−Removed: As of October 3, 2020,
−Removed: Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc., a Florida corporation, together with its subsidiaries (“we”, “our”,
−Removed: “ours”
−Removed: and “us”
−Removed: as the context requires), (i) operates 27 units, consisting of restaurants, package liquor
−Removed: stores and combination restaurants/package liquor stores that we either own or have operational control over and partial ownership
−Removed: and (ii) franchises an additional five units, consisting of two restaurants (one of which we operate) and three combination
−Removed: restaurants/package liquor stores.
−Removed: The table below provides information concerning the type (i.e.
−Removed: restaurant, package liquor store
−Removed: or combination restaurant/package liquor store) and ownership of the units (i.e.
+Added: As of October 2, 2021, Flanigan’s
+Added: Enterprises, Inc., a Florida corporation, together with its subsidiaries (“we”, “our”, “ours” and
+Added: “us” as the context requires), (i) operates 27 units, consisting of restaurants, package liquor stores and combination restaurants/package
+Added: liquor stores that we either own or have operational control over and partial ownership in;
+Added: and (ii) franchises an additional five units,
+Added: consisting of two restaurants (one of which we operate) and three combination restaurants/package liquor stores.
+Added: The table below provides
+Added: information concerning the type (i.e.
+Added: restaurant, package liquor store or combination restaurant/package liquor store) and ownership of
+Added: the units (i.e.
whether (i) we own 100% of the unit;
−Removed: unit is owned by a limited partnership of which we are the sole general partner and/or have invested in;
−Removed: or (iii) the unit is franchised
−Removed: by us), as of October 3, 2020 and as compared to September 28, 2019.
−Removed: With the exception of “The Whale’s Rib”,
−Removed: a restaurant we operate but do not own, all of the restaurants operate under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar
−Removed: and Grill”
−Removed: and all of the package liquor stores operate under our service marks “Big Daddy’s Liquors”
−Removed: “Big Daddy’s Wine & Liquors.”
+Added: (ii) the unit is owned by a limited partnership of which we are the sole general
+Added: partner and/or have invested in;
+Added: or (iii) the unit is franchised by us), as of October 2, 2021 and as compared to October 3, 2020.
+Added: the exception of “The Whale’s Rib”, a restaurant we operate but do not own, all of the restaurants operate under our
+Added: service marks “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill” or “Flanigan’s” and all of the package liquor stores
+Added: operate under our service marks “Big Daddy’s Liquors” or “Big Daddy’s Wine & Liquors.”
TYPES OF UNITS
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−Removed: TOTAL –
−Removed: Company-Owned/Operated Units
+Added: TOTAL – Company-Owned/Operated Units
Franchised Units
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−Removed: (1) During the first quarter of our fiscal year 2019, our combination package liquor store and restaurant
−Removed: located at 2505 N.
−Removed: University Drive, Hollywood, Florida (Store #19) was damaged by a fire which has caused it to be closed since
−Removed: the first quarter of our fiscal year 2019.
−Removed: Revenues and expenses from Store #19 for the time Store #19 was open during the first
−Removed: quarter of our fiscal year 2019 (two (2) days) are immaterial, with the exception of payroll.
+Added: During the first quarter of our fiscal year 2019, our combination package liquor store and restaurant located
+Added: University Drive, Hollywood, Florida (Store #19) was damaged by a fire which has caused it to be closed since the first quarter
+Added: of our fiscal year 2019.
+Added: Revenues and expenses from Store #19 for the time Store #19 was open during the first quarter of our fiscal year
+Added: 2019 (two (2) days) are immaterial, with the exception of payroll.
Store #19 remains closed.
−Removed: (2) During the first quarter of our fiscal year 2020, our new package liquor store located at 12776
−Removed: Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida (Store #45) opened for business.
We operate a restaurant for one (1) franchisee.
−Removed: This unit is included in the table both as a franchised
−Removed: restaurant as well as a Company-operated restaurant.
−Removed: Impact of COVID-19
−Removed: In March 2020, a novel
−Removed: strain of coronavirus was declared a global pandemic and a National Public Health Emergency.
−Removed: The novel coronavirus pandemic and
−Removed: related “shelter-in-place”
−Removed: orders and other governmental mandates relating thereto (collectively, “COVID-19”)
−Removed: adversely affected and will, in all likelihood continue to adversely affect, our restaurant operations and financial results for
−Removed: the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Due to COVID-19, from mid-March 2020 through mid-May 2020, we ceased all dining and bar services at all
−Removed: of our restaurants, limiting service to take-out and delivery only of food, and implemented reduced hours at our retail package
−Removed: liquor stores.
−Removed: From mid-May 2020 through the beginning of July 2020, there was a gradual elimination of restrictions on our restaurant
−Removed: operations, permitting us to, among other things, provide dining for outdoor seating patrons with appropriate social distancing
−Removed: and provide dining for indoor patrons at up to 50% capacity (depending on the location of the restaurant), but with no bar service
−Removed: and increased operating hours at our package liquor stores.
−Removed: From the beginning of July 2020 through the beginning of September
−Removed: 2020, we ceased dine-in service at all of our Miami-Dade County, Florida restaurants, (two Company-owned and six limited partnership
−Removed: owned restaurants).
−Removed: Since the beginning of September 2020, we have been offering both food and bar options at all of our restaurants,
−Removed: including those located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with appropriate social distancing and dine-in
−Removed: service at up to 100% capacity, including outdoor dining.
−Removed: Due to COVID-19, we implemented
−Removed: (i) certain cost cutting measures including material layoffs at our restaurants and reduced corporate personnel salaries;
−Removed: a number of changes to our operations such as the establishment of an in-house delivery service and an adjustment to our traditional
−Removed: staffing model to meet customer demand.
−Removed: We have been in regular contact with our suppliers and while to date we have not experienced
−Removed: significant disruptions in our supply chain, we could see future disruptions should the impacts of COVID-19 extend for a considerable
−Removed: amount of time.
−Removed: To support our employees, we have implemented work from home support, increased sanitization of high touch, high
−Removed: traffic areas in our restaurants, retail package liquor stores and corporate offices, provided personal protective equipment for
−Removed: our employees and increased the frequency of personal hygiene practices.
−Removed: From March 29, 2020 through May 9, 2020, the salaries
−Removed: of all our non-executive corporate office personnel were reduced by 20%, the base salaries of our Chief Operating Officer and Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer were each reduced by 50% and our Chief Executive Officer waived his base salary, representing salary savings
−Removed: of approximately $135,000 during this period.
−Removed: Our employee headcount as of fiscal year end 2020 was 1,804 persons reduced from
−Removed: 1,870 persons as of our fiscal year end 2019.
−Removed: In addition and also
−Removed: due to COVID-19, we did not make any quarterly distributions to our limited partners for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: For each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020, we made quarterly distributions to our limited partners
−Removed: equal to one-half (½) of the amounts that would have been distributed for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: During the third
−Removed: quarter of fiscal year end 2020, the United States government passed a $2.0 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic
−Removed: Security Act (“CARES Act”) designed primarily to help keep businesses running during and after the COVID-19
−Removed: The CARES Act included provisions for certain deductions and tax credits, filing deadline extensions, filing
−Removed: payment deadlines and making available certain grant money to assist businesses.
−Removed: This CARES ACT allowed us to take advantage
−Removed: of credits, deferments, and deductions, and loans from an unrelated third party lender pursuant to the Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program (“PPP Loans”) (described below) during the third quarter of our fiscal year 2020.
−Removed: As a result, during the third and
−Removed: fourth quarter of 2020, we reversed certain of our cost cutting measures, including (i) reinstating employees laid off at our
−Removed: restaurants in anticipation of resuming dine-in service, (ii)restoring corporate personnel and executive salaries and (iii)
−Removed: paying prior salary reductions.
−Removed: We do not believe COVID-19
−Removed: has had a material adverse effect on our access to supplies or labor, although there can be no assurance that there will not be
−Removed: a significant adverse impact on our supply chain or access to labor in the future.
−Removed: We are actively monitoring our food suppliers
−Removed: to assess how they are managing their operations to mitigate supply flow and food safety risks.
−Removed: To ensure we mitigate potential
−Removed: supply availability risk, we are building additional inventory back stock levels when appropriate and we have also identified alternative
−Removed: supply sources in key product categories including but not limited to food, sanitation and safety supplies.
−Removed: Additional information
−Removed: regarding the impact of COVID-19 on our business and the CARES Act is set forth within this Part I, Part II Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors,
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Item 8.
−Removed: Financial Statements
−Removed: and Supplementary Data, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
−Removed: History and Development of Our Business
−Removed: We were incorporated in
−Removed: Florida in 1959 and commenced operating as a chain of small cocktail lounges and package liquor stores throughout South Florida.
−Removed: By 1970, we had established a chain of "Big Daddy's"
−Removed: lounges and package liquor stores between Vero Beach and Homestead,
−Removed: From 1970 to 1979, we expanded our package liquor store and lounge operations throughout Florida and opened clubs in five
−Removed: other "Sun Belt"
−Removed: In 1975, we discontinued most of our package store operations in Florida except in the South
−Removed: Florida areas of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe Counties.
−Removed: In 1982, we expanded our club operations into the Philadelphia,
−Removed: Pennsylvania area as general partner of several limited partnerships we organized.
−Removed: In March 1985, we began franchising package
−Removed: liquor stores and lounges in the South Florida area.
−Removed: See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements and the discussion of
−Removed: franchised units on page 4.
−Removed: During our fiscal year
−Removed: 1987, we began renovating our lounges to provide full restaurant food service, and subsequently renovated and added food service
−Removed: to most of our lounges.
−Removed: Food sales currently represent approximately 81.1% and bar sales approximately 18.9% of our total restaurant
−Removed: Our package liquor stores
−Removed: emphasize high volume business by providing customers with a wide variety of brand name and private label merchandise at discount
−Removed: Our restaurants offer alcoholic beverages and full food service with abundant portions and reasonable prices, served in
−Removed: a relaxed, friendly and casual atmosphere.
−Removed: We conduct our operations
−Removed: directly and through a number of limited partnerships and wholly owned subsidiaries, all of which are listed below.
−Removed: Our subsidiaries
−Removed: and the limited partnerships, (except for the limited partnership, where we are not the general partner, which owns and operates
−Removed: our franchised restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) are reported on a consolidated basis.
