$NDLS
NOODLES & Co Stock $ndls

$ndls Overview Financials Valuation SEC Filings Company Website

2021 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000127515821000104 Filed on August 04, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2021 Q2	2020 Q2	2020 Q1
Revenue	$125.6M	$80.16M	$100.3M
YoY Change	56.75%	-27.16%	-11.35%
Cost Of Revenue	$88.81M	$62.90M	$76.10M
YoY Change	41.2%	-23.85%	-8.42%
Gross Profit	$36.84M	$17.20M	$24.20M
YoY Change	114.16%	-37.23%	-19.6%
Gross Profit Margin	29.32%	21.46%	24.12%
Selling, General & Admin	$24.66M	$21.80M	$22.70M
YoY Change	13.12%	-3.54%	0.89%
% of Gross Profit	66.95%	126.74%	93.8%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$5.576M	$5.397M	$5.335M
YoY Change	3.32%	-2.0%	-2.29%
% of Gross Profit	15.14%	31.38%	22.05%
Operating Expenses	$30.24M	$27.20M	$28.00M
YoY Change	11.16%	-3.2%	0.36%
Operating Profit	$6.210M	-$12.53M	-$4.854M
YoY Change	-149.58%	1049.08%	-610.95%
Interest Expense	$498.0K	$920.0K	$968.0K
YoY Change	-45.87%	20.89%	-207.56%
% of Operating Profit	8.02%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$5.712M	-$13.45M	-$5.822M
YoY Change	-142.48%	626.36%
Income Tax	$29.00K	$33.00K	$13.00K
% Of Pretax Income	0.51%
Net Earnings	$5.683M	-$13.48M	-$5.835M
YoY Change	-142.17%	628.15%	-30810.53%
Net Earnings / Revenue	4.52%	-16.81%	-5.81%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.12	-$0.30	-$0.13
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.12	-$0.30	-$0.13
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	45.51M shares	44.21M shares	44.14M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	46.25M shares	44.21M shares	44.14M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2021 Q2	2020 Q2	2020 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$17.32M	$62.10M	$50.50M
YoY Change	-72.1%	3350.0%	974.47%
Cash & Equivalents	$17.30M	$62.10M	$50.53M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$117.0K	$6.000K	$6.000K
YoY Change	1850.0%	-99.81%	20.0%
Inventory	$9.527M	$9.510M	$9.538M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$4.348M	$2.406M	$1.926M
Other Receivables	$70.00K	$200.0K	$200.0K
Total Short-Term Assets	$34.96M	$77.73M	$64.86M
YoY Change	-55.02%	352.44%	177.74%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$122.4M	$124.6M	$128.7M
YoY Change	-1.8%	-9.93%	-7.28%
Goodwill	$7.154M	$7.154M	$7.154M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	11.78%
Intangibles	$732.0K	$855.0K	$868.0K
YoY Change	-14.39%	-27.48%	-32.77%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$3.496M	$2.567M	$2.378M
YoY Change	36.19%	8.77%	7.31%
Total Long-Term Assets	$325.2M	$344.7M	$349.3M
YoY Change	-5.65%	-6.19%	134.95%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$34.96M	$77.73M	$64.86M
Total Long-Term Assets	$325.2M	$344.7M	$349.3M
Total Assets	$360.2M	$422.4M	$414.2M
YoY Change	-14.74%	9.84%	140.76%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$12.59M	$11.38M	$9.350M
YoY Change	10.6%	7.73%	19.05%
Accrued Expenses	$12.29M	$12.48M	$9.898M
YoY Change	-1.48%	46.39%	-11.49%
Deferred Revenue	$300.0K	$1.700M	$1.200M
YoY Change	-82.35%
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$1.500M	$750.0K	$750.0K
YoY Change	100.0%	0.0%	4.31%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$70.76M	$60.97M	$50.10M
YoY Change	16.05%	23.94%	51.14%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$35.75M	$93.04M	$85.38M
YoY Change	-61.57%	97.81%	93.25%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$10.96M	$6.662M	$5.346M
YoY Change	64.58%	26.58%	17.39%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$46.72M	$99.70M	$90.73M
YoY Change	-53.14%	90.64%	86.16%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$70.76M	$60.97M	$50.10M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$46.72M	$99.70M	$90.73M
Total Liabilities	$324.7M	$390.1M	$369.3M
YoY Change	-16.77%	15.09%	209.4%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$135.0M	-$134.8M	-$121.3M
YoY Change	0.18%	13.29%	9.16%
Common Stock	$480.0K	$468.0K	$466.0K
YoY Change	2.56%	0.86%	0.43%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$35.00M	$35.00M	$35.00M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares	2.424M shares	2.424M shares	2.424M shares
Shareholders Equity	$35.44M	$32.28M	$44.91M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$360.2M	$422.4M	$414.2M
YoY Change	-14.74%	9.84%	140.76%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2021 Q2	2020 Q2	2020 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$5.683M	-$13.48M	-$5.835M
YoY Change	-142.17%	628.15%	-30810.53%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$5.576M	$5.397M	$5.335M
YoY Change	3.32%	-2.0%	-2.29%
Cash From Operating Activities	$19.47M	$7.370M	-$658.0K
YoY Change	164.12%	6364.91%	-106.44%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$4.746M	-$2.890M	$3.919M
YoY Change	64.22%	-169.4%	-189.07%
Acquisitions			$0.00
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities		$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change		-100.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$4.746M	-$2.890M	-$3.919M
YoY Change	64.22%	-47.94%	-10.93%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net			$2.188M
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-516.0K	7.070M	$44.65M
YoY Change	-107.3%	173.82%	-1554.33%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	19.47M	7.370M	-$658.0K
Cash From Investing Activities	-4.746M	-2.890M	-$3.919M
Cash From Financing Activities	-516.0K	7.070M	$44.65M
Net Change In Cash	14.20M	11.55M	$40.07M
YoY Change	22.98%	-504.55%	1357.13%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$19.47M	$7.370M	-$658.0K
Capital Expenditures	-$4.746M	-$2.890M	$3.919M
Free Cash Flow	$24.21M	$10.26M	-$4.577M
YoY Change	135.98%	-353.33%	-131.31%

