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Employee Benefit Plans
 12 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2012
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
 
We sponsor a 401(k) savings plan under which eligible U.S. employees may choose to make voluntary contributions of such employee's compensation on a pretax basis, subject to certain Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limits. We make matching contributions equal to 25 percent (50 percent prior to August 1, 2010 and after January 29, 2011) of the employee's qualifying contribution up to six percent of such employee's compensation plus other discretionary contributions as authorized by our Board of Directors. Employees are eligible to participate upon completion of one year of service if they have attained the age of 21 and have worked more than 1,000 hours during such plan year. We contributed $1,618, $905 and $937 to the plan for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

We have unfunded deferred compensation agreements with certain officers and a former director under which interest is credited each year to each participant’s account in an amount equal to the five-year Treasury note rate as of January 1 of each plan year.  Total amounts accrued for these plans as of April 28, 2012 and April 30, 2011 were $625 and $673, respectively.  Contributions for each of the fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $23, $22 and $23, respectively.  The amounts accrued under the plans are not funded and are subject to the claims of the participants’ creditors.  Participants may elect various forms of withdrawals upon retirement, including a lump sum distribution or annual payments over five or 10 years.