−Removed: Flanigan’s Management Services, Inc.
−Removed: Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc.
−Removed: Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc.
−Removed: Flanigan’s Enterprises of N.
+Added: This unit is included in the table both as a franchised restaurant
+Added: as well as a Company-operated restaurant.
+Added: and Development of Our Business
+Added: We were incorporated in Florida
+Added: in 1959 and commenced operating as a chain of small cocktail lounges and package liquor stores throughout South Florida.
+Added: By 1970, we had
+Added: established a chain of "Big Daddy's" lounges and package liquor stores between Vero Beach and Homestead, Florida.
+Added: 1979, we expanded our package liquor store and lounge operations throughout Florida and opened clubs in five other "Sun Belt"
+Added: In 1975, we discontinued most of our package store operations in Florida except in the South Florida areas of Miami-Dade, Broward,
+Added: Palm Beach and Monroe Counties.
+Added: In 1982, we expanded our club operations into the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area as general partner of
+Added: several limited partnerships we organized.
+Added: In March 1985, we began franchising package liquor stores and lounges in the South Florida
+Added: See Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements and the discussion of franchised units on page 8.
+Added: During our fiscal year 1987, we
+Added: began renovating our lounges to provide full restaurant food service, and subsequently renovated and added food service to most of our
+Added: Food sales currently represent approximately 80.2% and bar sales approximately 19.8% of our total restaurant sales.
+Added: Our package liquor stores emphasize
+Added: high volume business by providing customers with a wide variety of brand name and private label merchandise at discount prices.
+Added: Our restaurants
+Added: offer alcoholic beverages and full food service with abundant portions and reasonable prices, served in a relaxed, friendly and casual
+Added: We conduct our operations directly
+Added: and through a number of limited partnerships and wholly owned subsidiaries, all of which are listed below.
+Added: Our subsidiaries and the limited
+Added: partnerships, (except for the limited partnership, where we are not the general partner, which owns and operates our franchised restaurant
+Added: in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) are reported on a consolidated basis.
+Added: Flanigan’s Management Services, Inc.
+Added: Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc.
+Added: Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc.
+Added: Flanigan’s Enterprises of N.
CIC Investors #13, Limited Partnership
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CIC Investors #85, Limited Partnership
+Added: CIC Investors #90, Limited Partnership
Josar Investments, LLC
−Removed: Flanigan’s Calusa Center, LLC
−Removed: Flanigan’s Fish Company, LLC
−Removed: Package Liquor Store Operations
−Removed: Our package liquor stores
−Removed: emphasize high volume business by providing customers with a wide selection of brand name and private label liquors, beers and
−Removed: wines while offering competitive pricing by meeting the published sales prices of our competitors.
−Removed: We provide sales training to
−Removed: our package liquor store personnel.
+Added: Flanigan’s Calusa Center, LLC
+Added: Flanigan’s Fish Company, LLC
+Added: Liquor Store Operations
+Added: Our package liquor stores emphasize
+Added: high volume business by providing customers with a wide selection of brand name and private label liquors, beers and wines while offering
+Added: competitive pricing by meeting the published sales prices of our competitors.
+Added: We provide sales training to our package liquor store personnel.
The stores are open for business seven days a week from 9:00-10:00 a.m.
−Removed: to 9:00-10:00 p.m.,
−Removed: depending upon demand and local law.
−Removed: Most of our units have "night windows"
−Removed: with extended evening hours.
−Removed: Company-Owned Package
−Removed: Liquor Stores .
−Removed: We own and operate nine package liquor stores in the South Florida area under the name “Big Daddy’s
−Removed: Liquors”, two of which are jointly operated with restaurants we own.
−Removed: Franchised Package Liquor
−Removed: We currently franchise three package liquor stores, all in the South Florida area, all of which are operated under
−Removed: the name “Big Daddy’s Liquors”.
−Removed: Of the three franchised package liquor stores, two are jointly operated with
−Removed: our franchisee’s restaurant operations and one is operated in a freestanding building adjacent to the franchisee’s
−Removed: restaurant operation.
−Removed: Two of the three remaining franchised package liquor stores are franchised to members of the family of our
−Removed: Chairman of the Board, officers and/or directors.
−Removed: We have not entered into a franchise arrangement for either a package liquor
−Removed: store, restaurant or combination package liquor store/restaurant since 1986 and do not anticipate that we will do so in the foreseeable
−Removed: Generally, a franchise
−Removed: agreement with our franchisees for the operation of a package liquor store runs for the balance of the term of the franchisee’s
−Removed: lease for the business premises, extended by the franchisee’s continued occupancy of the business premises thereafter, whether
−Removed: by lease or ownership.
−Removed: In exchange for our providing management and related services to the franchisee and our granting the right
−Removed: to the franchisee to use our service mark, “Big Daddy’s Liquors”, franchisees of package liquor stores pay us
−Removed: weekly in arrears, (i) a royalty equal to approximately 1% of gross sales;
−Removed: plus (ii) an amount for advertising equal to between
−Removed: 1-1/2% to 3% of gross sales generated at the stores depending upon our actual advertising costs.
−Removed: Restaurant Operations
−Removed: Our restaurants provide
−Removed: a neighborhood casual, standardized dining experience, typical of casual restaurant chains.
−Removed: The interior decor of the restaurants
−Removed: is nautical with numerous fishing and boating pictures and decorations.
−Removed: The restaurants are designed to permit minor modifications
−Removed: without significant capital expenditures.
−Removed: However, from time to time we are required to redesign and refurbish the restaurants
−Removed: at significant cost.
−Removed: Drink prices may vary between locations to meet local conditions.
−Removed: Food prices are substantially standardized
−Removed: for all restaurants.
−Removed: The restaurants' hours of operation are from 11:00 a.m.
+Added: to 9:00-10:00 p.m., depending upon demand and local law.
+Added: of our units have "night windows" with extended evening hours.
+Added: Company-Owned
+Added: Package Liquor Stores .
+Added: We own and operate nine package liquor stores in the South Florida area under the name “Big Daddy’s
+Added: Liquors” or “Big Daddy’s Wine & Liquors”, two of which are jointly operated with restaurants we own.
+Added: Package Liquor Stores .
+Added: We currently franchise three package liquor stores, all in the South Florida area, all of which are operated
+Added: under the name “Big Daddy’s Liquors”.
+Added: Of the three franchised package liquor stores, two are jointly operated with our
+Added: franchisee’s restaurant operations and one is operated in a freestanding building adjacent to the franchisee’s restaurant
+Added: Two of the three remaining franchised package liquor stores are franchised to members of the family of our Chairman of the
+Added: Board, officers and/or directors.
+Added: We have not entered into a franchise arrangement for either a package liquor store, restaurant or combination
+Added: package liquor store/restaurant since 1986 and do not anticipate that we will do so in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Generally, a franchise agreement
+Added: with our franchisees for the operation of a package liquor store runs for the balance of the term of the franchisee’s lease for
+Added: the business premises, extended by the franchisee’s continued occupancy of the business premises thereafter, whether by lease or
+Added: In exchange for our providing management and related services to the franchisee and our granting the right to the franchisee
+Added: to use our service mark, “Big Daddy’s Liquors”, franchisees of package liquor stores pay us weekly in arrears, (i) a
+Added: royalty equal to approximately 1% of gross sales;
+Added: plus (ii) an amount for advertising equal to between 1-1/2% to 3% of gross sales generated
+Added: at the stores depending upon our actual advertising costs.
+Added: Our restaurants provide a neighborhood
+Added: casual, standardized dining experience, typical of casual restaurant chains.
+Added: The interior decor of the restaurants is nautical with numerous
+Added: fishing and boating pictures and decorations.
+Added: The restaurants are designed to permit minor modifications without significant capital expenditures.
+Added: However, from time to time we are required to redesign and refurbish the restaurants at significant cost.
+Added: Drink prices may vary between
+Added: locations to meet local conditions.
+Added: Food prices are substantially standardized for all restaurants.
+Added: The restaurants' hours of operation
+Added: are from 11:00 a.m.
to 1:00-5:00 a.m.
−Removed: depending upon demand and local
−Removed: Company-Owned Restaurants .
−Removed: We own and operate nine restaurants all under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: are jointly operated with package liquor stores we own.
+Added: depending upon demand and local law.
+Added: Company-Owned
+Added: Restaurants .
+Added: We own and operate nine restaurants all under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
+Added: two of which are jointly operated with package liquor stores we own.
One additional combination package liquor store and restaurant located
University Drive, Hollywood, Florida (Store #19) has been closed since October 2018 due to fire damage.
−Removed: Franchised Restaurants .
−Removed: We franchise five restaurants, all of which operate under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”,
−Removed: two of which operate as a restaurant only, two of which operate jointly with a franchisee operated “Big Daddy’s Liquors”
−Removed: package liquor store and one of which operates adjacent to a “Big Daddy’s Liquors”
−Removed: package liquor store.
−Removed: Generally, a franchise
−Removed: agreement with our franchisees for the operation of a restaurant runs for the balance of the term of the franchisee’s lease
−Removed: for the business premises, extended by the franchisee’s continued occupancy of the business premises thereafter, whether
−Removed: by lease or ownership.
−Removed: In exchange for our providing management and related services to the franchisee and our granting the right
−Removed: to the franchisee to use our service mark, “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”, our franchisees pay us weekly
−Removed: in arrears, (i) a royalty equal to approximately 3% of gross sales;
−Removed: plus (ii) an amount for advertising equal to between 1-1/2%
−Removed: to 3% of gross sales from the restaurants depending upon our actual advertising costs.
−Removed: For accounting purposes,
−Removed: we do not consolidate the revenue and expenses of our franchisees’
−Removed: operations with our revenue and expenses.
−Removed: Franchise royalties
−Removed: we receive are “earned”
−Removed: when sales are made by franchisees.
−Removed: Restaurants Owned by Affiliated Limited Partnerships
−Removed: We have invested along
−Removed: with others, (some of whom are or are affiliated with our officers and directors), in nine limited partnerships which currently
−Removed: own and operate nine South Florida based restaurants under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”.
−Removed: In addition to being a limited partner in these limited partnerships, we are the sole general partner of eight of these limited
−Removed: partnerships and manage and control the operations of these restaurants.
