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Note 8 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 27, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | Fiscal 2013 |  |  | Fiscal 2012 |  |  | Fiscal 2011 |
Current |  | $ | 23,359 |  |  | $ | 23,380 |  |  | $ | 22,590 |
Deferred |  |  | 172 |  |  |  | (477 | ) |  |  | (694 | )
Total |  | $ | 23,531 |  |  | $ | 22,903 |  |  | $ | 21,896 |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued expenses and other |  | $ | 5,241 |  |  | $ | 5,173 |
Inventory and amortizable assets |  |  | 355 |  |  |  | 450 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 5,596 |  |  |  | 5,623 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property |  |  | 16,159 |  |  |  | 16,186 |
Intangibles and other |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 101 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 16,258 |  |  |  | 16,287 |
Net deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | 10,662 |  |  | $ | 10,664 |
Current deferred tax assets – net |  | $ | 3,665 |  |  | $ | 3,550 |
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities – net |  | $ | 14,327 |  |  | $ | 14,214 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  | Fiscal 2013 |  |  | Fiscal 2012 |  |  | Fiscal 2011 |
Statutory federal income tax rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | 2.4 |
Manufacturing deduction benefit |  |  | (3.1 | ) |  |  | (3.1 | ) |  |  | (3.0 | )
Other differences |  |  | (.1 | ) |  |  | (.4 | ) |  |  | .5 |
Effective income tax rate |  |  | 33.4 | % |  |  | 34.2 | % |  |  | 34.9 | %
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block] |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | Fiscal 2013 |  |  | Fiscal 2012 |  |  | Fiscal 2011 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 4,548 |  |  | $ | 4,687 |  |  | $ | 3,997 |
Increases due to current period tax positions |  |  | 415 |  |  |  | 408 |  |  |  | 857 |
Decreases due to lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | (614 | ) |  |  | (547 | ) |  |  | (167 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 4,349 |  |  | $ | 4,548 |  |  | $ | 4,687 |

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