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Note 4 Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2018
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block] |
| As of
| December 29, 2018 |  | September 29, 2018
Derivatives Designated as Accounting Hedges: |  |  |
Notional amount (in thousands) | $ | 103,619 |  |  | $ | 116,992 |
Number of contracts | 51 |  |  | 54 |
Derivatives Not Designated as Accounting Hedges: |  |  |
Notional amount (in thousands) | $ | 319,139 |  |  | $ | 356,076 |
Number of contracts | 40 |  |  | 56 |

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