−Removed: We are only a limited partner in the limited partnership
−Removed: which owns and operates the restaurant located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
−Removed: We are currently developing a “Flanigan’s
−Removed: Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: restaurant in Sunrise, Florida which will be owned by a limited partnership using the same or substantially
−Removed: similar financial arrangement and of which we will be the sole general partner and may invest as a limited partner.
−Removed: Generally, the terms of
−Removed: the limited partnership agreements provide that until the investors’
−Removed: cash investment in a limited partnership (including
−Removed: any cash invested by us) is returned in full, (available cash is distributed to the investors pro-rata based on ownership interest),
−Removed: the limited partnership distributes to the investors annually out of available cash from the operation of the restaurant, as a
−Removed: return of capital, up to 25% of the cash invested in the limited partnership, with no management fee paid to us.
−Removed: Any available
−Removed: cash in excess of the 25% of the cash invested in the limited partnership distributed to the investors annually, is paid one-half
−Removed: (½) to us as a management fee and one-half (½) to the investors, (including us), pro-rata based on the investors’
−Removed: investment, as a return of capital.
−Removed: Once all of the investors, (including us), have received, in full, amounts equal to their cash
−Removed: invested, an annual management fee becomes payable to us equal to one-half (½) of cash available to be distributed, with
−Removed: the other one-half (½) of available cash distributed to the investors (including us), as a profit distribution, pro-rata
−Removed: based on the investors’
−Removed: As of October 3, 2020, all eight (8) limited partnerships where we are the general partner
−Removed: and are eligible to receive a management fee, have returned to their respective investors all cash invested and we receive an annual
−Removed: management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by these limited partnerships.
−Removed: In addition to
−Removed: our receipt of distributable amounts from the limited partnerships, we receive a fee equal to 3% of gross sales for use of our
−Removed: “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark, which use is authorized while we act as general partner only.
−Removed: This 3% fee is “earned”
−Removed: when sales are made by the limited partnerships and is paid weekly, in arrears.
−Removed: will have any additional restaurants under development in the future will be dependent, among other things, on market conditions
−Removed: and our ability to raise capital.
−Removed: We anticipate that we will continue to form limited partnerships to raise funds to own and operate
−Removed: restaurants under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: using the same or substantially similar
−Removed: financial arrangements.
−Removed: Below is information on
−Removed: the nine limited partnerships which own and operate “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
+Added: Restaurants .
+Added: We franchise five restaurants, all of which operate under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and
+Added: Grill”, two of which operate as a restaurant only, two of which operate jointly with a franchisee operated “Big Daddy’s
+Added: Liquors” package liquor store and one of which operates adjacent to a “Big Daddy’s Liquors” package liquor store.
+Added: Generally, a franchise agreement
+Added: with our franchisees for the operation of a restaurant runs for the balance of the term of the franchisee’s lease for the business
+Added: premises, extended by the franchisee’s continued occupancy of the business premises thereafter, whether by lease or ownership.
+Added: exchange for our providing management and related services to the franchisee and our granting the right to the franchisee to use our service
+Added: mark, “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”, our franchisees pay us weekly in arrears, (i) a royalty equal to approximately
+Added: 3% of gross sales;
+Added: plus (ii) an amount for advertising equal to between 1-1/2% to 3% of gross sales from the restaurants depending upon
+Added: our actual advertising costs.
+Added: For accounting purposes, we do
+Added: not consolidate the revenue and expenses of our franchisees’ operations with our revenue and expenses.
+Added: Franchise royalties we receive
+Added: are “earned” when sales are made by franchisees.
+Added: Restaurants Owned by Affiliated
+Added: Limited Partnerships
+Added: We have invested along with others,
+Added: (some of whom are or are affiliated with our officers and directors), in nine limited partnerships which currently own and operate nine
+Added: South Florida based restaurants under our service mark “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”.
+Added: In addition to being a limited
+Added: partner in these limited partnerships, we are the sole general partner of eight of these limited partnerships and manage and control the
+Added: operations of these restaurants.
+Added: We are only a limited partner in the limited partnership which owns and operates the restaurant located
+Added: in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
+Added: We are currently developing “Flanigan’s” restaurants in Sunrise, Florida and Miramar, Florida,
+Added: both of which will be owned by a limited partnership using the same or substantially similar financial arrangement and corporate structure
+Added: as our other restaurants owned by limited partnerships, with the Company acting as the sole general partner of the limited partnerships.
+Added: Additionally, we and certain of our affiliates may become limited partners in these limited partnerships.
+Added: Generally, the terms of the limited
+Added: partnership agreements provide that until the investors’ cash investment in a limited partnership (including any cash invested by
+Added: us) is returned in full, (available cash is distributed to the investors pro-rata based on ownership interest), the limited partnership
+Added: distributes to the investors annually out of available cash from the operation of the restaurant, as a return of capital, up to 25% of
+Added: the cash invested in the limited partnership, with no management fee paid to us.
+Added: Any available cash in excess of the 25% of the cash invested
+Added: in the limited partnership distributed to the investors annually, is paid one-half (½) to us as a management fee and one-half (½)
+Added: to the investors, (including us), pro-rata based on the investors’ investment, as a return of capital.
+Added: Once all of the investors,
+Added: (including us), have received, in full, amounts equal to their cash invested, an annual management fee becomes payable to us equal to
+Added: one-half (½) of cash available to be distributed, with the other one-half (½) of available cash distributed to the investors
+Added: (including us), as a profit distribution, pro-rata based on the investors’ investment.
+Added: As of October 2, 2021, all eight (8) limited
+Added: partnerships where we are the general partner and are eligible to receive a management fee, have returned to their respective investors
+Added: all cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by these limited
+Added: partnerships.
+Added: In addition to our receipt of distributable amounts from the limited partnerships, we receive a fee equal to 3% of gross
+Added: sales for use of our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill” or “Flanigan’s” service marks, which use is
+Added: authorized while we act as general partner only.
+Added: This 3% fee is “earned” when sales are made by the limited partnerships and
+Added: is paid weekly, in arrears.
+Added: Whether we will have any additional restaurants under development in the future will be dependent, among other
+Added: things, on market conditions and our ability to raise capital.
+Added: We anticipate that we will continue to form limited partnerships to raise
+Added: funds to own and operate restaurants under our service marks “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill” or “Flanigan’s”
+Added: using the same or substantially similar financial arrangements.
+Added: Below is information on the nine
+Added: limited partnerships which own and operate “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill” or “Flanigan’s” restaurants:
Surfside, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 46% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Surfside, Florida under
−Removed: our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since March 6, 1998.
−Removed: 33.3% of the remaining limited partnership
−Removed: interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership has returned
−Removed: to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the
−Removed: cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 46% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Surfside, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since March 6, 1998.
+Added: 33.3% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
Kendall, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 41% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Kendall, Florida under
−Removed: our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since April 4, 2000.
−Removed: 28.3% of the remaining limited partnership
−Removed: interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership has returned
−Removed: to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the
−Removed: cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 41% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Kendall, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since April 4, 2000.
+Added: 28.3% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
West Miami, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 27% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in West Miami, Florida
−Removed: under our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since October 11, 2001.
−Removed: 32.7% of the remaining limited
−Removed: partnership interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership
−Removed: has returned to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½)
−Removed: of the cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 27% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in West Miami, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since October 11, 2001.
+Added: 32.7% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
Wellington, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 28% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Wellington, Florida
−Removed: under our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since May 27, 2005.
−Removed: 22.4% of the remaining limited
−Removed: partnership interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership
−Removed: has returned to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (1/2)
−Removed: of the cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 28% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Wellington, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since May 27, 2005.
+Added: 22.4% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (1/2) of the cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
Pinecrest, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and 45% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Pinecrest, Florida under
−Removed: our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since August 14, 2006.
−Removed: 20.2% of the remaining limited partnership
−Removed: interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership has returned
−Removed: to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the
−Removed: cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and 45% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Pinecrest, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since August 14, 2006.
+Added: 20.2% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
Pembroke Pines, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 24% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Pembroke Pines, Florida
−Removed: under our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since October 29, 2007.
−Removed: 23.8% of the remaining limited
−Removed: partnership interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership
−Removed: has returned to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½)
−Removed: of the cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 24% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Pembroke Pines, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since October 29, 2007.
+Added: 23.8% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
Davie, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 49% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Davie, Florida under
−Removed: our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since July 28, 2008.
−Removed: 12.3% of the remaining limited partnership
−Removed: interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership has returned
−Removed: to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the
−Removed: cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 49% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Davie, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since July 28, 2008.
+Added: 12.3% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
Miami, Florida
−Removed: We are the sole general
−Removed: partner and a 5% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Miami, Florida under
−Removed: our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since December 27, 2012.
−Removed: 26.8% of the remaining limited partnership
−Removed: interest is owned by persons who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership has returned
−Removed: to its investors all of their initial cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the
−Removed: cash available for distribution by this limited partnership.
+Added: We are the sole general partner
+Added: and a 5% limited partner in this limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Miami, Florida under our “Flanigan’s
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since December 27, 2012.
+Added: 26.8% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
+Added: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all of their initial
+Added: cash invested and we receive an annual management fee equal to one-half (½) of the cash available for distribution by this limited
Sunrise, Florida
During the second quarter of our
−Removed: fiscal year 2019, we entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Sunrise Lease Agreement”) with a non-affiliated third party
−Removed: to rent approximately 6,900 square feet of commercial space in Sunrise, Florida where, subject to certain conditions, we anticipate
−Removed: opening a new restaurant location under our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark.
−Removed: During the third
−Removed: quarter of our fiscal year 2019, we assigned the Sunrise Lease Agreement to a newly formed limited partnership in which we currently
−Removed: are (i) the sole general partner;
−Removed: and (ii) our wholly owned subsidiary is the sole limited partner.
−Removed: While there can be no assurances
−Removed: that we will be successful in doing so, we intend to sell limited partnership interests to third parties as well as affiliates
−Removed: of the Company in order to raise net proceeds, in the amount of $5,000,000, which proceeds will be used to renovate this potential
−Removed: restaurant location.
−Removed: We anticipate that the new restaurant location’s ownership and operating structure will be substantially
−Removed: similar to that of our other restaurants owned by limited partnerships.
