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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Common stock issued to non-employee directors) (Details) - Non Employee Director [Member] - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Oct. 01, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of common shares issued		50	83
Fair value based upon market price at time of issue	$ 750	$ 551	$ 1,049

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The total fair value of shares issued during the period under a deferred compensation arrangement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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