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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Details of Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

As a result of these assessments, the Company concluded the second step was required to be performed as a component of the impairment testing of its long-lived assets in the following markets on a per store basis:

		2016		2015		2014
Puerto Rico		Yes		Yes		Yes
Mexico		Yes		Yes		Yes
Peru		Yes		Yes		Yes
Aruba		Yes		Yes		Yes
Curacao		No		Yes		Yes
USVI		Yes		Yes		Yes
Venezuela		Yes		Yes		Yes
Colombia		Yes		Yes		Yes
Ecuador		Yes		Yes		No
Trinidad and Tobago		Yes		No		No

As a result of the impairment testing the Company recorded the following impairment charges, for the markets indicated below, within Other operating income (expenses), net on the statements of income (loss):

Fiscal year		Markets		Total
2016		Mexico, Puerto Rico, USVI, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago		$	7,697
2015		Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela		12,343
2014		Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela		50,886

Schedule of Goodwill Impairment

As a result of the analyses performed the Company recorded the following impairment charges, related to goodwill generated in the acquisition of franchised restaurants, for the markets indicated below within Other operating income (expenses), net on the statements of income (loss):

Fiscal year		Markets		Total
2016		Mexico		$	5,045
2015		Argentina		679
2014		Puerto Rico		2,029

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64862545&loc=d3e2921-110230

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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