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Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Prepaid Expense and Other Assets [Abstract]

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following at year end:

		2017				2016
Prepaid taxes		$	48,076			$	52,407
Prepaid expenses		27,478				18,753
Promotion items and prepayments		17,683				12,853
Other		967				3,630
		$	94,204			$	87,643

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