Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Reserves for Sales Returns and Allowances
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at beginning of year	$ 6,716	$ 7,395	$ 6,446
Amounts charged to expense	41,217	34,598	38,314
Deductions	(40,085)	(35,277)	(37,365)
Other	975	0	0
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at end of year	8,823	6,716	7,395
Reserves for Trade Promotions
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at beginning of year	9,932	6,101	8,523
Amounts charged to expense	62,331	60,499	39,967
Deductions	(62,409)	(56,668)	(42,389)
Other	2,787	0	0
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at end of year	12,641	9,932	6,101
Reserves for Consumer Coupon Redemptions
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at beginning of year	1,672	1,742	4,249
Amounts charged to expense	6,235	5,089	2,755
Deductions	(5,637)	(5,159)	(5,262)
Other	2,053	0	0
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at end of year	4,323	1,672	1,742
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at beginning of year	1,277	1,035	863
Amounts charged to expense	(276)	340	134
Deductions	(186)	(98)	(6)
Other	0	0	44
Valuation allowances and reserves, balance at end of year	$ 815	$ 1,277	$ 1,035

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Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690

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