Facts In Submission

Frame	Concept Type	Concept / XBRL Key	Value	Unit
	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0001275158
	dei	Amendment Flag AmendmentFlag	false
	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-28
	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2021
	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	Q2
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset Statement Of Financial Position Extensible List FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2021-01-31#PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAndFinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAfterAccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortization
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset Statement Of Financial Position Extensible List FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2021-01-31#PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAndFinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAfterAccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortization
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Current Statement Of Financial Position Extensible List FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrentStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2021-01-31#AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Current Statement Of Financial Position Extensible List FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrentStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2021-01-31#AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Noncurrent Statement Of Financial Position Extensible List FinanceLeaseLiabilityNoncurrentStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2021-01-31#OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Noncurrent Statement Of Financial Position Extensible List FinanceLeaseLiabilityNoncurrentStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2021-01-31#OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-Q
	dei	Document Quarterly Report DocumentQuarterlyReport	true
	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2021-06-29
	dei	Document Transition Report DocumentTransitionReport	false
	dei	Entity File Number EntityFileNumber	001-35987
	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	NOODLES & COMPANY
	dei	Entity Incorporation State Country Code EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode	DE
	dei	Entity Tax Identification Number EntityTaxIdentificationNumber	84-1303469
	dei	Entity Address Address Line1 EntityAddressAddressLine1	520 Zang Street, Suite D
	dei	Entity Address City Or Town EntityAddressCityOrTown	Broomfield
	dei	Entity Address State Or Province EntityAddressStateOrProvince	CO
	dei	Entity Address Postal Zip Code EntityAddressPostalZipCode	80021
	dei	City Area Code CityAreaCode	720
	dei	Local Phone Number LocalPhoneNumber	214-1900
	dei	Security12b Title Security12bTitle	Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	NDLS
	dei	Security Exchange Name SecurityExchangeName	NASDAQ
	dei	Entity Current Reporting Status EntityCurrentReportingStatus	Yes
	dei	Entity Interactive Data Current EntityInteractiveDataCurrent	Yes
	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Accelerated Filer
	dei	Entity Small Business EntitySmallBusiness	true
	dei	Entity Emerging Growth Company EntityEmergingGrowthCompany	false
	dei	Entity Shell Company EntityShellCompany	false
CY2021Q3	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	45634224	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	17324000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	7840000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	4348000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	3428000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	9527000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	9643000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	3695000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	2759000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Income Taxes Receivable IncomeTaxesReceivable	70000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Income Taxes Receivable IncomeTaxesReceivable	44000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	34964000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	23714000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment And Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset After Accumulated Depreciation And Amortization PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAndFinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAfterAccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortization	122399000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment And Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset After Accumulated Depreciation And Amortization PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAndFinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAfterAccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortization	122917000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	191410000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	195618000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	7154000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	7154000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	732000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	757000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	3496000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	3471000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Assets Noncurrent AssetsNoncurrent	325191000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Noncurrent AssetsNoncurrent	329917000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Assets Assets	360155000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	353631000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	12586000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	6402000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	18241000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	12876000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	12293000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	11632000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	26141000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	26094000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Current LongTermDebtCurrent	1500000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Current LongTermDebtCurrent	1125000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	70761000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	58129000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Noncurrent LongTermDebtNoncurrent	35754000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Noncurrent LongTermDebtNoncurrent	40949000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	206977000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	210454000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital AdditionalPaidInCapital	204996000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	256000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	240000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	10964000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	14160000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	324712000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	323932000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	1000000	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	1000000	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Issued PreferredStockSharesIssued	0	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Outstanding PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Issued