 345,614,000 21,363,000 33,497,000 -245,000 48,344,000 88,275,000 136,886,000 2,291,000 -180,900,000 54,822,000 101,338,000 6,909,000 93,997,000 -9,644,000 671,000 -14,000 6,132,000 34,364,000                                                       
          acquisition of treasury stock
               -145,363,000 -27,005,000 -155,044,000 -215,551,000 -95,045,000 -126,709,000 -200,365,000 -107,865,000 -258,602,000 -263,308,000 -165,729,000 -97,582,000 -145,922,000 -57,229,000 -54,401,000 -38,996,000 -40,079,000 -58,656,000 -52,886,000 -44,536,000 -14,600,000 -29,175,000 -72,626,000 -76,335,000 -105,758,000 -44,690,000 -59,137,000 -66,301,000 -71,318,000 -116,234,000 -583,802,000 -313,553,000 -30,800,000 -93,073,000 -23,249,000 -24,933,000 -13,113,000 -37,556,000 -12,736,000 -41,248,000 -16,590,000 -30,100,000 -50,965,000 -134,531,000 -42,964,000 -12,586,000 -27,011,000 -21,698,000 -19,326,000 -8,961,000 -13,523,000 -15,122,000 -52,897,000 -40,785,000 -17,798,000 -14,088,000 -12,484,000 -36,369,000 -21,148,000             
          acquisition of treasury stock accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
               6,157,000 3,646,000 -9,669,000 12,906,000 -7,016,000 9,422,000 -1,502,000 -1,000,000 2,502,000 4,497,000 3,197,000 1,126,000 -625,000 3,997,000      -1,152,000                                                       
          purchases of leasehold improvements, property, and equipment accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                    63,745,000 13,894,000 -2,945,000 8,270,000 52,802,000 -1,509,000 14,908,000 -4,465,000 54,868,000 -25,885,000 31,356,000 7,747,000 33,757,000 -3,364,000 13,131,000                                                       
          acquisitions of equity method investments
                             -2,500,000                                                           
          amortization of operating lease assets
                           56,216,000 49,269,000 48,486,000 47,913,000 45,178,000 42,961,000 46,330,000 40,184,000 39,333,000 38,105,000                                                     
          deferred rent
                                     4,201,000 5,641,000 6,035,000 5,420,000 7,586,000 6,947,000 6,581,000 8,882,000 9,711,000 10,375,000 8,375,000 8,569,000 11,379,000 8,020,000 6,732,000 6,780,000 7,645,000 6,796,000 5,820,000 6,764,000 6,776,000 7,145,000 5,914,000 5,880,000 6,931,000 5,388,000 6,316,000 5,130,000 6,684,000 5,021,000 4,206,000 3,713,000 5,267,000 4,270,000 4,100,000 3,624,000 6,889,000 4,827,000 3,531,000 4,139,000 6,888,000 6,296,000 6,036,000 4,597,000 5,148,000 4,644,000 4,680,000 3,089,000 3,159,000 2,543,000 2,245,000 1,767,000 
          stock plan transactions and other financing activities
                                -69,000 -33,000 -155,000 -233,000 -277,000 -37,000 -95,000 -33,000 -22,000 16,000 1,000 3,000 6,000 29,000 11,000 22,000 -10,000 18,000 -50,000 -56,000 -119,000                                     
          bad debt allowance
                                 -52,000 -121,000 206,000 9,000 10,000   33,000 1,000 180,000 -361,000 219,000 -80,000 -40,000 4,000 -27,000 19,000 8,000 2,000 -20,000 -5,000 -15,000 30,000 9,000 140,000 721,000 173,000 12,000 210,000 26,000 3,000 77,000 -156,000 64,000 -136,000 54,000 -299,000 36,000 100,000 219,000 85,000     -422,000 1,000 224,000 138,000 
          tax withholding on share-based compensation awards
                                  -22,000 -30,000 -10,368,000 -784,000                                                    
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                             540,648,000                                         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                     -792,000 50,000 -691,000 -24,000                                                 
          increase in purchases of leasehold improvements, property, and equipment accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                                                         
          increase in acquisition of treasury stock accrued in accrued liabilities
                                                                                         
          accrued liabilities and accrued payroll and benefits
                                                                                         
          other comprehensive income, net of income taxes:
                                                                                         
