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Employee Benefit Plans - (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	May 02, 2015	Apr. 26, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Percentage of matching contribution	50.00%
Maximum annual contribution percentage	6.00%
Award requisite service period	1 year
Minimum age attained for award	21 years
Minimum hours worked	1000 hours
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Contributions	$ 2,323	$ 2,115	$ 1,859

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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