PreferredStockSharesIssued	0	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Outstanding PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Value PreferredStockValue	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Value PreferredStockValue	0	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	180000000	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	180000000	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	48011761	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	45587890	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	46807587	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	44383716	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Value CommonStockValue	480000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value CommonStockValue	468000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares TreasuryStockShares	2423871	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares TreasuryStockShares	2423871	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Value TreasuryStockValue	35000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Value TreasuryStockValue	35000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital AdditionalPaidInCapital	202970000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-135033000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-138739000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	35443000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	29699000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	360155000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	353631000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	125649000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	80157000	USD
	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	235226000	USD
	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	180505000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Cost Of Operating Revenue OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue	21082000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Other Cost Of Operating Revenue OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue	15789000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Cost Of Operating Revenue OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue	41287000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Cost Of Operating Revenue OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue	32478000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	12978000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	10034000	USD
	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	23907000	USD
	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	20588000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	5576000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	5397000	USD
	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	11163000	USD
	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	10732000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Pre Opening Costs PreOpeningCosts	163000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Pre Opening Costs PreOpeningCosts	71000	USD
	us-gaap	Pre Opening Costs PreOpeningCosts	221000	USD
	us-gaap	Pre Opening Costs PreOpeningCosts	144000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	390000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	2558000	USD
	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	1621000	USD
	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	3614000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	119439000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	92682000	USD
	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	230381000	USD
	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	197884000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	6210000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	-12525000	USD
	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	4845000	USD
	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	-17379000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	498000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	920000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	1120000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	1888000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	5712000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-13445000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	3725000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-19267000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	29000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	33000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	19000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	46000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	5683000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-13478000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	3706000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-19313000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.12
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	-0.30
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.08
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	-0.44
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.12
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-0.30
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.08
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-0.44
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	45506476	shares
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	44212751	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	45303160	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	44177648	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	46246169	shares
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	44212751	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	45992119	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	44177648	shares
CY2021Q1	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	28125000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Stock Issued During Period Value Increase Decrease Stock Plan Transactions And Other StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIncreaseDecreaseStockPlanTransactionsAndOther	56000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Share Based Compensation Stock Options Requisite Service Period Recognition AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsRequisiteServicePeriodRecognition	1579000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	5683000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	35443000	USD
CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	44906000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Stock Issued During Period Value Increase Decrease Stock Plan Transactions And Other StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIncreaseDecreaseStockPlanTransactionsAndOther	-271000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Share Based Compensation Stock Options Requisite Service Period Recognition AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsRequisiteServicePeriodRecognition	1119000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-13478000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	32276000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	29699000	USD
	ndls	Common Stock Issued Upon Exercise Of Warrants Value CommonStockIssuedUponExerciseOfWarrantsValue	0	USD
	ndls	Stock Issued During Period Value Increase Decrease Stock Plan Transactions And Other StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIncreaseDecreaseStockPlanTransactionsAndOther	-279000	USD
