Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Annual Vesting Percentage

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Issuance And Delivery Conditions, Waiting Period After Termination

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award Non-Option Equity Instruments Vested And Outstanding, Number

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Exercise Price

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Exercise Price

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Equity impact of common stock cash dividends declared by an entity during the period. This element includes paid and unpaid dividends declared during the period.

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Aggregate unrecognized cost of share-based awards, other than options, made to employees under an equity-based compensation plan, that have yet to vest.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Number of shares reserved for issuance under non-option equity instrument agreements awarded that validly exist and are outstanding, including vested instruments.

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The number of shares into which fully or partially vested stock options outstanding as of the balance sheet date can be currently converted under the option plan.

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The weighted-average price as of the balance sheet date at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance on vested portions of options outstanding and currently exercisable under the stock option plan.

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Number of options or other stock instruments for which the right to exercise has lapsed under the terms of the plan agreements.

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The number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Amount of difference between fair value of the underlying shares reserved for issuance and exercise price of options outstanding.

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The number of shares reserved for issuance under stock option agreements awarded under the plan that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including vested options.

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Weighted average price at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance under the stock option plan.

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Weighted average price at which grantees could have acquired the underlying shares with respect to stock options of the plan that expired.

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Weighted average price at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance on stock options awarded.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term of exercisable stock options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended								3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 21, 2012	Oct. 26, 2012	Jul. 27, 2012	Jan. 26, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 26, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan	Jul. 31, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options Fiscal 2013	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options Fiscal 2012	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options $9.24	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options $10.70	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Stock options $8.64	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	Jan. 28, 2012 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Cliff vesting Fiscal 2011	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Equal annual installments Fiscal 2012	Jan. 26, 2013 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Equal annual installments Fiscal 2011	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan	Jul. 31, 2012 2007 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options Fiscal 2013	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options Fiscal 2012	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options $8.64	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options $2.72	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options $6.46	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options $8.13	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options $10.55	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Stock options $8.10	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jul. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Jan. 28, 2012 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's)	Apr. 30, 2007 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	Jan. 26, 2013 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	Apr. 30, 2007 2007 Stock Plan Converted from RSA's to RSU's	Jul. 28, 2012 2000 and 2004 Stock Plans Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2000 and 2004 Stock Plans Stock options	Jan. 26, 2013 2000 and 2004 Stock Plans Stock options $11.44	Jan. 26, 2013 Probable 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Cliff vesting Fiscal 2011	Jan. 26, 2013 Probable 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Equal annual installments Fiscal 2012	Jan. 26, 2013 Probable 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Equal annual installments Fiscal 2011	Jan. 26, 2013 Target 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Cliff vesting Fiscal 2011	Jan. 26, 2013 Target 2010 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Awards (RSA's) and Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) Equal annual installments Fiscal 2012
Stock Issued or Granted During Period, Share-based Compensation [Abstract]
Balance at the beginning of the period						38,375,678	38,312,243
Options exercised						0	(21,975)								0																										0																				0
Restricted stock awards vested						27,000	28,860
Balance at the end of the period				38,402,678	38,363,078	38,402,678	38,363,078
Common stock cash dividend	$ 2,594	$ 2,595	$ 2,592,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award expiration period												10 years																										10 years
Award annual vesting percentage												0.333																				0.333						0.333
Award vesting period																															5 years		5 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at April 28, 2012															240,000																										738,000																			251,365	251,365
Outstanding at April 28, 2012 - wtd avg exercise price															$ 9.97																										$ 5.79																			$ 10.96	$ 10.96
Granted												120,000			120,000																							42,500			42,500
Granted - wtd avg exercise price															$ 8.64																										$ 8.64
Options exercised						0	(21,975)								0																										0																				0
Exercised - wtd avg exercise price															$ 0.00																										$ 0.00																				$ 0.00
Cancelled															0																										0
Cancelled - wtd avg exercise price															$ 0.00																										$ 0.00
Expired																																																												(128,105)	(128,105)
Expired - wtd avg exercise price																																																													$ 10.50
Outstanding at July 28, 2012													360,000		360,000					120,000	120,000	120,000																	780,500		780,500					42,500	285,000	260,000	35,500	105,000	52,500										123,260
Outstanding at July 28, 2012 - wtd avg exercise price													$ 9.53		$ 9.53																								$ 5.95		$ 5.95																				$ 11.44
Options outstanding - exercise price																				$ 9.24	$ 10.70	$ 8.64																								$ 8.64	$ 2.72	$ 6.46	$ 8.13	$ 10.55	$ 8.10
Options outstanding - avg remaining life																				7 years 9 months 28 days	8 years 6 months 29 days	9 years 6 months 24 days																								9 years 6 months 24 days	6 years 2 months 20 days	6 years 6 months 15 days	6 years 11 months 17 days	7 years 6 months 25 days	8 years 9 months 3 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable [Abstract]
Options exercisable - exercise price																				$ 9.24	$ 10.70																										$ 2.72	$ 6.46	$ 8.13		$ 8.10											$ 11.44
Options exercisable - wtd avg exercise price																	$ 9.73																										$ 4.82
Options exercisable at July 28, 2012				35,500		35,500							120,000		120,000					80,000	40,000																		598,000		598,000						285,000	260,000			17,500										123,260	123,260
Options exercisable - avg remaining life																																																														10 months 24 days
Options outstanding - intrinsic value													192,000		192,000																								3,044,000		3,044,000																				0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Average expected volatility																		66.15%	52.76%																									66.15%	63.55%
Average risk-free interest rate																		0.39%	0.63%																									0.39%	0.35%
Dividend yield																		2.94%	2.66%																									2.94%	2.84%
Expected life of options (in years)																		7 years 2 months 5 days	7 years 0 months 11 days																									7 years 2 months 5 days	7 years 0 months 11 days
Weighted-average grant-date fair value																		$ 4.13	$ 4.27																									$ 4.13	$ 3.75
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Unvested and unissued at April 28, 2012																									700,000				180,000
Awarded																									0				0																								27,000
Vested																									0				0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period																									0				0
Unvested and unissued at July 28, 2012																							700,000		700,000		180,000		180,000
Number of shares																															600,000	100,000	304,000																										225,000
Weighted average value																															$ 9.70	$ 8.10	$ 9.70
Unearned compensation expense																																																															2,915,000	522,000	558,000	2,915,000	522,000
CEO's RSU award issuance and delivery conditions, waiting period after termination																																																									30 days
Number of non-option equity instruments vested and outstanding																																																										225,000
Compensation Expense				$ 725,000	$ 1,154,000	$ 2,472,000	$ 3,113,000	$ 625,000	$ 799,000	$ 1,897,000	$ 2,174,000		$ 126,000	$ 179,000	$ 402,000	$ 429,000							$ 366,000	$ 380,000	$ 1,098,000	$ 1,050,000	$ 133,000	$ 240,000	$ 397,000	$ 695,000				$ 100,000	$ 355,000	$ 575,000	$ 939,000		$ 100,000	$ 355,000	$ 342,000	$ 630,000										$ 0		$ 0	$ 233,000	$ 309,000