1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Description of Business The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a leader in experiential dining. We are culinary forward and relentlessly focused on hospitality. We currently own and operate 306 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada, including 208 The Cheesecake Factory ® restaurants, 29 North Italia ® restaurants and a collection within our Fox Restaurant Concepts (“FRC”) business. Internationally, 29 The Cheesecake Factory ® restaurants operate under licensing agreements. Our bakery division operates two facilities that produce quality cheesecakes and other baked products for our restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated and its wholly owned subsidiaries (referred to herein collectively as the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”) and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All intercompany accounts and transactions for the periods presented have been eliminated in consolidation. On October 2, 2019, we completed the acquisition of North Italia and the remaining business of FRC, including Flower Child and all other FRC brands (the “Acquisition”). The results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the acquired businesses are included in our consolidated financial statements as of the acquisition date. We utilize a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the Tuesday closest to December 31 for financial reporting purposes. Fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019 each consisted of 52 weeks and fiscal year 2022 will consist of 53 weeks. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions for the reporting periods covered by the financial statements. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates. COVID-19 Pandemic Beginning in March 2020, COVID-19 and measures to prevent its spread led to significant disruptions to our business as suggested and mandated social distancing and shelter-in-place orders led to the temporary closure of a number of restaurants across our portfolio while our remaining locations shifted to an off-premise only operating model on an interim basis. Reopening of restaurant dining rooms resumed, generally at reduced capacity, at various points since May 2020. While restrictions on the type of permitted operating model and occupancy capacity may continue to change, currently nearly all of our restaurants are operating with no capacity restrictions on indoor dining. The ongoing effects of COVID-19 and its variants, including, but not limited to, consumer behavior, capacity restrictions, mask and vaccination mandates, wage inflation, our ability to continue to staff our restaurants and disruptions in the supply chain, will determine the impact to our operating results and financial position. The impact to our operations has been most notable during the periods of greatest accelerating COVID-19 case counts. We have incurred and will continue to incur additional costs to address government regulations and the safety of our staff members and customers. Cash and Cash Equivalents Amounts receivable from credit card processors, totaling $17.5 million and $9.1 million at December 28, 2021 and December 29, 2020, respectively, are considered cash equivalents because they are both short-term and highly liquid in nature and are typically converted to cash within three days of the sales transaction. During the last week of fiscal 2020, almost all of our restaurants were operating under capacity restrictions or in an off-premise-only model. Therefore, we processed less sales through credit cards causing a lowe
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