	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Share Based Compensation Stock Options Requisite Service Period Recognition AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsRequisiteServicePeriodRecognition	2317000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	3706000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	35443000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	50571000	USD
	ndls	Stock Issued During Period Value Increase Decrease Stock Plan Transactions And Other StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIncreaseDecreaseStockPlanTransactionsAndOther	-272000	USD
	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Share Based Compensation Stock Options Requisite Service Period Recognition AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsRequisiteServicePeriodRecognition	1290000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-19313000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	32276000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	3706000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-19313000	USD
	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	11163000	USD
	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	10732000	USD
	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	16000	USD
	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	47000	USD
	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costs And Restaurant Impairments Less Noncash Portion AssetDisposalsClosureCostsAndRestaurantImpairmentsLessNoncashPortion	898000	USD
	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costs And Restaurant Impairments Less Noncash Portion AssetDisposalsClosureCostsAndRestaurantImpairmentsLessNoncashPortion	3029000	USD
	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	222000	USD
	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	149000	USD
	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	2283000	USD
	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	1253000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain On Business Interruption Insurance Recovery GainOnBusinessInterruptionInsuranceRecovery	406000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain On Business Interruption Insurance Recovery GainOnBusinessInterruptionInsuranceRecovery	0	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	521000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	-1190000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	1000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	-306000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	961000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	-87000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	3060000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	2722000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	-26000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	-77000	USD
	ndls	Increase Decrease In Operating Lease Assets And Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingLeaseAssetsAndLiabilities	830000	USD
	ndls	Increase Decrease In Operating Lease Assets And Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingLeaseAssetsAndLiabilities	7507000	USD
	ndls	Increase Decrease In Accrued Liabilities And Other Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherLiabilities	2983000	USD
	ndls	Increase Decrease In Accrued Liabilities And Other Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherLiabilities	-925000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	23246000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	6707000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	7476000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	6810000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-7476000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-6810000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	0	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	55500000	USD
	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	5042000	USD
	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	2375000	USD
	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	965000	USD
	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	402000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	0	USD
	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	731000	USD
	ndls	Proceeds From Repayments For Stock Plan Transactions Net Of Tax Withholding On Share Based Awards ProceedsFromRepaymentsForStockPlanTransactionsNetOfTaxWithholdingOnShareBasedAwards	-279000	USD
	ndls	Proceeds From Repayments For Stock Plan Transactions Net Of Tax Withholding On Share Based Awards ProceedsFromRepaymentsForStockPlanTransactionsNetOfTaxWithholdingOnShareBasedAwards	-272000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-6286000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	51720000	USD
	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	9484000	USD
	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	51617000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	7840000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	10459000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	17324000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	62076000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Number Of Restaurants NumberOfRestaurants	451	restaurant
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Number Of States In Which Entity Operates NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates	29	state
	us-gaap	Number Of Operating Segments NumberOfOperatingSegments	1	segment
	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	1	segment
	us-gaap	Fiscal Period FiscalPeriod	<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Fiscal Year</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company operates on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Tuesday closest to December 31. The Company’s fiscal quarters each contain 13 operating weeks, with the exception of the fourth quarter of a 53-week fiscal year, which contains 14 operating weeks. Fiscal year 2021, which ends on December 28, 2021, and fiscal year 2020, which ended on December 29, 2020, both contain 52 weeks. The Company’s fiscal quarter that ended June 29, 2021 is referred to as the second quarter of 2021, and the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2020 is referred to as the second quarter of 2020.</span></div>
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	4348000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	3428000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Prepaid Insurance PrepaidInsurance	992000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Insurance PrepaidInsurance	744000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Prepaid Occupancy Expense Current PrepaidOccupancyExpenseCurrent	34000	USD
CY2020Q4	ndls	Prepaid Occupancy Expense Current PrepaidOccupancyExpenseCurrent	884000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Prepaid Expense Current OtherPrepaidExpenseCurrent	2552000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Prepaid Expense Current OtherPrepaidExpenseCurrent	1092000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	117000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	39000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	3695000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	2759000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	343319000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	334251000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	220920000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	211334000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	122399000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	122917000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accrued Salaries Current AccruedSalariesCurrent	10286000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Salaries Current AccruedSalariesCurrent	6812000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accrued Bonuses Current AccruedBonusesCurrent	3699000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Bonuses Current AccruedBonusesCurrent	2364000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Employee Related Liabilities Insurance Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesInsuranceCurrent	4256000	USD
