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LEASE COMMITMENTS

12 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

Lease Commitments [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Lease Commitments

We lease certain office and manufacturing properties under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at various dates through fiscal 2015.  Rental expense under non-cancelable operating leases amounted to $4,713, $4,313 and $4,191 in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Our aggregate minimum rental commitments under all non-cancelable operating leases are summarized in the table below for the next succeeding five fiscal years:

2013	$	3,751
2014	2,920
2015	1,174
2016	1,901
2017	35

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date.

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-Topic 840

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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