Employees

As of December 30, 2008, we employed approximately 31,000 people, of which approximately 30,000 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 700 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 300 worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization.  None of our staff members are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  Our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our staff members to be favorable.

Employees

As of December 30, 2008, we employed approximately 31,000 people,
of which approximately 30,000 employees worked in our restaurants,
approximately 700 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 300 worked
in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization. 
None of our staff members are currently covered by collective bargaining
agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or
labor dispute.  Our working conditions and compensation packages are
generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall
relations with our staff members to be favorable.

Employees

As of January 1, 2008, we employed approximately 32,300 people, of which approximately 31,200 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 800 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 300 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization.  None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  We believe our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.

Employees

As of January 1, 2008, we employed approximately
32,300 people, of which approximately 31,200 employees worked in our
restaurants, approximately 800 worked in our bakery operations and
approximately 300 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field
supervision organization.  None of our employees are currently covered by
collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized
work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  We believe our working conditions
and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our
competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.

Employees

As of January 2, 2007, we employed approximately 29,400 persons, of which approximately 28,400 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 700 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 300 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization.  None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  We believe our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.

Employees

As of January 3, 2006, we employed approximately 24,700 persons, of which approximately 23,800 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 650 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 250 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization.  None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  We believe our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.

Employees

          As of January 3, 2006, we employed approximately 24,700 persons, of which approximately 23,800 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 650 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 250 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization. None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute. We believe our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.

Employees

          As of April 1, 2005, we employed approximately 22,200 persons, of which approximately 21,400 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 600 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 200 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization.  None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  We believe our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.

Employees

          As of April 1, 2005, we employed approximately 22,200 persons, of which approximately 21,400 employees worked in our restaurants, approximately 600 worked in our bakery operations and approximately 200 employees worked in our corporate center and restaurant field supervision organization.  None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have never experienced an organized work stoppage, strike or labor dispute.  We believe our working conditions and compensation packages are generally comparable with those offered by our competitors and consider overall relations with our employees to be favorable.