Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] | N ote 4 – Stock-based Compensation The Company has two incentive stock plans, the 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”) and the 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “2014 Plan”). As a result of the approval of the 2014 Plan by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting, grants may no longer be issued under the 2006 Plan. The Company believes that awards of long-term, equity-based incentive compensation will attract and retain directors, officers and employees of the Company and will encourage these individuals to contribute to the successful performance of the Company, which will lead to the achievement of the Company’s overall goal of increasing stockholder value. Awards granted under the 2014 Plan may be in the form of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, shares of restricted or unrestricted stock, stock units, stock appreciation rights or other stock-based awards. Awards may be granted subject to the achievement of performance goals or other conditions, and certain awards may be payable in stock or cash, or a combination of the two. The 2014 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), which selects eligible employees, non-employee directors and other individuals to participate in the 2014 Plan and determines the type, amount, duration and other terms of individual awards. At December 27, 2015, 1.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock were available for future issuance under the 2014 Plan. Stock-based compensation expense is calculated according to FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation Stock Options: the nine-month periods ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014 : Nine-Month Period Ended Nine-Month Period Ended December 27, 2015 December 28, 2014 Weighted- Weighted- Average Number of Average Number of Exercise Options Exercise Options Price Outstanding Price Outstanding Outstanding at Beginning of Period $ 6.83 330,000 $ 5.76 185,000 Granted 8.38 110,000 7.90 165,000 Exercised 6.30 (55,000 ) 5.78 (10,000 ) Outstanding at End of Period 7.35 385,000 6.80 340,000 Exercisable at End of Period 6.52 192,500 5.60 125,000 As of December 27, 2015, the intrinsic value of the outstanding and exercisable stock options was $334,000 and $314,000, respectively. The intrinsic value of the stock options exercised during the three and nine-months ended December 27, 2015 was $68,000 and $101,000, respectively. The Company received no cash from the exercise of stock options during each of the three and nine-month periods ended December 27, 2015. Upon the exercise of stock options, participants may choose to surrender to the Company those shares from the option exercise necessary to satisfy the exercise amount and their income tax withholding obligations that arise from the option exercise. The effect on the cash flow of the Company from these “cashless” option exercises is that the Company remits cash on behalf of the participant to satisfy his or her income tax withholding obligations. The Company used cash of $25,000 and $37,000 to remit the required income tax withholding amounts from “cashless” option exercises during the three and nine-month periods ended December 27, 2015, respectively, and used cash of $5,000 to remit the required income tax withholding amounts from “cashless” option exercises during each of the three and nine-month periods ended December 28, 2014. To determine the estimated fair value of stock options granted, the Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation formula, which is a closed-form model that uses an equation to estimate fair value. The following table sets forth the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the non-qualified stock options which were awarded to certain employees during the nine-month periods ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, which options vest over a two-year period, assuming continued service. Options Issued to Employees Nine-Month Periods Ended December 27, 2015 December 28, 2014 Options issued 110,000 165,000 Grant date June 12, 2015 June 18, 2014 Dividend yield 3.82 % 4.05 % Expected volatility 20.00 % 30.00 % Risk free interest rate 1.12 % 0.95 % Contractual term (years) 10.00 10.00 Expected term (years) 3.00 3.00 Forfeiture rate 5.00 % 5.00 % Exercise price (grant-date closing price) per option $ 8.38 $ 7.90 Fair value per option $ 0.77 $ 1.19 For the three-month periods ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the Company recognized compensation expense associated with stock options as follows (in thousands): Three-Month Period Ended December 27, 2015 Three-Month Period Ended December 28, 2014 Cost of Other Marketing Cost of Other Marketing Products & Administrative Total Products & Administrative Total Options Granted in Fiscal Year Sold Expenses Expense Sold Expenses Expense 2014 $ - $ - $ - $ 6 $ 6 $ 12 2015 12 10 22 12 10 22 2016 5 4 9 - - - Total stock option compensation $ 17 $ 14 $ 31 $ 18 $ 16 $ 34 For the nine-month periods ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the Company recognized compensation expense associated with stock options as follows (in thousands): Nine-Month Period Ended December 27, 2015 Nine-Month Period Ended December 28, 2014 Cost of Other Marketing Cost of Other Marketing Products & Administrative Total Products & Administrative Total Options Granted in Fiscal Year Sold Expenses Expense Sold Expenses Expense 2013 $ - $ - $ - $ 12 $ 12 $ 24 2014 7 7 14 19 19 38 2015 40 34 74 26 22 48 2016 11 9 20 - - - Total stock option compensation $ 58 $ 50 $ 108 $ 57 $ 53 $ 110 As of December 27, 2015, total unrecognized stock option compensation