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Employee Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Employee Retirement And Profit Sharing Plans [Abstract]

Funded status of plan

		Fiscal March
		2012				2011
		(Dollars in thousands)
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year		$	17,274			$	15,361
Actual return on plan assets			612				2,444
Employer contribution			0				0
Benefits paid			(542	)			(531	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year			17,344				17,274
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year			14,551				13,473
Interest cost			809				814
Actuarial loss			2,682				795
Benefits paid			(542	)			(531	)
Benefit obligation at end of year			17,500				14,551
Funded status of plan		$	(156	)		$	2,723

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss

		Year Ended Fiscal March
		2012				2011
		(Dollars in thousands)
Unamortized transition obligation		$	0			$	0
Unamortized prior service cost			0				0
Unamortized net loss			5,733				2,545
Total		$	5,733			$	2,545

Changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income

		Year Ended Fiscal March
		2012				2011
		(Dollars in thousands)
Net transition obligation		$	0			$	0
Prior service cost			0				0
Net actuarial (loss) gain			(3,188	)			756
Total		$	(3,188	)		$	756

Components of pension (income) expense

		Year Ended Fiscal March
		2012				2011				2010
		(Dollars in thousands)
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		$	809			$	814			$	769
Expected return on plan assets			(1,189	)			(1,094	)			(824	)
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss			71				201				384
Net pension (income) expense		$	(309	)		$	(79	)		$	329

Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations

		Year Ended Fiscal March
		2012				2011
Discount rate			4.49	%			5.75	%

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic pension costs

		Year Ended Fiscal March
		2012				2011				2010
Discount rate			5.75	%			6.14	%			7.36	%
Expected long-term return on assets			7.00	%			7.25	%			7.25	%

Company's asset allocations, by asset category

		March 31, 2012				March 26, 2011
Cash and cash equivalents			3.2	%			2.5	%
Fixed income			36.7	%			32.2	%
Equity securities			60.1	%			65.3	%
Total			100.0	%			100.0	%

Fair value measurement information for the Company's major categories of defined benefit plan assets

		Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2012 Using
		Total				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)				Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)				Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
		(Dollars in thousands)
Equity securities:
U.S. companies		$	7,450			$	7,450
International companies			2,972				2,972
Fixed income:
U.S. corporate bonds			6,058							$	6,058
International bonds			309								309
Cash equivalents			555								555
Total		$	17,344			$	10,422			$	6,922
		Fair Value Measurements at March 26, 2011 Using
		Total				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)				Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)				Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
		(Dollars in thousands)
Equity securities:
U.S. companies		$	8,235			$	8,235
International companies			3,053				3,053
Fixed income:
U.S. treasuries/agencies			947							$	947
U.S. corporate bonds			4,294								4,294
International bonds			315								315
Cash equivalents			430								430
Total		$	17,274			$	11,288			$	5,986

Pension benefit payments

		Year Ended Fiscal March
		(Dollars in thousands)
2013		$	589
2014			584
2015			604
2016			644
2017			685
2018 - 2022			4,202

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