Segment Information | Segment Information The company operates in three reportable operating segments defined by management reporting structure and operating activities. The Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group manufactures, sells, and distributes cooking equipment for the restaurant and institutional kitchen industry. This business segment has manufacturing facilities in California, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Australia, China, Denmark, Italy, the Philippines, Poland and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include conveyor ovens, ranges, steamers, convection ovens, combi-ovens, broilers and steam cooking equipment, induction cooking systems, baking and proofing ovens, charbroilers, catering equipment, fryers, toasters, hot food servers, food warming equipment, griddles, coffee and beverage dispensing equipment, professional refrigerators, coldrooms, ice machines, freezers and kitchen processing and ventilation equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: Anets, Beech, Blodgett, Blodgett Combi, Blodgett Range, Bloomfield, Britannia, CTX, Carter-Hoffmann, Celfrost, Concordia, CookTek, Desmon, Doyon, Eswood, Follett, Frifri, Giga, Goldstein, Holman, Houno, IMC, Induc, Jade, Lang, Lincat, MagiKitch’n, Market Forge, Marsal, Middleby Marshall, MPC, Nieco, Nu-Vu, PerfectFry, Pitco, Southbend, Star, Toastmaster, TurboChef, Wells and Wunder-Bar. The Food Processing Equipment Group manufactures preparation, cooking, packaging, food handling and food safety equipment for the food processing industry. This business segment has manufacturing operations in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include batch ovens, belt ovens, continuous processing ovens, frying systems, automated thermal processing systems, automated loading and unloading systems, meat presses, breading, battering, mixing, water cutting systems, forming, grinding and slicing equipment, food suspension, reduction and emulsion systems, defrosting equipment, packaging and food safety equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names: Alkar, Armor Inox, Auto-Bake, Baker Thermal Solutions, Cozzini, Danfotech, Drake, Maurer-Atmos, MP Equipment, RapidPak, Spooner Vicars, Stewart Systems and Thurne. The Residential Kitchen Equipment Group manufactures, sells and distributes kitchen equipment for the residential market. This business segment has manufacturing facilities in California, Michigan, Mississippi, Wisconsin, France, Ireland, Romania, and the United Kingdom. Principal product lines of this group include ranges, cookers, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, cooktops and outdoor equipment. These products are sold and marketed under the brand names of AGA, AGA Cookshop, Brigade, Fired Earth, Grange, Heartland, La Cornue, Leisure Sinks, Lynx, Marvel, Mercury, Rangemaster, Rayburn, Redfyre, Sedona, Stanley, TurboChef, U-Line and Viking. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The chief operating decision maker evaluates individual segment performance based on operating income. Net Sales Summary (dollars in thousands) Three Months Ended Apr 1, 2017 Apr 2, 2016 Sales Percent Sales Percent Business Segments: Commercial Foodservice $ 312,249 58.9 % $ 278,986 54.0 % Food Processing 77,276 14.6 78,636 15.2 Residential Kitchen 140,772 26.5 158,733 30.8 Total $ 530,297 100.0 % $ 516,355 100.0 % The following table summarizes the results of operations for the company's business segments (1) (in thousands): Commercial Foodservice Food Processing Residential Kitchen Corporate and Other (2) Total Three Months Ended April 1, 2017 Net sales $ 312,249 $ 77,276 $ 140,772 $ — $ 530,297 Income (loss) from operations 80,541 17,989 18,912 (16,363 ) 101,079 Depreciation and amortization expense 4,982 1,387 7,207 481 14,057 Net capital expenditures 5,985 638 1,282 371 8,276 Total assets $ 1,359,869 $ 344,307 $ 1,200,241 $ 38,614 $ 2,943,031 Three Months Ended April 2, 2016 Net sales $ 278,986 $ 78,636 $ 158,733 $ — $ 516,355 Income (loss) from operations 76,569 17,863 9,851 (17,908 ) 86,375 Depreciation and amortization expense 4,371 1,438 8,704 417 14,930 Net capital expenditures 4,184 1,798 1,711 — 7,693 Total assets $ 1,132,939 $ 325,373 $ 1,235,772 $ 83,860 $ 2,777,944 (1) Non-operating expenses are not allocated to the operating segments. Non-operating expenses consist of interest expense and deferred financing amortization, foreign exchange gains and losses and other income and expense items outside of income from operations. (2) Includes corporate and other general company assets and operations. Geographic Information Long-lived assets, not including goodwill and other intangibles (in thousands): Apr 1, 2017 Apr 2, 2016 United States and Canada $ 178,363 $ 153,284 Asia 15,357 18,011 Europe and Middle East 120,505 60,795 Latin America 1,050 1,114 Total international $ 136,912 $ 79,920 $ 315,275 $ 233,204 Net sales (in thousands): Three Months Ended Apr 1, 2017 Apr 2, 2016 United States and Canada $ 360,101 $ 325,941 Asia 42,692 37,794 Europe and Middle East 108,704 136,604 Latin America 18,800 16,016 Total international $ 170,196 $ 190,414 $ 530,297 $ 516,355 |