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Accrued Payroll and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Payroll and Other Liabilities | Accrued payroll and other liabilities Accrued payroll and other liabilities consist of the following at year end:
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Current: |  |  |  |
Accrued payroll |  | $ | 95,754 |  |  | $ | 74,559 |
Advances related to pending sales of property and equipment and restaurant businesses |  | 34,341 |  |  | 4,939 |
Accrued expenses |  | 9,492 |  |  | 11,817 |
Other liabilities |  | 4,855 |  |  | 1,797 |
|  | $ | 144,442 |  |  | $ | 93,112 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred rent |  | 13,782 |  |  | 12,170 |
Other liabilities |  | 9,978 |  |  | 7,211 |
|  | $ | 23,760 |  |  | $ | 19,381 |

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