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ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2012
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block] | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:
|  | April 29, 2012 |  | May 1, 2011
|  | (in millions)
Payroll and related benefits |  | $ | 233.5 |  |  | $ | 256.1 |
Customer incentives |  | 81.7 |  |  | 82.9 |
Insurance reserves |  | 63.3 |  |  | 58.5 |
Accrued interest |  | 41.9 |  |  | 47.4 |
Other |  | 236.6 |  |  | 204.9 |
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities |  | $ | 657.0 |  |  | $ | 649.8 |

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