The following data are based on information in the 2016 annual report of Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. As of December 25, 2016, there were 1,240 Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants. The parent company owned 631 restaurants and 609 were franchised. Dollar amounts are in thousands.

Required
a. Calculate the company’s net change in cash for 2015 and 2016.
b. Calculate the company’s ending cash balance for 2015 and 2016.
c. Notice that cash flows from investing activities were negative for each year. Do you think this represents something positive or negative about the company? Explain your answer.

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2016 2015 Assets $1,047,219 529,319 517,900 1,986,793 $1,072,382 Liabilities 416,645 Stockholders' equity Revenues 655,737 1,812,793 Expenses Cash flows from operating activities Cash flows from investing activities Cash flows from financing activities Cash balance at the beginning of 2015 was $93,329 1,892,048 282,589 (144,844) (99,666) 1,717,653 237,260 (365,191) 45,499