The following data are based on information in the 2013 annual report of Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. As of December 29, 2013, there were 993 Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants. The parent company owned 434 restaurants and 559 were franchised. Dollar amounts are in thousands.

Required
a. Calculate the company€™s net change in cash for 2012 and 2013.
b. Calculate the company€™s ending cash balance for 2012 and 2013.
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.

2013 Assets Liabilities Stockholders' equity Revenues Expenses Cash flows from operating activities Cash flows from investing activities Cash tlows from financing activities Cash balance at the beginning of 2012 was $20,530 $ 705,728 591,087 207,715 383,372 1,266,719 1,040,530 983,255 145,188 (145,741) (142,753) (1,588) 239,920 465,808 1,195,165 179,360 3,039