SEC Company Response from RAVE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. (RAVE) (CIK 0000718332) (RAVE) — Feb 24, 2005
RAVE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. (RAVE) (CIK 0000718332)
Date: Feb. 24, 2005 · CIK: 0000718332 · Accession: 0000718332-05-000015
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: February 14, 2005
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Pizza Inn
3551 Plano Parkway
The Colony, TX 75056
(469) 384-5000
February 24, 2005
VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE (202.942.9648)
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 27, 2004
File Date: September 24, 2004
File No. 0-12919
Forms 10-Q for the periods ended September 26 and December 26, 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As requested by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pizza Inn, Inc.
hereby furnishes the following responses and supplemental information to the
comment letter dated February 14, 2005 from the Commission to Pizza Inn. The
following responses and supplemental information are keyed to the Commission's
comments, which are set forth in italics below.
FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 27, 2004
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
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of Operations
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Results of Operations
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Fiscal 2004 Compared to Fiscal 2003
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1. In future filings please consider including an overview section that adds
context for the remainder of the discussion by providing a balanced,
executive-level discussion that identifies the most important themes or other
significant matters with which management is concerned primarily in evaluating
the company's financial condition and operating results. See Section III.A of
SEC Release 33-8350.
Response:
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We will include an introductory or overview section in management's discussion
and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in future filings,
as appropriate, in an effort to address this comment.
2. Throughout this section, you refer to two or more factors that
contributed to material changes over the reported periods of the various
components of your results of operations. In future filings rather than simply
using the term "primarily" in describing changes, quantify the amount of the
change that is attributable to the primary source you identify as they relate to
these components. In addition to quantifying the dollar effect of the various
contributing factors ensure that you provide information about the quality of
and potential variability of your earnings, so that investors can ascertain the
likelihood that past performance is indicative of future performance. See
Section III.D of SEC Release 33-6835.
Response:
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We will quantify the contribution of factors that cause material year-to-year or
period-to-period changes in line items and provide information about the quality
and potential variability of earnings in management's discussion and analysis of
financial condition and results of operations in future filings, as reasonably
practicable and to the extent necessary to an understanding of our businesses as
a whole, in an effort to address these comments.
3. We note that 34 new franchise units were opened and 39 units were closed
during fiscal 2004. Please tell us and disclose in future filings what impact
these events had on your operations as well as the impact, if any, on
collectibility of any outstanding receivables and royalties due to the company.
Additionally, please consider including a rollforward within your MD&A to show
beginning units, units closed, new units and ending units for all applicable
years to supplement your discussion of results of operations and to enhance the
ability to evaluate trends in franchise operations. This disclosure should cover
each franchise format (e.g., Buffet's, Delco's and Express locations). If you
believe other information is more meaningful or appropriate, please advise.
Response:
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We will disclose what impact openings and closings had on operations as well as
the impact, if any, on collectibility of any outstanding receivables and
royalties due to us and other more meaningful or appropriate information, if
any, and consider including such a rollforward in management's discussion and
analysis of financial condition and results of operations in future filings, as
applicable and appropriate, in an effort to address these comments.
We do not believe that these closings had any material impact on collectibility
of any outstanding receivables and royalties due to us because (i) these amounts
have previously been reserved for by us with respect to units that were closed
during fiscal 2004 and (ii) these closed units were lower volume units whose
financial impact on our business as a whole was immaterial. For those units
that are anticipated to close or exhibiting signs of financial distress, credit
terms are typically restricted, weekly food orders are required to be paid for
on delivery and/or with certified funds, and royalty and advertising fees are
collected, as add-ons to the delivered price of weekly food orders.
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4. It appears that at least 10% of your franchised locations have closed in
each of the past two years. Tell us, and revise your MD&A in future filings to
address, whether this level of store turnover is consistent with management's
expectations. If the level of store closures is above the level you have
experienced historically, please discuss the reasons, if known, for the high
level of turnover and the potential impact on your future prospects.
Response:
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Please refer to the table of store count below.
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PIZZA INN'S RESTAURANT PROGRESSION:
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 27, 2004
Beginning Concept End of
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of Period Opened Closed Change Period
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Buffet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 12 20 (1) 212
Delco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 4 8 2 53
Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 10 11 (1) 73
International. . . . . . . . . . . 59 8 - - 67
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Total Restaurants. . . . . . . . . 410 34 39 - 405
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 29, 2003
Beginning. . . . . . . . . . .Concept End of
of Period. Opened Closed Change Period
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Buffet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 5 19 2 221
Delco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 7 6 - 55
Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 6 11 (2) 75
International. . . . . . . . . . . 60 6 7 - 59
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Total Restaurants. . . . . . . . . 429 24 43 - 410
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2002
Beginning. . . . . . . . . Concept End of
of Period. Opened Closed Change Period
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Buffet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 10 29 8 233
Delco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 12 6 (8) 54
Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 7 11 - 82
International. . . . . . . . . . . 60 8 8 - 60
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Total Restaurants. . . . . . . . . 446 37 54 - 429
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The level of store turnover described above was not materially inconsistent with
management's expectations. Although management believes that a comparison of
historical closings may not be predictive of future closings or otherwise
meaningful because the factors that contributed to historical closings may no
longer contribute to future closings, we will include the chart set forth above
in future Form 10-K filings and will also provide an explanation as to what
caused any unusual activity in store openings or closings, as applicable and
appropriate, in an effort to address these comments.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
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5. In future filings please revise your contractual obligations table to
include estimated interest payments on your debt. Because the table is aimed at
increasing transparency of cash flow, we believe these payments should be
included in the table. If you choose not to include these payments, a footnote
to the table should clearly identify the excluded items and provide any
additional information that is material to an understanding of your cash
requirements. See Section 1V.A and footnote 46 to the Commission's MD&A Guidance
issued December 19, 2003 available at www.sec.gov.
