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Employee Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 Y	Mar. 26, 2011	Mar. 27, 2010
Employee Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Minimum age criteria for availing defined benefit plans	21
Company's general target allocation for the plan	40.00%
Company's general target allocation for the plan, equity securities	60.00%
Charges to expense for the Company's matching contributions	$ 631,000	$ 517,000	$ 597,000
Total liability, Deferred Compensation Plan	1,085,000	974,000
Charges to expense applicable to the management bonus plan	$ 1,730,000	$ 3,338,000	$ 2,660,000

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Target allocation percentage of investments in debt securities to total plan assets presented on a weighted-average basis as of the measurement date of the latest statement of financial position.

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