          foreign currency translation adjustments
                                        132,000  -358,000 1,461,000 675,000  562,000 -2,694,000 1,929,000                                         
          unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities
                                        -144,000                                                 
          tax benefit
                                        43,000                                                 
          other comprehensive income, net of income taxes
                                        31,000  -132,000 1,585,000 493,000  -483,000 -4,078,000 3,822,000                                         
          comprehensive income
                                        59,477,000  -47,252,000 22,195,000 46,613,000  -18,280,000 47,950,000 -22,610,000                                         
          loss on disposal and impairment of assets
                                        4,859,000 3,332,000 10,397,000 -4,034,000 3,650,000 7,240,000                                            
          excess tax benefit on stock-based compensation
                                             568,000 94,000 -1,302,000 -680,000 419,000 -16,803,000 -47,231,000 -10,827,000 -8,696,000 -3,455,000 -561,000 -8,955,000 -20,685,000 -13,443,000 -2,382,000 -1,869,000 1,366,000 -924,000 -5,260,000 -68,392,000 -303,000 -8,810,000 -20,973,000 -8,700,000 -20,413,000 2,547,000 1,039,000 2,301,000 178,000 3,461,000 6,166,000 630,000 79,000 141,000   2,963,000 2,140,000 1,083,000 446,000 374,000 323,000 257,000 403,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                         125,000 801,000 957,000 173,000 -988,000 -298,000 -130,000 1,526,000 -1,034,000 -993,000 1,040,000 -3,209,000 -168,000 -174,000 158,000 -40,000 108,000 702,000 30,000 -304,000 201,000 455,000 -665,000 389,000 -402,000 -424,000 221,000 400,000 -295,000                    
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
                                         71,089,000 -61,657,000 52,724,000 34,533,000 -66,248,000 -35,832,000 -60,845,000 2,800,000 -356,157,000 16,477,000 44,728,000 123,492,000 -23,153,000 -27,432,000 58,458,000 88,389,000 15,127,000 26,444,000 -65,298,000 24,377,000 -98,596,000 16,352,000 34,606,000 -31,052,000 -8,632,000 60,074,000 66,862,000 58,101,000 13,842,000 8,954,000 9,040,000 -26,564,000 -18,880,000 30,147,000 3,365,000 116,890,000 -124,139,000 16,566,000 8,455,000 35,986,000 -16,481,000 11,440,000 -2,685,000 5,260,000 -3,923,000 15,521,000 8,580,000 133,403,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                   419,465,000                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                         
          unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                          87,880,000  248,005,000      323,203,000 322,553,000 401,243,000  224,838,000  219,566,000  88,044,000  151,176,000  153,642,000  61,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                          -61,657,000 52,724,000 122,413,000  -35,832,000 -60,845,000 250,805,000  16,477,000 44,728,000 542,957,000  -27,432,000 58,458,000 411,592,000 15,127,000 26,444,000 -65,298,000 346,930,000 -98,596,000 16,352,000 34,606,000 370,191,000  60,074,000 66,862,000 282,939,000  8,954,000 9,040,000 193,002,000  30,147,000 3,365,000 204,934,000  16,566,000 8,455,000 187,162,000  11,440,000 -2,685,000 158,902,000  15,521,000 8,580,000 133,464,000 
          revenue
                                           100,580,000 1,068,829,000  38,599,000 163,924,000 834,459,000                                         
          restaurant operating costs
                                                                                         
          food, beverage and packaging
                                           37,357,000 361,795,000  21,998,000 47,736,000 294,166,000                                         
          labor
                                           18,000,000 287,851,000  9,218,000 19,245,000 257,681,000                                         
          occupancy
                                           1,359,000 78,962,000  1,847,000 1,762,000 70,592,000                                         
          other operating costs
                                           13,076,000 150,609,000  13,889,000 -3,033,000 155,189,000                                         
          general and administrative expenses
                                           634,000 69,441,000  7,649,000 8,746,000 62,010,000                                         
          pre-opening costs
                                           -1,166,000 4,069,000  357,000 -288,000 4,421,000                                         
          total operating expenses
                                           67,028,000 995,656,000  69,768,000 76,425,000 881,063,000                                         
          income from operations
                                           33,552,000 73,173,000  -31,169,000 87,499,000 -46,604,000                                         
          interest and other income
                                           -139,000 1,188,000  -114,000 -1,340,000 2,126,000                                         
          income before income taxes
                                           33,413,000 74,361,000  -31,283,000 86,159,000 -44,478,000                                         
          benefit for income taxes
                                           -12,803,000 -28,241,000   -34,131,000 18,046,000                                         
          unrealized gain on investments, net of tax benefit of 37,
                                                                                         
          earnings per share:
                                                                                         
          basic
                                           730 1,600  -610 1,760 -880                                         
          diluted
                                           720 1,600  -600 1,750 -880                                         
          weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                         
          unrealized gain on investments, net of tax benefit of 94 and
                                            -182,000                                             
          provision for income taxes
                                                                                         
          unrealized gain on investments, net of income taxes of (346), 0, 1,185, and 0
                                                                                         
          loss on disposal of assets
                                               971,000 2,216,000 5,450,000 2,156,000 1,388,000 4,200,000 2,209,000 1,606,000 1,602,000 1,559,000 1,607,000 2,405,000 1,399,000 1,340,000 903,000 1,399,000 1,475,000 1,250,000 1,490,000 1,278,000 1,377,000 1,661,000 2,004,000 1,511,000 1,512,000 1,269,000 1,204,000 1,544,000 1,344,000 1,864,000 4,127,000 2,379,000 1,370,000 1,463,000 1,249,000 1,784,000 1,843,000 1,292,000 1,137,000 1,106,000 1,116,000 623,000 
          unrealized gain on investments, net of income taxes of 348, 0, 1,531, and 0
                                                                                         