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Response:
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We will revise the contractual obligations table in future filings to
include estimated interest payments or a footnote or footnotes to the table, as
applicable and appropriate, in an effort to address these comments.
Financial Statements
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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6. You disclose in the proxy statement that the company expected the balance
of the Clairday Debt of $335,318 to be paid in full pending completion of
negotiations with Mr. Clairday. Please tell us the status of these negotiations.
In light of the age of the related receivables and the lack of significant
payment/set-off activity in recent years we assume that you classify any
unreserved balance associated with these receivables as a non-current asset.
Please confirm that our understanding is correct, or tell us why you believe
that current classification is appropriate. In this regard we refer you to ARB
43 Chapter 3 (especially paragraphs 4 and 6).
Response:
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We are actively pursuing payment discussions with Mr. Clairday regarding
repayment of his debt, through the company's credit and collection function as
we do with other past due receivables, and at the board level. Mr. Clairday, as
a member of the Company's board of directors, is entitled to receive monthly
board fees of $1,417 and board meeting fees of $1,000. We intend to withhold all
such amounts and apply them to reduce the principal balance of Mr. Clairday's
debt. Assuming four board meetings annually, we anticipate an annual offset of
$21,000. Additionally, Mr. Clairday is considering the sale of certain of his
real estate holdings, the proceeds of which he has indicated to us will be
applied to reduce the balance of his debt.
The account receivable is classified as a current asset because we believe
collection will occur within the next fiscal year.
Consolidated Statement of Operations
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7. The company discloses that it has a wholly-owned insurance operation
(PIBCO Ltd). Tell us, with a view towards future disclosure, whether this is a
captive insurance operation for the purpose of managing the company's
self-insured risk exposures and tax planning or an operating insurance
enterprise that serves third-party customers. To the extent that PIBCO Ltd.
serves third party customers, tell us:
- the nature of the insurance operations (e.g., types of risks insured,
duration of policies, nature of customers, etc.);
- gross dollar amount of coverage outstanding for policies in force and, to
the extent applicable, the extent to which risk associated with policies in
force bus been assumed by reinsurance arrangements;
- the amount of premium revenues and associated expenses reflected for each
period presented;
- where revenues and related costs of insurance operations are classified on
the consolidated statement of operations; and
- where insurance related obligations are classified on the balance sheet.
Response:
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PIBCO, Ltd., a wholly owned insurance subsidiary of Pizza Inn, is a captive
insurance operation that was originally and primarily intended to provide
general business insurance to our franchisees. PIBCO does not serve parties not
affiliated with Pizza Inn. PIBCO has effectively ceased operations, except for
operations concerning the servicing of three (3) claims pending as a result of
incidents occurring on restaurant premises operated by franchisees. Currently,
the total claim service is approximately $3,500 per month. We intend to dissolve
or otherwise dispose of PIBCO after these remaining claims have been resolved.
Note A- Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
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Revenue Recognition
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8. Please confirm for us supplementally and revise your future disclosure to
specify, if true, that title and risk of loss transfer upon shipment in
accordance with the terms of your agreements with your franchisees, or tell us
why recognition of revenue upon shipment is appropriate. Clarify whether
equipment sales require installation or testing prior to franchisee acceptance.
Refer to SAB 104 for guidance.
Response:
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Title and risk of loss for products we sell transfer upon delivery. Revenue
has been historically recognized upon shipment, which approximates the results
of recognition upon delivery to within an insignificant degree. This occurs
because the product shipment and delivery cycle (the length of time between
loading an order on our trucks and receipt by the franchisee) is relatively
short and consistent between reporting periods. To validate and quantify the
immaterial difference between recognition on shipment and delivery at the end of
each reporting period, we analyze merchandise in transit to evaluate the amount
of revenue that should not be recognized at the end of the quarter then ended
and compare it to the similar amount from the previous quarter. The difference
is consistently below $15,000. Since these differences offset at the beginning
and ending of each quarter, there is no cumulative effect on revenue
recognition. The results historically show that the difference between revenue
recognition at time of shipment and delivery to be immaterial.
Equipment we sell does require installation prior to acceptance.
Recognition of revenue occurs upon installation of such equipment.
However, consistent with the requirements of SAB 104, we will revise future
disclosure, as appropriate, to specify that title and risk of loss transfer upon
delivery of product or installation of equipment or discuss why recognition of
revenue upon shipment is appropriate and clarify whether equipment sales require
installation or testing prior to franchisee accepta