+Added: fiscal year 2019, we entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Sunrise Lease Agreement”) with a non-affiliated third party to rent
+Added: approximately 6,900 square feet of commercial space in Sunrise, Florida where, subject to certain conditions, we anticipate opening a
+Added: new restaurant location under our “Flanigan’s” service mark.
+Added: During the third quarter of our fiscal year 2019, we assigned
+Added: the Sunrise Lease Agreement to a newly formed limited partnership in which we currently are (i) the sole general partner;
+Added: wholly owned subsidiary is the sole limited partner.
+Added: While there can be no assurances that we will be successful in doing so, we are currently
+Added: selling limited partnership interests to third parties as well as affiliates of the Company in order to raise net proceeds, in the amount
+Added: of $5,000,000, which proceeds will be used to renovate this potential restaurant location.
+Added: We anticipate that the new restaurant location’s
+Added: ownership and operating structure will be substantially similar to that of our other restaurants owned by limited partnerships.
+Added: October 2, 2021, we have made capital contributions of $2,982,000, including construction in progress of $2,224,000, in this limited partnership.
+Added: Miramar, Florida
+Added: During the fourth quarter of our
+Added: fiscal year 2019, we entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Miramar Lease Agreement”) with a non-affiliated third party to rent
+Added: approximately 6,000 square feet of commercial space in Miramar, Florida where, subject to certain conditions, we anticipate opening a
+Added: new restaurant location under our “Flanigan’s” service mark.
+Added: Subsequent to the end of our fiscal year 2021, we assigned
+Added: the Miramar Lease Agreement to a newly formed limited partnership in which we currently are (i) the sole general partner;
+Added: wholly owned subsidiary is the sole limited partner.
+Added: While there can be no assurances that we will be successful in doing so, we are currently
+Added: selling limited partnership interests to third parties as well as affiliates of the Company in order to raise net proceeds, in the amount
+Added: of $4,000,000, which proceeds will be used to renovate this potential restaurant location.
+Added: We anticipate that the new restaurant location’s
+Added: ownership and operating structure will be substantially similar to that of our other restaurants owned by limited partnerships.
+Added: October 2, 2021, we have made capital contributions of $313,000, including construction in progress of $260,000, in this limited partnership.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
−Removed: A corporation owned by
−Removed: one of our board members acts as sole general partner of a limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Fort
−Removed: Lauderdale, Florida under our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service mark since April 1, 1997.
−Removed: 25% limited partnership interest in this limited partnership.
−Removed: 31.9% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons
−Removed: who are either our officers, directors or their family members.
−Removed: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all cash
−Removed: invested, but since we are not the general partner of this limited partnership, we do not receive an annual management fee.
−Removed: have a franchise arrangement with this limited partnership and for accounting purposes, we do not consolidate the operations of
−Removed: this limited partnership into our operations.
−Removed: Management Agreement for “The Whale’s Rib”
−Removed: Since January 2006, we
−Removed: have managed “The Whale’s Rib”, a casual dining restaurant located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, pursuant to a
−Removed: management agreement.
+Added: A corporation owned by one of
+Added: our board members acts as sole general partner of a limited partnership which has owned and operated a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale,
+Added: Florida under our “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill” service mark since April 1, 1997.
+Added: We have a 25% limited partnership
+Added: interest in this limited partnership.
+Added: 31.9% of the remaining limited partnership interest is owned by persons who are either our officers,
+Added: directors or their family members.
+Added: This limited partnership has returned to its investors all cash invested, but since we are not the
+Added: general partner of this limited partnership, we do not receive an annual management fee.
+Added: We have a franchise arrangement with this limited
+Added: partnership and for accounting purposes, we do not consolidate the operations of this limited partnership into our operations.
+Added: Management Agreement for “The
+Added: Whale’s Rib” Restaurant
+Added: Since January 2006, we have managed
+Added: “The Whale’s Rib”, a casual dining restaurant located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, pursuant to a management agreement.
We paid $500,000 in exchange for our rights to manage this restaurant.
−Removed: The restaurant is owned by a third
−Removed: party unaffiliated with us.
−Removed: In exchange for providing management, bookkeeping and related services, we receive one-half (½)
−Removed: of the net profit, if any, from the operation of the restaurant.
−Removed: For our fiscal years ended October 3, 2020 and September 28, 2019,
−Removed: we generated $150,000 and $375,000 of revenue, respectively from providing these management services.
−Removed: Operations and Management
−Removed: We emphasize systematic
−Removed: operations and control of all package liquor stores and restaurants regardless of whether we own, franchise or manage the unit.
−Removed: Each unit has its own manager who is responsible for monitoring inventory levels, supervising sales personnel, food preparation
−Removed: and service in restaurants and generally assuring that the unit is managed in accordance with our guidelines and procedures.
−Removed: have in effect an incentive cash bonus program for our managers and salespersons based upon various performance criteria.
−Removed: Our operations
−Removed: are supervised by supervisors, who visit units to provide on-site management and support.
−Removed: There are three supervisors responsible
−Removed: for package liquor store operations and five supervisors responsible for restaurant operations.
−Removed: All of our managers and
−Removed: salespersons receive extensive training in sales techniques.
−Removed: We arrange for independent third parties, or "shoppers",
−Removed: to inspect each unit in order to evaluate the unit's operations, including the handling of cash transactions.
+Added: The restaurant is owned by a third party unaffiliated with us.
+Added: In exchange for providing management, bookkeeping and related services, we receive one-half (½) of the net profit, if any, from the
+Added: operation of the restaurant.
+Added: For our fiscal years ended October 2, 2021 and October 3, 2020, we generated $400,000 and $150,000 of revenue,
+Added: respectively from providing these management services.
+Added: and Management
+Added: We emphasize systematic operations
+Added: and control of all package liquor stores and restaurants regardless of whether we own, franchise or manage the unit.
+Added: Each unit has its
+Added: own manager who is responsible for monitoring inventory levels, supervising sales personnel, food preparation and service in restaurants
+Added: and generally assuring that the unit is managed in accordance with our guidelines and procedures.
+Added: We have in effect an incentive cash
+Added: bonus program for our managers and salespersons based upon various performance criteria.
+Added: Our operations are supervised by supervisors,
+Added: who visit units to provide on-site management and support.
+Added: There are three supervisors responsible for package liquor store operations
+Added: and six supervisors responsible for restaurant operations.
+Added: All of our managers and salespersons
+Added: receive extensive training in sales techniques.
+Added: We arrange for independent third parties, or "shoppers", to inspect each unit
+Added: in order to evaluate the unit's operations, including the handling of cash transactions.
Purchasing and Inventory
−Removed: The package liquor business
−Removed: requires a constant substantial capital investment in inventory in the units.
−Removed: Our inventory consists primarily of liquor and wine
−Removed: products and as such, does not become excessive or obsolete that would require identifying and recording of the same.
−Removed: Liquor inventory
−Removed: purchased can normally be returned only if defective or broken.
−Removed: All of our purchases of
−Removed: liquor inventory are made through our purchasing department from our corporate headquarters.
−Removed: The major portion of inventory is
−Removed: purchased under individual purchase orders with licensed wholesalers and distributors who deliver the merchandise within one or
−Removed: two days of the placing of an order.
−Removed: Frequently there is only one wholesaler in the immediate marketing area with an exclusive
−Removed: distributorship of certain liquor product lines.
−Removed: Substantially all of our liquor inventory is shipped by the wholesalers or distributors
−Removed: directly to our stores.
−Removed: We significantly increase our inventory prior to Christmas, New Year's Eve and other holidays.
−Removed: Under Florida
−Removed: law, we are required to pay for our liquor purchases within ten days of delivery.
−Removed: Negotiations with food
−Removed: suppliers are conducted by our purchasing department at our corporate headquarters.
−Removed: We believe this ensures that the best quality
−Removed: and prices will be available to each restaurant.
−Removed: Orders for food products are prepared by each restaurant's kitchen manager and
−Removed: reviewed by the restaurant's general manager before orders are placed.
+Added: The package liquor business requires
+Added: a constant substantial capital investment in inventory in the units.
+Added: Our inventory consists primarily of liquor and wine products and
+Added: as such, does not become excessive or obsolete that would require identifying and recording of the same.
+Added: Liquor inventory purchased can
+Added: normally be returned only if defective or broken.
+Added: All of our purchases of liquor
+Added: inventory are made through our purchasing department from our corporate headquarters.
+Added: The major portion of inventory is purchased under
+Added: individual purchase orders with licensed wholesalers and distributors who deliver the merchandise within one or two days of the placing
+Added: Frequently there is only one wholesaler in the immediate marketing area with an exclusive distributorship of certain liquor
+Added: product lines.
+Added: Substantially all of our liquor inventory is shipped by the wholesalers or distributors directly to our stores.
+Added: We significantly
+Added: increase our inventory prior to Christmas, New Year's Eve and other holidays.
+Added: Under Florida law, we are required to pay for our liquor
+Added: purchases within ten days of delivery.
+Added: Negotiations with food suppliers
+Added: are conducted by our purchasing department at our corporate headquarters.
+Added: We believe this ensures that the best quality and prices will
+Added: be available to each restaurant.
+Added: Orders for food products are prepared by each restaurant's kitchen manager and reviewed by the restaurant's
+Added: general manager before orders are placed.
Food is delivered by the supplier directly to each restaurant.
−Removed: Orders are placed several times a week to ensure product freshness.
+Added: Orders are placed several times
+Added: a week to ensure product freshness.
Food inventory is primarily paid for monthly.
+Added: We purchase food and other commodities for use in our
+Added: operations based on market prices established with our suppliers.
+Added: Many of the food products purchased by us can be subject to price volatility
+Added: due to market supply and demand factors outside of our control.
+Added: We mitigate the risk of supply shortages and obtain competitive prices
+Added: by utilizing multiple qualified suppliers for substantially all our food products.
+Added: We negotiate short and long term
+Added: agreements for certain of our principal food product requirements , depending on market conditions and expected demand.
