Business acquisition additional percentage of ownership.

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Business acquisition Percentage pf ownership.

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Ownership interest of controlling interest.

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Percentage of ownership interest.

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The fair value, at acquisition date, of cash transferred as consideration in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposals - Additional Information (Detail) - MXN ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	May 22, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Aug. 16, 2018
Coca-Cola FEMSA [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Business acquisition, cash paid			$ 3,576
Business acquisition, percentage of voting equity interests acquired			100.00%
CCFPI [member] \| Written put options [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Percentage of ownership interest				51.00%
Abasa [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting equity interests acquired		100.00%
Los Volcanes [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting equity interests acquired		100.00%
MONRESA [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting equity interests acquired		100.00%
Caffenio [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting equity interests acquired	10.00%
Business acquisition, percentage of ownership interest of subsidiary	50.00%