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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
May. 02, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Note 12. Employee Benefit Plans
 
We sponsor a 401(k) savings plan under which eligible U.S. employees may choose to make voluntary contributions of such employees' compensation on a pretax basis, subject to certain Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limits. We make matching contributions equal to 50 percent 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 1000 hours during such plan year. We contributed $2,115, $1,859 and $1,713 to the plan for fiscal years 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

We have unfunded deferred compensation agreements with one individual who is a former officer and another individual who is a former officer and 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 May 2, 2015 and April 26, 2014 was $433 and $522, respectively.  Contributions for each of the fiscal years 2015, 2014, and 2013 were $23, $23 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. In 2015, a payment of $93 was distributed to one participant, which represented the first of five years of payments.