+Added: We evaluate the
+Added: possibility of entering into arrangements to assist us in managing risk and variability associated with the supply and demand of food
+Added: In order to fix the cost and ensure
+Added: adequate supply of baby back ribs for our restaurants, on November 9, 2020, we entered into a purchase agreement with our current rib
+Added: supplier, whereby we agreed to purchase approximately $6,420,000 of baby back ribs during calendar year 2021 from this vendor at a fixed
+Added: During the third quarter of our fiscal year 2021, we agreed to increase the fixed cost of the remaining baby back ribs for our calendar
+Added: year 2021 by approximately $408,000 to ensure adequate supply for our restaurants during calendar year 2022.
+Added: In order to ensure adequate supply
+Added: of baby back ribs for our restaurants for calendar year 2022, on October 4, 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement with our current
+Added: rib supplier, whereby we agreed to purchase approximately $10,414,000 of baby back ribs during calendar year 2022 from this vendor at
+Added: Our purchase agreement provides for the purchase of “2.25 & Down Baby Back Ribs” (industry jargon for the
+Added: weight range in which slabs of baby back ribs are sold), at a monthly cost of the average market price per pound of the prior 4 weeks.
+Added: While we anticipate purchasing
+Added: all of our rib supply from this vendor, we believe there are several other alternative vendors available, if needed.
+Added: restaurant and package liquor store point of sale and back-office systems provide information regarding daily sales, cash receipts, inventory,
+Added: food and beverage costs, labor costs and other controllable operating expenses.
+Added: Our restaurants offer online ordering for to-go sales.
+Added: and package liquor store hardware and software support is provided by both our internal support services team as well as third-party vendors.
+Added: restaurant and package liquor store has a private high-speed wide area connection to send and receive critical business data as well as
+Added: to access web-based applications securely as well as a failover capability.
+Added: All of our core and critical applications are backed
+Added: up to external data centers.
+Added: To mitigate business interruptions, we utilize a data backup and replication infrastructure between
+Added: our onsite and external data centers, so all data is replicated nightly between the sites.
+Added: require cybersecurity awareness training for all staff members with access to our cyber systems.
+Added: We also maintain cyber risk insurance
+Added: coverage to further reduce our risk profile.
+Added: Security of our financial data and other sensitive information remains a high priority
+Added: for us, led by our information technology department.
+Added: In an effort to further secure our customers’ credit card information, we
+Added: employ an encryption and tokenization platform for all credit card transactions in our restaurants, ensuring no credit card data is stored
+Added: in our internal systems.
Government Regulation
−Removed: Our operations are subject
−Removed: to various federal, state and local laws affecting our business.
−Removed: In particular, our operations are subject to regulation by federal
−Removed: agencies and to licensing and regulation by state and local health, sanitation, alcoholic beverage control, safety and fire department
−Removed: agencies in the state or municipality where our units are located.
−Removed: Alcoholic beverage control
−Removed: regulations require each of our restaurants and package liquor stores to obtain a license to sell alcoholic beverages from a state
−Removed: authority and in certain locations, county and municipal authorities.
−Removed: In Florida, where all of
−Removed: our restaurants and package liquor stores are located, most of our liquor licenses are issued on a "quota license"
−Removed: Quota licenses are issued on the basis of a population count established from time to time under the latest applicable census.
−Removed: Because the total number of liquor licenses available under a quota license system is limited and restrictions are placed upon
−Removed: their transfer, the licenses have purchase and resale value based upon supply and demand in the particular areas in which they
−Removed: The quota licenses held by us allow the sale of liquor for on and off premises consumption.
−Removed: The other liquor licenses
−Removed: held by us or limited partnerships of which we are the general partner, are restaurant liquor licenses, which do not have quota
−Removed: restrictions or purchase or resale value.
−Removed: A restaurant liquor license is issued to every applicant who meets all of the state and
−Removed: local licensing requirements, including, but not limited to zoning and minimum restaurant size, seating and menu.
−Removed: The restaurant
−Removed: liquor licenses held by us allow the sale of liquor for on premises consumption only.
−Removed: All licenses must be renewed
−Removed: annually and may be revoked or suspended for cause at any time.
−Removed: Suspension or revocation may result from violation by the licensee
−Removed: or its employees of any federal, state or local law regulation pertaining to alcoholic beverage control.
−Removed: Alcoholic beverage control
−Removed: regulations relate to numerous aspects of the daily operations of our units, including, minimum age of patrons and employees, hours
−Removed: of operations, advertising, wholesale purchasing, inventory control, handling, storage and dispensing of alcoholic beverages, internal
−Removed: control and accounting.
−Removed: As the sale of alcoholic
−Removed: beverages constitutes a large share of our revenue, the failure to receive or retain, or a delay in obtaining a liquor license
−Removed: in a particular location could adversely affect our operations in that location and could impair our ability to obtain licenses
−Removed: During our fiscal years
−Removed: 2020 and 2019, no significant pending matters have been initiated concerning any of our licenses which might be expected to result
−Removed: in a revocation of a liquor license or other significant actions against us.
−Removed: We are subject to “dram-shop”
+Added: Our operations are subject to
+Added: various federal, state and local laws affecting our business.
+Added: In particular, our operations are subject to regulation by federal agencies
+Added: and to licensing and regulation by state and local health, food preparation and safety, sanitation, alcoholic beverage control, safety
+Added: and fire department agencies in the state or municipality where our units are located.
+Added: Alcoholic beverage control regulations
+Added: require each of our restaurants and package liquor stores to obtain a license to sell alcoholic beverages from a state authority and in
+Added: certain locations, county and municipal authorities.
+Added: In Florida, where all of our restaurants
+Added: and package liquor stores are located, most of our liquor licenses are issued on a "quota license" basis.
+Added: Quota licenses are issued
+Added: on the basis of a population count established from time to time under the latest applicable census.
+Added: Because the total number of liquor
+Added: licenses available under a quota license system is limited and restrictions are placed upon their transfer, the licenses have purchase
+Added: and resale value based upon supply and demand in the particular areas in which they are issued.
+Added: The quota licenses held by us allow the
+Added: sale of liquor for on and off premises consumption.
+Added: The other liquor licenses held by us or limited partnerships of which we are the general
+Added: partner, are restaurant liquor licenses, which do not have quota restrictions or purchase or resale value.
+Added: A restaurant liquor license
+Added: is issued to every applicant who meets all of the state and local licensing requirements, including, but not limited to zoning and minimum
+Added: restaurant size, seating and menu.
+Added: The restaurant liquor licenses held by us allow the sale of liquor for on premises consumption only.
+Added: All licenses must be renewed annually
+Added: and may be revoked or suspended for cause at any time.
+Added: Suspension or revocation may result from violation by the licensee or its employees
+Added: of any federal, state or local law regulation pertaining to alcoholic beverage control.
+Added: Alcoholic beverage control regulations relate
+Added: to numerous aspects of the daily operations of our units, including, minimum age of patrons and employees, hours of operations, advertising,
+Added: wholesale purchasing, inventory control, handling, storage and dispensing of alcoholic beverages, internal control and accounting.
+Added: As the sale of alcoholic beverages
+Added: constitutes a large share of our revenue, the failure to receive or retain, or a delay in obtaining a liquor license in a particular location
+Added: could adversely affect our operations in that location and could impair our ability to obtain licenses elsewhere.
+Added: During our fiscal years 2021 and
+Added: 2020, no significant pending matters have been initiated concerning any of our licenses which might be expected to result in a revocation
+Added: of a liquor license or other significant actions against us.
+Added: We are subject to “dram-shop”
statutes due to our restaurant operations.
−Removed: These statutes generally provide a person injured by an intoxicated person the right
−Removed: to recover damages from an establishment that wrongfully served alcoholic beverages to the intoxicated individual.
−Removed: We carry liquor
−Removed: liability coverage as part of our existing comprehensive general liability insurance, which we believe is consistent with coverage
−Removed: carried by other entities in the restaurant industry.
−Removed: Although we are covered by insurance, a judgment against us under a dram-shop
−Removed: statute in excess of our liability coverage could have a material adverse effect on us.
−Removed: Our operations are also
−Removed: subject to federal and state laws governing such matters as wages, working conditions, citizenship requirements and overtime.
−Removed: numbers of hourly personnel at our restaurants are paid at rates related to the federal or Florida minimum wage, whichever is higher,
−Removed: and accordingly, increases in the minimum wage will increase labor costs.
−Removed: We are also subject to the Americans with Disability
−Removed: Act of 1990 (ADA), which, among other things, may require certain renovations to our restaurants to meet federally mandated requirements.
−Removed: The cost of any such renovations is not expected to materially affect us.
−Removed: We are not aware of any
−Removed: statute, ordinance, rule or regulation under present consideration which would significantly limit or restrict our business as
−Removed: now conducted.
−Removed: However, in view of the number of jurisdictions in which we conduct business, and the highly regulated nature of
−Removed: the liquor business, there can be no assurance that additional limitations may not be imposed in the future, even though none are
−Removed: presently anticipated.
−Removed: Coronavirus Pandemic
−Removed: In March 2020, a novel
−Removed: strain of coronavirus was declared a global pandemic and a National Public Health Emergency.
−Removed: The novel coronavirus pandemic and
−Removed: related “shelter-in-place”
−Removed: orders and other governmental mandates relating thereto (collectively, “COVID-19”)
−Removed: adversely affected and will, in all likelihood continue to adversely affect, our restaurant operations and financial results for
−Removed: the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Due to COVID-19, from mid-March 2020 through mid-May 2020, we ceased all dining and bar services at all
−Removed: of our restaurants, limiting service to take-out and delivery only of food, and implemented reduced hours at our retail package
−Removed: liquor stores.
−Removed: From mid-May 2020 through the beginning of July 2020, there was a gradual elimination of restrictions on our restaurant
−Removed: operations, permitting us to, among other things, provide dining for outdoor seating patrons with appropriate social distancing
−Removed: and provide dining for indoor patrons at up to 50% capacity (depending on the location of the restaurant), but with no bar service
−Removed: and increased operating hours at our package liquor stores.
−Removed: From the beginning of July 2020 through the beginning of September
−Removed: 2020, we ceased dine-in service at all of our Miami-Dade County, Florida restaurants, (two Company-owned and six limited partnership
−Removed: owned restaurants).
−Removed: Since the beginning of September 2020, we have been offering both food and bar options at all of our restaurants,
−Removed: including those located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with appropriate social distancing and dine-in
−Removed: service at up to 100% capacity, including outdoor seating.
