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Operating lease agreements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2018, future minimum payments required under existing operating leases with initial terms of one year or more are:
|  | Restaurant |  | Other |  | Total (i)
2019 |  | $ | 137,049 |  |  | $ | 6,427 |  |  | $ | 143,476 |
2020 |  | 122,163 |  |  | 6,090 |  |  | 128,253 |
2021 |  | 106,503 |  |  | 4,685 |  |  | 111,188 |
2022 |  | 91,112 |  |  | 2,335 |  |  | 93,447 |
2023 |  | 77,830 |  |  | 2,206 |  |  | 80,036 |
Thereafter |  | 409,694 |  |  | 9,771 |  |  | 419,465 |
Total minimum payment |  | $ | 944,351 |  |  | $ | 31,514 |  |  | $ | 975,865 |
(i) For sites that have lease escalations tied to an index, future minimum payments reflect the current index adjustments through December 31, 2018. In addition, future minimum payments exclude renewal options provided by government’s regulation that have not yet been exercised.
Schedule Of Details Of Rent Expense | The following table provides detail of rent expense for fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016:
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Company-operated restaurants (i) |  | $ | 139,279 |  |  | $ | 148,505 |  |  | $ | 131,142 |
Franchised restaurants (ii) |  | 45,565 |  |  | 54,711 |  |  | 43,311 |
Total rent expense |  | $ | 184,844 |  |  | $ | 203,216 |  |  | $ | 174,453 |
(i) | Included within “Occupancy and other operating expenses” in the consolidated statements of income.
(ii) | Included within “Franchised restaurants – occupancy expenses” in the consolidated statements of income.
Schedule Of Rent Expense | The following table provides a breakdown detail of rent expense between minimum and contingent rentals for fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016:
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Minimum rentals |  | $ | 136,328 |  |  | $ | 138,496 |  |  | $ | 122,726 |
Contingent rentals based on sales |  | 48,516 |  |  | 64,720 |  |  | 51,727 |
Total rent expense |  | $ | 184,844 |  |  | $ | 203,216 |  |  | $ | 174,453 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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