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Related party transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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, 2018 and 2017:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Accounts and notes receivable |  | $ | 860 |  |  | $ | 1,097 |
Other receivables |  | 1,676 |  |  | 979 |
Miscellaneous |  | 2,963 |  |  | 3,126 |
Accounts payable |  | (14,984 | ) |  | (11,727 | )
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, 2018, 2017 and 2016:
|  | Fiscal years ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Food and paper (i) |  | $ | (177,356 | ) |  | $ | (173,387 | ) |  | $ | (163,536 | )
Occupancy and other operating expenses |  | (5,322 | ) |  | (4,281 | ) |  | (3,882 | )
Net interest income |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 47 |
(i) | Includes $41,633 of distribution fees and $135,723 of suppliers purchases managed through the Axionlog Business for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018; $48,773 and $124,614, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017; and $40,714 and $122,822, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

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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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