−Removed: Due to COVID-19, we implemented
−Removed: (i) certain cost cutting measures including material layoffs at our restaurants and reduced corporate personnel salaries;
−Removed: a number of changes to our operations such as the establishment of an in-house delivery service and an adjustment to our traditional
−Removed: staffing model to meet customer demand.
−Removed: We have been in regular contact with our suppliers and while to date we have not experienced
−Removed: significant disruptions in our supply chain, we could see future disruptions should the impacts of COVID-19 extend for a considerable
−Removed: amount of time.
−Removed: To support our employees, we have implemented work from home support, increased sanitization of high touch, high
−Removed: traffic areas in our restaurants, retail package liquor stores and corporate offices, provided personal protective equipment for
−Removed: our employees and increased the frequency of personal hygiene practices.
−Removed: From March 29, 2020 through May 9, 2020, the salaries
−Removed: of all our non-executive corporate office personnel were reduced by 20%, the base salaries of our Chief Operating Officer and Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer were each reduced by 50% and our Chief Executive Officer waived his base salary, representing salary savings
−Removed: of approximately $135,000 during this period.
−Removed: Our employee headcount as of fiscal year end 2020 was 1,804 persons reduced from
−Removed: 1,870 persons as of our fiscal year end 2019.
−Removed: In addition and also due to COVID-19, we did not make any
−Removed: quarterly distributions to our limited partners for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: For each of the quarters ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: and September 30, 2020, we made quarterly distributions to our limited partners equal to one-half (½) of the amounts that
−Removed: would have been distributed for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: During the third quarter
−Removed: of fiscal year end 2020, the United States government passed a $2.0 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
−Removed: (“CARES Act”) designed primarily to help keep businesses running during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Act included provisions for certain deductions and tax credits, filing deadline extensions, filing payment deadlines and making
−Removed: available certain grant money to assist businesses.
−Removed: This CARES ACT allowed us to take advantage of credits, deferments, and deductions,
−Removed: and PPP Loans (described below) during the third quarter of our fiscal year 2020.
−Removed: As a result, during the third and fourth quarter
−Removed: of 2020, we reversed certain of our cost cutting measures, including (i) reinstating employees laid off at our restaurants in anticipation
−Removed: of resuming dine-in service, (ii) restoring corporate personnel and executive salaries and (iii) paying prior salary reductions.
−Removed: During the third quarter
−Removed: of our fiscal year 2020, we, certain of the entities owning the limited partnership stores (the “LP’s”), franchised
−Removed: stores (the “Franchisees”) as well as the store we manage but do not own (the “Managed Store”), (collectively,
−Removed: the “Borrowers”), applied for and received loans from an unrelated third party lender pursuant to the Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program (the “PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) enacted
−Removed: March 27, 2020, in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $13.1 million, (the “PPP Loans”), of which approximately:
−Removed: (i) $5.9 million was loaned to us;
−Removed: (ii) $4.1 million was loaned to 8 of the LP’s;
−Removed: (iii) $2.6 million was loaned to 5 of the
−Removed: and (iv) $0.5 million was loaned to the Managed Store.
−Removed: The PPP Loans to the Franchisees and the Managed Store are
−Removed: not included in our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Due to our receipt of the PPP Loans, we reversed certain cost cutting measures,
−Removed: including reinstating employees laid off at our restaurants in anticipation of resuming dine-in service and restoring corporate
−Removed: personnel salaries.
−Removed: The PPP Loans,
−Removed: which are in the form of Notes issued by each of the Borrowers, mature two years from the date of funding (dates ranging from
−Removed: May 5, 2022 to May 11, 2022) and bear interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum, payable monthly commencing approximately six
−Removed: months from the date of issuance of the Notes (issuance dates ranging from April 30, 2020 to May 6, 2020).
−Removed: The Notes may be
−Removed: prepaid by the applicable Borrower at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.
−Removed: Proceeds from the PPP Loans
−Removed: have been used and are available to the respective Borrower to fund designated expenses, including certain payroll costs,
−Removed: group health care benefits and other permitted expenses, including rent and interest on mortgages and other debt obligations
−Removed: incurred before February 15, 2020.
−Removed: Under the terms of the PPP, up to the entire amount of principal and accrued interest may
−Removed: be forgiven to the extent the proceeds of the PPP Loans are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act and
−Removed: applicable implementing guidance issued by the U.S.
−Removed: Small Business Administration under the PPP.
−Removed: No assurance can be given
−Removed: that the Borrowers will obtain forgiveness of the PPP Loans in whole or in part.
−Removed: With respect to any portion
−Removed: of any of the PPP Loans that is not forgiven under the terms of the PPP, such amounts will be subject to customary provisions for
−Removed: a loan of this type, including customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breaches of the provisions
−Removed: of the applicable PPP Note and cross-defaults on any other loan with the Lender or other creditors.
−Removed: We do not believe COVID-19
−Removed: has had a material adverse effect on our access to supplies or labor, although there can be no assurance that there will not be
−Removed: a significant adverse impact on our supply chain or access to labor in the future.
−Removed: We are actively monitoring our food suppliers
−Removed: to assess how they are managing their operations to mitigate supply flow and food safety risks.
−Removed: To ensure we mitigate potential
−Removed: supply availability risk, we are building additional inventory back stock levels when appropriate and we have also identified alternative
−Removed: supply sources in key product categories including but not limited to food, sanitation and safety supplies.
−Removed: Prior to obtaining the
−Removed: PPP Loans, we were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in our loans with our unrelated third party institutional
−Removed: lender (the “Institutional Lender”) under which as of October 3, 2020, we owe in the aggregate, approximately $12,209,000
−Removed: (the “Institutional Loans”).
−Removed: We determined that as of the end of the third quarter of our fiscal year 2020, we were
−Removed: not in compliance with our financial covenants contained in the Institutional Loans related to the Rent Adjusted Funded Debt to
−Removed: EBITDA Ratio because our consolidated debt during the third quarter of our fiscal year 2020 increased due to our repayment obligations
−Removed: under the PPP Loans (the “Covenant Breach’).
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the Institutional Loans, the Covenant Breach,
−Removed: grants the Institutional Lender the right to exercise certain remedies under the Institutional Loans, including the right to accelerate
−Removed: the indebtedness owed by us to the Institutional Lender thereunder.
−Removed: On August 10, 2020, we received a written waiver of the Covenant
−Removed: Breach from the Institutional Lender, which, among other things, waives the Covenant Breach through June 30, 2021.
−Removed: As of October
−Removed: 3, 2020, we are in compliance with the financial covenants contained in our loans with our Institutional Lender.
−Removed: There can be no assurances
−Removed: that we will be in compliance with our financial covenants thereafter due to, among other things, that our results of operations
−Removed: will likely continue to be materially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Absent a waiver, failure to be in compliance with our
−Removed: financial covenants would constitute a default under the Institutional Loans with our Institutional Lender when reported.
−Removed: a default, if not cured or waived, would allow the Institutional Lender to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness we owe under
−Removed: the Institutional Loans, making it due and payable at the time.
−Removed: If maturity of the Institutional Loans were accelerated, it would
−Removed: have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial statements and results of operations.
−Removed: General Liability Insurance
−Removed: We have general
−Removed: liability insurance which incorporates a deductible of $10,000 per occurrence for both us and the limited partnerships.
−Removed: insurance carrier is responsible for $1,000,000 coverage per occurrence above our deductible, up to a maximum aggregate of
−Removed: $2,000,000 per year.
−Removed: During our fiscal year 2020, we were able to purchase excess liability insurance at a reasonable
−Removed: premium, whereby our excess insurance carrier is responsible for $10,000,000 coverage above our primary general liability
−Removed: insurance coverage.
−Removed: We are uninsured against liability claims in excess of $11,000,000 per occurrence and in the aggregate.
−Removed: Subsequent to the end of our fiscal year 2020, we secured general liability and excess liability insurance for the period
−Removed: commencing after the expiration of the current policies on December 30, 2020.
−Removed: Our general policy is to
−Removed: settle only those legitimate and reasonable claims asserted and to aggressively defend and go to trial, if necessary, on frivolous
−Removed: and unreasonable claims.
−Removed: Under our current liability insurance policy, certain expenses incurred in defending a claim, including
−Removed: attorney's fees, are a part of our $10,000 deductible.
−Removed: In accordance with accounting
−Removed: guidance, we accrue for any liability by recognizing costs when it is probable that a covered liability has been incurred and the
−Removed: cost can be reasonably estimated.
−Removed: Accordingly, our annual insurance costs may be subject to adjustment from previous estimates
−Removed: as facts and circumstances change.
−Removed: Our accruals are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets in the caption "Accounts
−Removed: payable and accrued expenses".
−Removed: A significant unfavorable judgment or settlement against us in excess of our liability insurance
−Removed: coverage could have a materially adverse effect on the Company.
−Removed: Property Insurance;
−Removed: Windstorm Insurance;
−Removed: For the policy year
−Removed: beginning December 30, 2019, our property insurance is a one (1) year policy with an unaffiliated third party insurance
−Removed: carrier, including coverage for properties leased by us and our consolidated limited partnerships, and provides for full
−Removed: insurance coverage for property losses, including those caused by windstorm, such as a hurricane.
−Removed: For property losses caused
−Removed: by windstorm, the property insurance has a fixed deductible of $100,000, plus 5% of all insured losses, per occurrence.
−Removed: all other property losses, the property insurance has deductibles of $10,000 per location, per occurrence.
−Removed: Subsequent to the
−Removed: end of our fiscal year 2020, we secured property insurance for the period commencing after the expiration of the current
−Removed: policy on December 30, 2020.
−Removed: Competition and the Company's Market
−Removed: The liquor and hospitality
−Removed: industries are highly competitive and are often affected by changes in taste and entertainment trends among the public, by local,
−Removed: national and economic conditions affecting spending habits, and by population and traffic patterns.
−Removed: We believe that the principal
−Removed: means of competition among package liquor stores is price and that, in general, the principal means of competition among restaurants
−Removed: include the location, type and quality of facilities and the type, quality and price of beverage and food served.
−Removed: Our package liquor stores
−Removed: compete directly or indirectly with local retailers and discount "superstores".
−Removed: Due to the competitive nature of the
−Removed: liquor industry in South Florida, we have had to adjust our pricing to stay competitive, including meeting all competitors’
−Removed: advertisements.