CY2020Q4	ndls	Employee Related Liabilities Insurance Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesInsuranceCurrent	3700000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	18241000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	12876000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Contract With Customer Gift Card Liability Current ContractWithCustomerGiftCardLiabilityCurrent	2270000	USD
CY2020Q4	ndls	Contract With Customer Gift Card Liability Current ContractWithCustomerGiftCardLiabilityCurrent	2551000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Accrued Occupancy Liability Current AccruedOccupancyLiabilityCurrent	1792000	USD
CY2020Q4	ndls	Accrued Occupancy Liability Current AccruedOccupancyLiabilityCurrent	1322000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accrued Utilities Current AccruedUtilitiesCurrent	1399000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Utilities Current AccruedUtilitiesCurrent	1338000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	291000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	427000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Current FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrent	1958000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Current FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrent	1800000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	4583000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	4194000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	12293000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	11632000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	38800000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount Premium And Debt Issuance Costs Net DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet	1500000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Letters Of Credit Outstanding Amount LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount	3200000	USD
	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	5000000.0	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	17300000	USD
	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Frequency Of Periodic Payment DebtInstrumentFrequencyOfPeriodicPayment	quarter
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Next Twelve Months LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths	1500000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Two LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo	1969000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Three LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree	2406000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Four LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour	32889000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	38764000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	29000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	33000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	19000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	46000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.005
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	-0.002
	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.005
	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	-0.002
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Number Of Shares Available For Grant ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant	3000000.0	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	1611000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	1094000	USD
	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	2413000	USD
	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	1253000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	16000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	25000	USD
	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	34000	USD
	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	37000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse	178000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse	2135000	USD
	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse	680000	USD
	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse	2262000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Cost Increase Decrease Related To Closure Cost Of Restaurants Net Of Offsets CostIncreaseDecreaseRelatedToClosureCostOfRestaurantsNetOfOffsets	288000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Cost Increase Decrease Related To Closure Cost Of Restaurants Net Of Offsets CostIncreaseDecreaseRelatedToClosureCostOfRestaurantsNetOfOffsets	299000	USD
	ndls	Cost Increase Decrease Related To Closure Cost Of Restaurants Net Of Offsets CostIncreaseDecreaseRelatedToClosureCostOfRestaurantsNetOfOffsets	593000	USD
	ndls	Cost Increase Decrease Related To Closure Cost Of Restaurants Net Of Offsets CostIncreaseDecreaseRelatedToClosureCostOfRestaurantsNetOfOffsets	512000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	76000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-124000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-348000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-840000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	390000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	2558000	USD
	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	1621000	USD
	ndls	Asset Disposals Closure Costsand Restaurant Impairments AssetDisposalsClosureCostsandRestaurantImpairments	3614000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Number Of Restaurants Impaired NumberOfRestaurantsImpaired	0	restaurant
CY2020Q2	ndls	Number Of Restaurants Impaired NumberOfRestaurantsImpaired	5	restaurant
	ndls	Number Of Restaurants Impaired NumberOfRestaurantsImpaired	1	restaurant
	ndls	Number Of Restaurants Impaired NumberOfRestaurantsImpaired	5	restaurant
	ndls	Number Of Restaurants Closed NumberOfRestaurantsClosed	6	restaurant
	ndls	Number Of Restaurants Closed NumberOfRestaurantsClosed	1	restaurant
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	5683000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-13478000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	3706000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.12
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-19313000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	45506476	shares
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	44212751	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	45303160	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	44177648	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	739693	shares
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	0	shares
	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	688959	shares
	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Share Based Payment Arrangements IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements	0	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	46246169	shares
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	44212751	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	45992119	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	44177648	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.12