          unrealized gain on investments, net of income taxes of 1,182 and 0
                                                1,893,000                                         
          increase in purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                 -1,838,000 2,847,000 6,067,000 -9,946,000                                     
          other financing proceeds
                                                      -14,000 1,000 -56,000                                 
          increase in purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment accrued in accounts payable
                                                      12,887,000 1,207,000 -290,000 -9,917,000 9,613,000   -5,876,000 5,644,000    8,389,000    5,870,000    4,741,000 1,360,000 -666,000             
          acquisition of interests in equity method investment
                                                                                       
          proceeds from employee stock plan transactions
                                                         25,000 30,000 106,000 155,000                             
          other financing payments
                                                         -37,000 -36,000 -35,000 -35,000                             
          decrease in purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment accrued in accounts payable
                                                            2,813,000    -149,000    -286,000    -791,000     4,110,000            
          payments on deemed landlord financing
                                                             -34,000 -34,000 -32,000 -33,000 -31,000 -31,000 -29,000 -29,000 -28,000 -25,000 -21,000 -22,000 -21,000 -21,000 -20,000 -20,000 -20,000 -19,000 -19,000 -18,000 -18,000 -19,000 -17,000 -17,000   -14,000 -14,000 
          proceeds from employee stock plans
                                                                                         
          supplemental disclosures of non-cash information
                                                                                         
          proceeds from option exercises
                                                               86,000 81,000 39,000 78,000 85,000 372,000 6,355,000 5,836,000 1,668,000 3,791,000 387,000 3,233,000 6,602,000 1,571,000 265,000 165,000   1,583,000 1,255,000 671,000 354,000 427,000 941,000 545,000 839,000 
          increase in valuation allowance
                                                                                         
          income tax receivable/payable
                                                                     1,089,000 -13,472,000 -17,687,000 16,861,000 9,183,000 843,000 -15,742,000 10,208,000 2,910,000   8,198,000         
          stock-based compensation
                                                                  10,643,000 13,055,000 8,923,000 3,535,000 6,157,000 7,002,000 4,687,000 3,513,000 3,768,000 4,339,000 3,372,000 2,834,000 3,749,000 2,946,000 1,845,000 1,664,000 2,085,000 2,484,000 1,568,000 1,382,000 783,000 1,508,000 1,520,000 
          income tax receivable
                                                                   22,684,000 24,383,000                     
          change in valuation allowance
                                                                                         
          prepaid expenses and other current assets and
                                                                                         
          purchases of equity method investment
                                                                                         
          prepaid expenses
                                                                      -528,000 -2,708,000 -1,317,000 -1,019,000 -325,000 628,000 -1,897,000 317,000 -658,000 -243,000 -2,183,000 -364,000 -686,000 -155,000 -680,000 -77,000 -293,000 237,000 1,632,000 
          purchases of available-for-sale securities
                                                                      -10,000,000 -25,000,000 -55,000,000                 
          maturity of available-for-sale securities
                                                                      25,000,000   99,990,000 20,000,000         
          franchise acquisitions
                                                                                 -5,106,000 -562,000     
          proceeds from former parent company under tax sharing agreement
                                                                                         
          current income tax benefit
                                                                                         
          net proceeds from sale of common stock
                                                                                         
          costs of issuing common stock
                                                                                       -36,000 -12,400,000 
          proceeds from mcdonald’s—tax sharing agreement
                                                                                         
          proceeds from mcdonald’s—intercompany notes
                                                                                    6,400,000 2,248,000 
          proceeds from deemed landlord financing
                                                                                        
          other long term liabilities
                                                                              254,000    332,000       
          proceeds from mcdonald’s tax sharing agreement
                                                                                     10,711,000   
          income tax payable
                                                                                   -4,547,000 8,689,000 -1,533,000 -1,111,000 265,000 4,601,000 
          net purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment accrued in accounts payable
                                                                               -2,322,000 1,780,000  1,371,000 687,000 -81,000 -10,448,000 5,260,000 -607,000 328,000 
          franchise acquisition purchase price outstanding as of march 31, 2007
                                                                                    1,926,000     
          current income tax provision
                                                                                     -2,614,000 1,832,000 
          deferred income tax benefit
                                                                                 5,337,000 -3,602,000 -3,475,000 -1,805,000   -2,494,000 -1,185,000 
          income tax (receivable) payable
                                                                                         
          due from mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                         
          payments to mcdonald’s—intercompany notes
                                                                                         
          changes in cash overdrafts
                                                                                         
          taxes paid
                                                                                         
          non-cash pre-opening rent capitalized to leasehold improvements
                                                                                         
          net change in purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment accrued in accounts payable
                                                                                         
          due to mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                        1,714,000 
          proceeds from sale of common stock
                                                                                      133,333,000 
          proceeds from mcdonald’s intercompany notes
                                                                                         
          due to (from) mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                         
          cost of issuing common stock
                                                                                         
          due (from) to mcdonald’s corp.
                                                                                         
          proceeds from mcdonalds—tax sharing agreement
                                                                                         
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                         
          net cash provided by operating activities