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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Schedule of Related Party Balances (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 28, 2013
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 28, 2013 and April 29, 2012:
|  | April 28, 2013 |  | April 29, 2012
|  | (in millions)
Current receivables from related parties |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 6.6 |
Long-term receivables from related parties |  | — |  |  | — |
Total receivables from related parties |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 6.6 |
Current payables to related parties |  | $ | 9.0 |  |  | $ | 7.1 |
Long-term payables to related parties |  | — |  |  | — |
Total payables to related parties |  | $ | 9.0 |  |  | $ | 7.1 |

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