expense amounted to $113,000, which will be recognized as the underlying stock options vest over a weighted-average period of nine months. The amount of future stock option compensation expense could be affected by any future stock option grants and by the separation from the Company of any individual who has received stock options that are unvested as of such individual’s separation date. Non-vested Stock Granted to Non-Employee Directors: Number of Shares Fair Value per Share Three-Month Period Ended 28,000 $8.20 September 27, 2015 28,000 $7.97 September 28, 2014 28,000 $6.67 September 29, 2013 42,000 $5.62 September 30, 2012 These shares vest over a two-year period, assuming continued service. The fair value of the non-vested stock granted to the Company’s non-employee directors was based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of each grant. In August 2015, 28,000 shares vested that had been granted to the Company’s non-employee directors, with such shares having an aggregate value of $226,000. Non-vested Stock Granted to Employees: With the closing price conditions having been met for these awards, the Board at various times approved amendments to provide for the immediate vesting of all or a portion of several of the grants. The vesting of these awards was accelerated in order to maximize the deductibility of the associated compensation expense by the Company for income tax purposes. During the three-month period ended September 27, 2015, the remaining 240,000 of these shares vested, with such shares having an aggregate value of $1.9 million. Each of the individuals holding shares that vested surrendered to the Company the number of shares necessary to satisfy the income tax withholding obligations that arose from the vesting of the shares, and the Company remitted $948,000 to the appropriate taxing authorities on behalf of such individuals. Performance Bonus Plan: These individuals may instead be awarded cash, if and to the extent that insufficient shares of common stock are available for issuance from all shareholder-approved, equity-based plans or programs of the Company in effect. The performance bonus plan also imposes individual limits on awards and provides that shares of common stock that may be awarded will vest over a two-year period. Compensation expense associated with performance bonus plan awards are recognized over a three-year period – the fiscal year in which the award is earned, plus the two-year vesting period. In connection with the performance bonus plan, the Company, in respect of fiscal year 2015, awarded 58,532 shares of common stock with a fair value of $7.18 per share during the three-month period ended June 28, 2015. In connection with these awards, the Company recognized compensation expense of $140,000 during fiscal year 2015, and will recognize, on a straight-line basis, $140,000 in compensation expense during each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017. In connection with the performance bonus plan, the Company, in respect of fiscal year 2014, awarded 188,232 shares of common stock with a fair value of $5.65 per share during the three-month period ended June 29, 2014. In connection with these awards, the Company recognized compensation expense of $354,000 during each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015, and will recognize, on a straight-line basis, $354,000 in compensation expense during fiscal year 2016. During the three-month period ended June 28, 2015, 94,116 of these shares vested, with such shares having an aggregate value of $735,000. Each of the individuals holding shares that vested surrendered to the Company the number of shares necessary to satisfy the income tax withholding obligations that arose from the vesting of the shares, and the Company remitted $360,000 to the appropriate taxing authorities on behalf of such individuals. For the three-month periods ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the Company recognized compensation expense associated with stock grants, which is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, as follows (in thousands): Three-Month Period Ended December 27, 2015 Three-Month Period Ended December 28, 2014 Non-employee Total Non-employee Total Stock Granted in Fiscal Year Employees Directors Expense Employees Directors Expense 2011 $ - $ - $ - $ 51 $ - $ 51 2014 - - - - 23 23 2015 89 28 117 89 28 117 2016 35 29 64 - - - Total stock grant compensation $ 124 $ 57 $ 181 $ 140 $ 51 $ 191 For the nine-month periods ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the Company recognized compensation expense associated with stock grants, which is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, as follows (in thousands): Nine-Month Period Ended December 27, 2015 Nine-Month Period Ended December 28, 2014 Non-employee Total Non-employee Total Stock Granted in Fiscal Year Employees Directors Expense Employees Directors Expense 2011 $ 48 $ - $ 48 $ 133 $ - $ 133 2013 - - - - 27 27 2014 - 31 31 - 69 69 2015 267 84 351 267 46 313 2016 105 48 153 - - - Total stock grant compensation $ 420 $ 163 $ 583 $ 400 $ 142 $ 542 As of December 27, 2015, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the Company’s non-vested stock grants amounted to $510,000, which will be recognized over the respective vesting terms associated with each block of non-vested stock indicated above, such grants having an aggregate weighted-average vesting term of 4.7 months. The amount of future compensation expense related to the Company’s non-vested stock grants could be affected by any future non-vested stock grants and by the separation from the Company of any individual who has non-vested stock grants as of such individual’s separation date. |