−Removed: Such practices will continue in the package liquor business.
−Removed: We believe that we have a competitive position in
−Removed: our market because of widespread consumer recognition of the "Big Daddy's Liquors"
−Removed: Our restaurants compete
−Removed: directly or indirectly with many well-established competitors, both nationally and locally owned.
−Removed: In June 2019, we increased certain
−Removed: menu prices for our bar offerings to target an increase to our total bar revenues of approximately 6.2% annually and we also increased
−Removed: certain restaurant menu prices for our food offerings to target an increase to our total food revenues of approximately 3.4% annually.
−Removed: We believe that we have a competitive position in our market because of widespread consumer recognition of the "Flanigan’s
−Removed: Seafood Bar and Grill"
−Removed: We have many well-established
−Removed: competitors, both nationally and locally owned, with substantially greater financial resources than we do.
−Removed: Their resources and
−Removed: market presence may provide advantages in marketing, purchasing and negotiating leases.
−Removed: We compete with other restaurant and retail
−Removed: establishments for sites and finding management personnel.
−Removed: Our business is subject
−Removed: to seasonal effects, including that liquor purchases tend to increase during the holiday seasons.
−Removed: We operate our package
−Removed: liquor stores and restaurants under two service marks;
−Removed: "Big Daddy's Liquors"
−Removed: and "Flanigan's Seafood Bar and Grill",
−Removed: both of which are federally registered trademarks owned by us.
−Removed: Our right to the use of the "Big Daddy's"
−Removed: is set forth under a consent decree of a federal court entered into by us in settlement of federal trademark litigation.
−Removed: decree and the settlement agreement allow us to continue to use and to expand our use of the "Big Daddy's”
−Removed: in connection with our package liquor sales in Florida, while restricting future liquor sales in Florida under the "Big Daddy's"
−Removed: name by the other party who has a federally registered service mark for "Big Daddy's"
−Removed: use in the restaurant business.
−Removed: The federal court retained jurisdiction to enforce the consent decree.
−Removed: We have acquired registered Federal trademarks on the principal
−Removed: register for our "Flanigan's"
−Removed: and “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill”
−Removed: service marks.
−Removed: The standard symbolic trademark
−Removed: associated with our facilities and operations is the bearded face and head of "Big Daddy"
−Removed: which is predominantly displayed
−Removed: at all "Flanigan's"
−Removed: facilities and all "Big Daddy's"
−Removed: facilities throughout the country.
−Removed: The face comprising
−Removed: this trademark is that of the Company’s founder, Joseph "Big Daddy"
−Removed: Flanigan, and is a federally registered trademark
−Removed: As of our fiscal year end
−Removed: 2020, we employed 1,804 persons, of which 952 were full-time and 852 were part-time.
−Removed: Of these, 51 were employed at our corporate
−Removed: offices in administrative capacities and 13 were employed in maintenance.
−Removed: Of the remaining employees, 65 were employed in our package
−Removed: liquor stores and 1,675 in our restaurants.
−Removed: None of our employees are
−Removed: represented by collective bargaining organizations.
+Added: These statutes generally provide a person injured by an intoxicated person the right to recover
+Added: damages from an establishment that wrongfully served alcoholic beverages to the intoxicated individual.
+Added: We carry liquor liability coverage
+Added: as part of our existing comprehensive general liability insurance, which we believe is consistent with coverage carried by other entities
+Added: in the restaurant industry.
+Added: Although we are covered by insurance, a judgment against us under a dram-shop statute in excess of our liability
+Added: coverage could have a material adverse effect on us.
+Added: Our operations are also subject
+Added: to federal and state laws governing such matters as wages, working conditions, citizenship requirements and overtime.
+Added: Significant numbers
+Added: of hourly personnel at our restaurants are paid at rates related to the federal or Florida minimum wage, whichever is higher, and accordingly,
+Added: increases in the minimum wage will increase labor costs.
+Added: We are also subject to the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 (ADA), which,
+Added: among other things, may require certain renovations to our restaurants to meet federally mandated requirements.
+Added: The cost of any such renovations
+Added: is not expected to materially affect us.
+Added: A significant number of our hourly
+Added: restaurant staff members receive income from gratuities.
+Added: Many of our locations participate voluntarily in a Tip Reporting Alternative
+Added: Commitment (“TRAC”) agreement with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).
+Added: By complying with the educational and
+Added: other requirements of the TRAC agreement, we reduce the likelihood of potential employer-only FICA
+Added: tax assessments for unreported or underreported tips.
+Added: We are also subject to laws relating
+Added: to information security, privacy, cashless payments and consumer credit protection and fraud.
+Added: We are not aware of any statute,
+Added: ordinance, rule or regulation under present consideration which would significantly limit or restrict our business as now conducted.
+Added: in view of the number of jurisdictions in which we conduct business, and the highly regulated nature of the liquor business, there can
+Added: be no assurance that additional limitations may not be imposed in the future, even though none are presently anticipated.
+Added: depend on our staff members to successfully execute all aspects of our day-to-day operations.
+Added: Our ability to attract highly-motivated
+Added: staff members and retain an engaged, experienced team is key to successful execution of our strategy.
+Added: We are currently operating in a
+Added: competitive labor environment.
+Added: If we are unable to retain qualified restaurant management and operating personnel in an increasingly competitive
+Added: market, we may be unable to effectively operate and grow our business and revenues, which could materially adversely affect our financial
+Added: invest resources to ensure our staff receive training in order to maximize their potential.
+Added: In addition, we strive to provide our staff
+Added: with career advancement opportunities.
+Added: Our training programs allow us to fill certain of our management positions with internal candidates.
+Added: believe access to healthcare is a compelling benefit for many staff members and we offer healthcare benefits to our hourly staff members
+Added: who work a minimum of 30 hours per week, on average.
+Added: We attempt to provide a robust suite of benefits and wellness offerings.
+Added: to our staff members is an essential part of building an engaged workforce, and we provide avenues for staff to share their ideas and
+Added: of our fiscal year end 2021, we employed 1,555 persons, of which 665 were full-time and 890 were part-time.
+Added: Of these, 51 were employed
+Added: at our corporate offices in administrative capacities and 12 were employed in maintenance.
+Added: Of the remaining employees, 58 were employed
+Added: in our package liquor stores and 1,434 in our restaurants.
+Added: None of our employees are represented by collective bargaining organizations.
We consider our labor relations to be favorable.
+Added: key aspect of our culture is giving back to the communities where our staff live and work, and uniting our staff members around charitable
+Added: causes personal to them.
+Added: We periodically donate philanthropic organizations through campaigns designed to engage our staff company-wide
+Added: service programs, as follows:
+Added: Breast Cancer Awareness – We donate $10,000 to local Breast Cancer Support
+Added: organizations.
+Added: Donated over $100,000 to HOPE mission over five years through our Flanigan’s
+Added: Rockin’ Rib Run.
+Added: Money is used for disaster and hunger relief all over the world, youth outreach, and community building.
+Added: Achievement Awards – We provide schools in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm
+Added: Beach County with free meal coins and achievement awards throughout the year.
+Added: We give out approximately 30,000 awards every year.
+Added: Fishing Tournaments/Marine Conservation – We donate to fishing tournaments
+Added: and beach cleanup projects.
+Added: Supporting the local community – We donate funds to boy scouts, baseball
+Added: teams, schools, etc.
+Added: Habitat for Humanity – We have sponsored multiple home building projects
+Added: through Habitat for Humanity.
+Added: Sheridan House – We donated 500 backpacks to underprivileged children.
+Added: We also collect and donate school supplies annually.
+Added: Hurricane Relief – We donated $10,000 to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
+Added: Reclaimed Wood – All of our locations use reclaimed wood on interior walls.
+Added: We also believe our
+Added: sustainability programs and initiatives like restaurant-based composting and recycling and replacing our off-premise packaging with materials
+Added: that reduce the use of plastics and improve recyclability serve to foster pride in our staff.
+Added: to our management of human capital during the COVID-19 pandemic were our decisions to 1) obtain adequate personal protective equipment
+Added: for our staff and require the use of face masks by our restaurant teams in addition to any jurisdictional requirements in an effort to
+Added: keep our teams and customers safe;
+Added: 2) institute a special paid time off program with the goal of ensuring that hourly staff and managers
+Added: could afford to take adequate time off from work to care for their health and the health of their families;
+Added: 3) implement work from home
+Added: support, increased sanitization of high touch, high traffic areas in our restaurants, package liquor stores and corporate offices;
+Added: 4) for certain periods during the pandemic, with their consent, reduce the salaries of all of our non-executive corporate office personnel
+Added: by 20%, the base salaries of our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer by 50%, and the waiver by our Chief Executive Officer
+Added: of his base salary.
Executive Officers
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Office or Position
−Removed: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: and President
+Added: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
−Removed: Christopher O’Neil
+Added: Christopher O’Neil
Vice President of Package Operations
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−Removed: (1) Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
+Added: (1) Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer since 2005;
President since 2002.
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Secretary since 1995;
−Removed: General Counsel since 1982.
−Removed: Flanigan’s 401(k) Plan
−Removed: Effective July 1, 2004,
−Removed: we began sponsoring a 401(k) retirement plan covering substantially all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements.
−Removed: may contribute elective deferrals to the plan up to amounts allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
−Removed: We are not required to contribute
−Removed: to the plan but may make discretionary profit sharing and/or matching contributions.
−Removed: During our fiscal years ended October 3, 2020
−Removed: and September 28, 2019, the Board of Directors approved discretionary matching contributions totaling $81,000 and $74,000, respectively.
−Removed: Environmental Matters
−Removed: We are not aware of any
−Removed: federal, state or local environmental laws or regulations that will materially affect our earnings or competitive position or result
−Removed: in material capital expenditures.
−Removed: However, we cannot predict the effect of possible future environmental legislation or regulations
−Removed: on our operations.
−Removed: Our website address is
−Removed: https://www.flanigans.net
+Added: Counsel since 1982.
+Added: Flanigan’s 401(k) Plan
+Added: Effective July 1, 2004, we began
+Added: sponsoring a 401(k) retirement plan covering substantially all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements.
+Added: Employees may contribute
+Added: elective deferrals to the plan up to amounts allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
+Added: We are not required to contribute to the plan but
+Added: may make discretionary profit sharing and/or matching contributions.
