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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Schedule of Related Party Balances (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Balances [Table Text Block] | The following table presents amounts owed from and to related parties as of April 29, 2012 and May 1, 2011:
|  | April 29, 2012 |  | May 1, 2011
|  | (in millions)
Current receivables from related parties |  | $ | 6.6 |  |  | $ | 10.2 |
Long-term receivables from related parties |  | — |  |  | 2.8 |
Total receivables from related parties |  | $ | 6.6 |  |  | $ | 13.0 |
Current payables to related parties |  | $ | 7.1 |  |  | $ | 9.6 |
Long-term payables to related parties |  | — |  |  | — |
Total payables to related parties |  | $ | 7.1 |  |  | $ | 9.6 |

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