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Related party transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of outstanding balance with related party | The following table summarizes the outstanding balances between the Company and the Axionlog Business as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Accounts and notes receivable, net |  | $ | 365 |  |  | $ | 272 |
Other receivables |  | 3,377 |  |  | 2,392 |
Miscellaneous |  | 3,448 |  |  | 3,665 |
Accounts payable |  | (10,873) |  |  | (6,378) |
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, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
|  | Fiscal years ended December 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Food and paper (i) |  | $ | (187,959) |  |  | $ | (124,416) |  |  | $ | (188,276) |
Occupancy and other operating expenses |  | (5,108) |  |  | (3,667) |  |  | (7,252) |
(i)Includes $40,227 of distribution fees and $147,732 of suppliers purchases managed through the Axionlog Business for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021; $24,302 and $100,114, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020; and $38,658 and $149,618, respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The following table summarizes the outstanding balances between the Company and its equity method investments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
|  | Lacoop, A.C | Lacoop II, S.C | Saile (i) |  | Lacoop, A.C | Lacoop II, S.C | Saile (i)
Other receivables |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,190 |  | $ | 731 |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,761 |  | —
Accounts payable |  | — |  | (810) |  | — |  |  | — |  | (508) |  | —
(i) Operadora de Franquicias Saile S.A.P.I. de C.V.

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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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