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Summary of significant accounting policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of impairment charges

As a result of the impairment testing the Company recorded the following impairment charges, for the markets indicated below, within Other operating income (expenses), net on the consolidated statements of income:

Fiscal year						Markets						Total
2021						Mexico, USVI, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina						$	1,573
2020						Mexico, Puerto Rico, USVI, Peru, Aruba, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and Argentina						6,636
2019						Mexico, Puerto Rico, USVI, Peru, Aruba, Curacao, Colombia and Venezuela						8,790

Schedule of goodwill impairment

As a result of the analyses performed during the fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded the following impairment charges, related to goodwill generated in the acquisition of franchised restaurants, for the markets indicated below within Other operating income (expenses), net on the consolidated statements of income:

Fiscal year						Markets						Total
2021						—						$	—
2020						Mexico						1,085
2019						Ecuador						273

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Tabular disclosure for impairment of long-lived assets held and used by an entity which includes a description of the impaired long-lived asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, aggregate amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired long-lived asset is reported.

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