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Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 27, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] |
Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block] |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | Fiscal 2013 |  |  | Fiscal 2012 |  |  | Fiscal 2011 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 399 |  |  | $ | 452 |  |  | $ | 509 |
Net charge to expense |  |  | 96 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 67 |
Net charge-off |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | (57 | ) |  |  | (124 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 454 |  |  | $ | 399 |  |  | $ | 452 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28368275&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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