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	-0.30
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.08
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	-0.44
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-0.30
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.08
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-0.44
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	478353	shares
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	4142754	shares
	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	730847	shares
	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	3309278	shares
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	191410000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	195618000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAsset	7456000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAsset	7822000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Total Leased Asset TotalLeasedAsset	198866000	USD
CY2020Q4	ndls	Total Leased Asset TotalLeasedAsset	203440000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	26141000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	26094000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Current FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrent	1958000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Current FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrent	1800000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	206977000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	210454000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Noncurrent FinanceLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	5632000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Noncurrent FinanceLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	6056000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Operating And Finance Lease Liability OperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiability	240708000	USD
CY2020Q4	ndls	Operating And Finance Lease Liability OperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiability	244404000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	500000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	100000	USD
	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	900000	USD
	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	500000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Rent Deferred Lease Amendment Executed RentDeferredLeaseAmendmentExecuted	4000000.0	USD
CY2021Q1	ndls	Number Of Right Of Use Operating Lease Assets Impaired NumberOfRightOfUseOperatingLeaseAssetsImpaired	1	lease
CY2021Q2	ndls	Number Of Right Of Use Operating Lease Assets Impaired NumberOfRightOfUseOperatingLeaseAssetsImpaired	0	lease
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Impairment Loss OperatingLeaseImpairmentLoss	300000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	7929000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	6066000	USD
	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	19595000	USD
	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	13574000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Finance Lease Principal And Interest Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalAndInterestPayments	699000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Finance Lease Principal And Interest Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalAndInterestPayments	270000	USD
	ndls	Finance Lease Principal And Interest Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalAndInterestPayments	1224000	USD
	ndls	Finance Lease Principal And Interest Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalAndInterestPayments	452000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Cash Paid For Operating And Finance Lease Liabilities CashPaidForOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiabilities	8628000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Cash Paid For Operating And Finance Lease Liabilities CashPaidForOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiabilities	6336000	USD
	ndls	Cash Paid For Operating And Finance Lease Liabilities CashPaidForOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiabilities	20819000	USD
	ndls	Cash Paid For Operating And Finance Lease Liabilities CashPaidForOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiabilities	14026000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	6123000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	4557000	USD
	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	6696000	USD
	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	10281000	USD
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	49000	USD
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	1238000	USD
	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	700000	USD
	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	2842000	USD
CY2021Q2	ndls	Rightof Use Asset Obtainedin Exchangefor Operating And Finance Lease Liability RightofUseAssetObtainedinExchangeforOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiability	6172000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Rightof Use Asset Obtainedin Exchangefor Operating And Finance Lease Liability RightofUseAssetObtainedinExchangeforOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiability	5795000	USD
	ndls	Rightof Use Asset Obtainedin Exchangefor Operating And Finance Lease Liability RightofUseAssetObtainedinExchangeforOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiability	7396000	USD
	ndls	Rightof Use Asset Obtainedin Exchangefor Operating And Finance Lease Liability RightofUseAssetObtainedinExchangeforOperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiability	13123000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	864000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	1666000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	28000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	25000	USD
	us-gaap	Capital Expenditures Incurred But Not Yet Paid CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid	4002000	USD
	us-gaap	Capital Expenditures Incurred But Not Yet Paid CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid	1793000	USD
	ndls	Revenue Recognition Gift Cards Expected Unredeemed Percent RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsExpectedUnredeemedPercent	0.09
	ndls	Revenue Recognition Gift Cards Estimated Redemption Period RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsEstimatedRedemptionPeriod	P24M
CY2021Q2	ndls	Contract With Customer Gift Card Liability Including New Contract Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerGiftCardLiabilityIncludingNewContractRevenueRecognized	800000	USD
CY2020Q2	ndls	Contract With Customer Gift Card Liability Including New Contract Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerGiftCardLiabilityIncludingNewContractRevenueRecognized	600000	USD
	ndls	Contract With Customer Gift Card Liability Including New Contract Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerGiftCardLiabilityIncludingNewContractRevenueRecognized	1900000	USD
	ndls	Contract With Customer Gift Card Liability Including New Contract Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerGiftCardLiabilityIncludingNewContractRevenueRecognized	2100000	USD
	ndls	Contract With Customer Periodin Which Initial Fees Receivedfrom Franchiseeswillbe Recognizedas Revenue ContractWithCustomerPeriodinWhichInitialFeesReceivedfromFranchiseeswillbeRecognizedasRevenue	P20Y
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	300000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	400000	USD

