Note 4 - Accounts and Other Receivables
 12 Months Ended
Jun. 06, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
  Accounts and Other Receivables
 
Accounts and other receivables consist of the following (in thousands):
 
   
2017
    
2016
  
                 
Rebates receivable
  
$
1,031
     $
1,001
  
Amounts due from franchisees
  
 
4,014
      
3,013
  
Third-party gift card sales
  
 
1,147
      
1,272
  
Receivables from sales of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill assets
  
 
–
      
5,289
  
Other receivables
  
 
1,123
      
2,252
  
   
$
7,315
     $
12,827
  
 
We negotiate purchase arrangements, including price terms, with designated and approved suppliers on behalf of us and our franchise system. We receive various volume discounts and rebates based on purchases for our Company-owned restaurants from numerous suppliers.
 
Amounts due from franchisees consist of royalties, license and other miscellaneous fees, a portion of which represents current and recently-invoiced billings.
 
On
May 31, 2016,
we entered into agreements with
two
separate buyers to sell various Lime Fresh assets. The
$5.3
million of receivables from sales of Lime Fresh assets in the table above consists of
$5.0
million due from the buyer of our Lime Fresh restaurants, which was collected on the
first
day of fiscal year
2017,
and
$0.3
million due from the buyer of the Lime Fresh brand. See Note
3
to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on these transactions.
 
As of
June 6, 2017
and
May 31, 2016,
other receivables consisted primarily of amounts due from our distributor, receivables from online ordering, sales and other miscellaneous tax refunds, and other receivables.