XML 144 R120.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.7.0.1

Related Party Transactions (Summary of Related Party Transactions) (Details) - Axionlog Distribution B.V. [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Food and paper	$ (163,536)	$ (164,882)	$ (199,801)
Occupancy and other operating expenses	(3,882)	(2,499)	(2,251)
Other operating expenses, net	0	0	16,986
Net interest income	47	461	1,387
Logistics service fees from related party	40,714	44,170	45,143
Suppliers purchase expense related party	$ 122,822	$ 120,712	$ 154,658

X

- Definition

Food and paper from related party

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	arco_FoodAndPaperFromRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	arco_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Logistics service fees from related party

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	arco_LogisticsServiceFeesFromRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	arco_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Related Party Transaction, Other Operating Expenses from Transactions with Related Party

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	arco_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherOperatingExpensesfromTransactionswithRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	arco_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Suppliers purchase expense related party

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	arco_SuppliersPurchaseExpenseRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	arco_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

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

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Reflects the sum of all other revenue and income realized from sales and other transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party during the period.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=arco_AxionlogDistributionB.V.Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: