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Organization And Nature Of Business (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 territory
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of territories with operations	20
Arcos Dorados Cooperatieve U.A. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage	99.999%
Arcos Dorados B.V. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage	100.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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