Files In Submission

Name	View Source	Status
0001275158-21-000104-index-headers.html	Edgar Link	pending
0001275158-21-000104-index.html	Edgar Link	pending
0001275158-21-000104.txt	Edgar Link	pending
0001275158-21-000104-xbrl.zip	Edgar Link	pending
a2021q2ex101kathylockharte.htm	Edgar Link	pending
a2021q2ex102suepetersenemp.htm	Edgar Link	pending
a2021q2ex103coreyklineempl.htm	Edgar Link	pending
a2021q2exhibit311.htm	Edgar Link	pending
a2021q2exhibit312.htm	Edgar Link	pending
a2021q2exhibit321.htm	Edgar Link	pending
FilingSummary.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
Financial_Report.xlsx	Edgar Link	pending
MetaLinks.json	Edgar Link	pending
ndls-20210629.htm	Edgar Link	pending
ndls-20210629.xsd	Edgar Link	pending
ndls-20210629_cal.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
ndls-20210629_def.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
ndls-20210629_htm.xml	Edgar Link	completed
ndls-20210629_lab.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
ndls-20210629_pre.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
R1.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R10.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R11.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R12.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R13.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R14.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R15.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R16.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R17.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R18.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R19.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R2.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R20.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R21.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R22.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R23.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R24.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R25.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R26.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R27.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R28.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R29.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R3.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R30.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R31.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R32.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R33.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R34.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R35.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R36.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R37.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R38.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R39.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R4.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R40.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R41.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R42.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R43.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R44.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R45.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R5.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R6.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R7.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R8.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R9.htm	Edgar Link	pending
report.css	Edgar Link	pending
Show.js	Edgar Link	pending

Create your account

Find Stocks Worth Researching

Deeply Understand Businesses

Value Businesses Intelligently

$NDLS
NOODLES & Co Stock $ndls

2021 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000127515821000104 Filed on August 04, 2021

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$NDLS NOODLES & Co Stock $ndls

2021 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000127515821000104 Filed on August 04, 2021

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$NDLS
NOODLES & Co Stock $ndls