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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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, 2017 and 2016:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Accounts and notes receivable |  | $ | 1,097 |  |  | $ | — |
Other receivables |  | 979 |  |  | 1,050 |
Miscellaneous |  | 3,126 |  |  | 3,612 |
Accounts payable |  | (11,727 | ) |  | (10,355 | )
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, 2017, 2016 and 2015:
|  | Fiscal years ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Food and paper (i) |  | $ | (173,387 | ) |  | $ | (163,536 | ) |  | $ | (164,882 | )
Occupancy and other operating expenses |  | (4,281 | ) |  | (3,882 | ) |  | (2,499 | )
Net interest income |  | — |  |  | 47 |  |  | 461 |
(i) | Includes $48,773 of distribution fees and $124,614 of suppliers purchases managed through the Axionlog Business for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017; $40,714 and $122,822, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016; and $44,170 and $120,712, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

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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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