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Employee Benefits - Total Costs Associated with Plans (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 25, 2020	Apr. 27, 2019	Apr. 28, 2018
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net periodic pension cost	$ 0	$ 35,998,000	$ 4,205,000
401(k) Retirement Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Labor and related expense	9,380,000	9,128,000	7,093,000
Performance Compensation Retirement Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Labor and related expense	1,115,000	3,084,000	1,347,000
Deferred Compensation Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Labor and related expense	719,000	284,000	360,000
Non-Qualified Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Labor and related expense	$ 796,000	$ 805,000	$ 845,000

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Amount of expense for salary, wage, profit sharing; incentive and equity-based compensation; and other employee benefit.

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-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
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