Organization consolidation and presentation of financial statements.

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Percentage of non economic general partner interest and incentive distribution rights.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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Represents the number of stores.

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The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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Organization and Principles of Consolidation - Additional Information (Details)								12 Months Ended
	Aug. 21, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 01, 2015	Apr. 01, 2015	Oct. 01, 2014	Aug. 29, 2014	Sep. 25, 2012 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 state segment	Apr. 06, 2017 stores	Mar. 31, 2016	Jan. 01, 2016
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Units sold in public offering (in shares) \| shares							10,925,000
Percentage of non economic general partner interest and incentive distribution rights						100.00%
Number of states in which entity operates								30
Percentage of membership interest acquired	100.00%		100.00%
Number of operating segments \| segment								2
Number of stores \| stores									207
Mid Atlantic Convenience Stores Limited Liability Company [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interest acquired					100.00%
Susser [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interest acquired		100.00%
Percentage of membership interest acquired		100.00%
Sunoco LLC [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interest acquired				50.10%						49.90%
Percentage of membership interest acquired				31.58%
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage										68.42%
Sunoco Retail LLC [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interest acquired										100.00%	100.00%
Retail Segment [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of states in which entity operates								20
Wholesale Segment [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of states in which entity operates								30