Additional Number of Businesses Acquired

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Number Of Capital Leases

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Number Of Operating Leases

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Operating Leases, Annual Rental Payments

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Number Of Properties

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The yearly payments due under the lease entered into in connection with the transaction involving the sale of property to another party and the lease of the property back to the seller.

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The financing cost related to leases that have been recorded under the deposit method, as a financing or as a capital leases in connection with the transaction involving the sale of property to another party and the lease of the property back to the seller.

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Threshold period past due for trade accounts receivable to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Basis and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Related Party Transactions (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	36 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) lease franchise	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2004 Property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Threshold Period Past Due for Write-off of Trade Accounts Receivable		60 days
Additional number of businesses acquired \| franchise	2
Related Party
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale leaseback, number of properties \| Property			21
Number of capital leases \| lease	2
Number of operating leases \| lease	4
Capital leases, annual rental payments \| $	$ 0.1
Interest rate in the leases	9.70%
Operating leases, annual rental payments \| $	$ 0.2