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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Summary Of Related Party Outstanding Balances | The following table summarizes the outstanding balances between the Company and the Axionlog Business as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Accounts and notes receivable |  | $ | 1,854 |  |  | $ | — |
Other receivables |  | 2,266 |  |  | 1,796 |
Miscellaneous |  | 1,729 |  |  | 14,901 |
Accounts payable |  | 5,110 |  |  | 7,742 |
Summary Of Related Party Transactions | The following table summarizes the transactions between the Company and the Axionlog Business for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Fiscal years ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Food and paper (i) |  | $ | (164,882 | ) |  | $ | (199,801 | ) |  | $ | (319,456 | )
Occupancy and other operating expenses |  | (2,499 | ) |  | (2,251 | ) |  | (10,327 | )
Other operating expenses, net (ii) |  | — |  |  | 16,986 |  |  | — |
Net interest income |  | 461 |  |  | 1,387 |  |  | 583 |
(i) | Includes $44,170 of distribution fees and $120,712 of suppliers purchases managed through the Axionlog Business for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015; $45,143 and $154,658, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014; and $48,340 and $271,116, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
(ii) | Related to inventory sales with a cost of $16,986 for the fiscal year 2014 (the net effect on such income statement line was nil). No such transaction took place in the fiscal years 2015 and 2013.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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