+Added: During our fiscal years ended October 2, 2021 and October 3, 2020,
+Added: the Board of Directors approved discretionary matching contributions totaling $59,000 and $81,000, respectively.
+Added: Coronavirus Pandemic
+Added: In March 2020, a novel strain
+Added: of coronavirus was declared a global pandemic and a National Public Health Emergency.
+Added: The novel coronavirus pandemic and related suggested
+Added: and mandated social distancing and “shelter-in-place” orders and other governmental mandates relating thereto (collectively,
+Added: “COVID-19”) caused significant disruptions to our business, adversely affected and will, in all likelihood continue to adversely
+Added: affect, our restaurant operations and financial results for the foreseeable future.
+Added: Throughout our fiscal year 2021, in accordance with
+Added: guidance from health officials, we offered both indoor and outdoor food and bar options at all of our restaurants, with, among other precautions
+Added: appropriate social distancing and mask requirements for all customers and employees.
+Added: During the third quarter of our
+Added: fiscal year 2020, we, certain of the entities owning the limited partnership stores (the “LP’s”), franchised stores
+Added: (the “Franchisees”) as well as the store we manage but do not own (the “Managed Store”), (collectively, the “Borrowers”),
+Added: applied for and received loans from an unrelated third party lender pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”)
+Added: under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) enacted March 27, 2020, in the aggregate principal
+Added: amount of approximately $13.1 million, (the “PPP Loans”), of which approximately:
+Added: (i) $5.9 million was loaned to us;
+Added: $4.1 million was loaned to eight of the LP’s;
+Added: (iii) $2.6 million was loaned to five of the Franchisees;
+Added: and (iv) $0.5 million was
+Added: loaned to the Managed Store.
+Added: The PPP Loans to the Franchisees and the Managed Store are not included in our consolidated financial statements.
+Added: During our fiscal year 2021, we applied for and received forgiveness the entire amount of principal and accrued interest on all PPP Loans,
+Added: including Franchisees and the Managed Store.
+Added: During the second quarter of our
+Added: fiscal year 2021, certain of the LPs, as well as the Managed Store, applied for and received 2 nd PPP loans, in the aggregate
+Added: principal amount of approximately $3.98 million (the “2 nd PPP Loans”), of which approximately:
+Added: (i) $3.46 million
+Added: was loaned to six of the LP’s;
+Added: and (iv) $0.52 million was loaned to the Managed Store.
+Added: Loans, which are in the form of notes issued by each of the Borrowers, mature five (5) years from the date of funding (March 23, 2021)
+Added: and bear interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum, payable monthly commencing after the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Administration makes a determination
+Added: of the forgiveness of the 2 nd PPP Loans.
+Added: The notes may be prepaid by the applicable Borrower at any time prior to maturity
+Added: with no prepayment penalties.
+Added: Proceeds from the PPP Loans have been available to the respective Borrower to fund designated expenses,
+Added: including certain payroll costs, group health care benefits and other permitted expenses, including rent and interest on mortgages and
+Added: other debt obligations incurred before February 15, 2020.
+Added: Under the terms of the PPP, up to the entire amount of principal and accrued
+Added: interest may be forgiven to the extent the proceeds of the 2 nd PPP Loans are used for qualifying expenses as described in the
+Added: CARES Act and applicable implementing guidance issued by the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Administration under the PPP.
+Added: Subsequent to the end of
+Added: our fiscal year 2021, we applied for and received forgiveness of the entire amount of principal and accrued interest on all 2 nd
+Added: We do not believe COVID-19 has
+Added: had a material adverse effect on our access to supplies or labor, although there can be no assurance that there will not be a significant
+Added: adverse impact on our supply chain or access to labor in the future.
+Added: We are actively monitoring our food suppliers to assess how they
+Added: are managing their operations to mitigate supply flow and food safety risks.
+Added: To ensure we mitigate potential supply availability risk,
+Added: we are building additional inventory back stock levels when appropriate and we have also identified alternative supply sources in key
+Added: product categories including but not limited to food, sanitation and safety supplies.
+Added: As of October 2, 2021, we are
+Added: in compliance with the financial covenants contained in our loans with our unrelated third party institutional lender (the “Institutional
+Added: Lender”) under which we owe in the aggregate, approximately $17,096,000 (the “Institutional Loans”).
+Added: There can be no assurances that
+Added: we will be in compliance with our financial covenants thereafter due to, among other things, that our results of operations will likely
+Added: continue to be materially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Absent a waiver, failure to be in compliance with our financial covenants
+Added: would constitute a default under the Institutional Loans with our Institutional Lender when reported.
+Added: Such a default, if not cured or
+Added: waived, would allow the Institutional Lender to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness we owe under the Institutional Loans, making
+Added: it due and payable at the time.
+Added: If maturity of the Institutional Loans were accelerated, it would have a material adverse impact on our
+Added: consolidated financial statements and results of operations.
+Added: General Liability Insurance
+Added: We have general liability insurance
+Added: which incorporates a deductible of $10,000 per occurrence for both us and the limited partnerships.
+Added: Our insurance carrier is responsible
+Added: for $1,000,000 coverage per occurrence above our deductible, up to a maxi mum aggregate of $2,000,000 per year.
+Added: During our fiscal year
+Added: 2021, we were able to purchase excess liability insurance at a reasonable premium, whereby our excess insurance carrier is responsible
+Added: for $10,000,000 coverage above our primary general liability insurance coverage.
+Added: We are uninsured against liability claims in excess of
+Added: $11,000,000 per occurrence and in the aggregate.
+Added: We are in discussions to secure general liability and excess liability insurance for
+Added: the period commencing after the expiration of the current policies on December 30, 2021.
+Added: Our general policy is to settle
+Added: only those legitimate and reasonable claims asserted and to aggressively defend and go to trial, if necessary, on frivolous and unreasonable
+Added: Under our current liability insurance policy, certain expenses incurred in defending a claim, including attorney's fees, are a
+Added: part of our $10,000 deductible.
+Added: In accordance with accounting
+Added: guidance, we accrue for any liability by recognizing costs when it is probable that a covered liability has been incurred and the cost
+Added: can be reasonably estimated.
+Added: Accordingly, our annual insurance costs may be subject to adjustment from previous estimates as facts and
+Added: circumstances change.
+Added: Our accruals are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets in the caption "Accounts payable and
+Added: accrued expenses".
+Added: A significant unfavorable judgment or settlement against us in excess of our liability insurance coverage could
+Added: have a materially adverse effect on the Company.
+Added: Windstorm Insurance;
+Added: For the policy year beginning
+Added: December 30, 2021, our property insurance is a one (1) year policy with an unaffiliated third party insurance carrier, including coverage
+Added: for properties leased by us and our consolidated limited partnerships, and provides for full insurance coverage for property losses, including
+Added: those caused by windstorm, such as a hurricane.
+Added: We are in discussions to secure property insurance for the period commencing after the
+Added: expiration of the current policy on December 30, 2021.
+Added: For property losses caused by windstorm, the property insurance has a fixed deductible
+Added: of $100,000, plus 5% of all insured losses, per occurrence.
+Added: For all other property losses, the property insurance has deductibles of $10,000
+Added: per location, per occurrence.
+Added: We are in discussions to secure property insurance for the period commencing after the expiration of the
+Added: current policy on December 30, 2021.
+Added: Competition and the Company's
+Added: The liquor and hospitality industries
+Added: are highly competitive and are often affected by changes in taste and entertainment trends among the public, by local, national and economic
+Added: conditions affecting spending habits, and by population and traffic patterns.
+Added: We believe that the principal means of competition among
+Added: package liquor stores is price and that, in general, the principal means of competition among restaurants include the location, type and
+Added: quality of facilities and the type, quality and price of beverage and food served.
+Added: Our package liquor stores compete
+Added: directly or indirectly with local retailers and discount "superstores".
+Added: Due to the competitive nature of the liquor industry in
+Added: South Florida, we have had to adjust our pricing to stay competitive, including meeting all competitors’ advertisements.
+Added: Such practices
+Added: will continue in the package liquor business.
+Added: We believe that we have a competitive position in our market because of widespread consumer
+Added: recognition of the "Big Daddy's Liquors" and “Big Daddy’s Wine & Liquors” names.
+Added: Our restaurants compete directly
+Added: or indirectly with many well-established competitors, both nationally and locally owned.
+Added: We believe that we have a competitive position
+Added: in our market because of widespread consumer recognition of the "Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill" and “Flanigan’s”
+Added: We have many well-established
+Added: competitors, both nationally and locally owned, with substantially greater financial resources than we do.
+Added: Their resources and market
+Added: presence may provide advantages in marketing, purchasing and negotiating leases.
+Added: We compete with other restaurant and retail establishments
+Added: for sites and finding management personnel.
+Added: Our business is subject to seasonal
+Added: effects, including that liquor purchases tend to increase during the holiday seasons.
+Added: We operate our package liquor
+Added: stores and restaurants under the service marks;
+Added: "Big Daddy's Liquors", “Big Daddy’s Wine & Liquors”, "Flanigan's
+Added: Seafood Bar and Grill", and “Flanigan’s”.
+Added: Our right to the use of the "Big Daddy's" service mark is set
+Added: forth under a consent decree of a federal court entered into by us in settlement of federal trademark litigation.
+Added: The consent decree and
+Added: the settlement agreement allow us to continue to use and to expand our use of the "Big Daddy's” service mark in connection with
+Added: our package liquor sales in Florida, while restricting future liquor sales in Florida under the "Big Daddy's" name by the other
+Added: party who has a federally registered service mark for "Big Daddy's" use in the restaurant business.
+Added: The federal court retained
+Added: jurisdiction to enforce the consent decree.
+Added: We have acquired registered Federal trademarks on the principal register for our “Big
+Added: Daddy’s Liquors”, "Flanigan's" and “Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill” service marks.
+Added: The standard symbolic trademark
+Added: associated with our facilities and operations is the bearded face and head of "Big Daddy" which is predominantly displayed at
+Added: all "Flanigan's" facilities and all "Big Daddy's" facilities throughout the country.
+Added: The face comprising this trademark
+Added: is that of the Company’s founder, Joseph "Big Daddy" Flanigan, and is a federally registered trademark owned by us.
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