COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) - Two Thousand Fourteen Stock Plan - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Jul. 29, 2017	Jul. 30, 2016
Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Multiplier - Threshold Performance	50.00%
Multiplier - Target Performance	100.00%
Multiplier - Maximum Performance	150.00%
Expected expense	$ 28.0
Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) \| Management
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense	1.5	$ 1.3
Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) \| Independent directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense	$ 1.0
Number of shares issued (in shares)	24,000
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected expense	$ 19.5
Compensation expense	$ 1.5	$ 1.3
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Management
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awarded (in shares)	23,175
Granted (in shares)	631,175.000
Outstanding (in shares)	567,175
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Percentage Vesting on April 28, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percent	30.00%
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Percentage Vesting on April 27, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percent	30.00%
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Percentage Vesting on May 2, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percent	40.00%
2020 EBITDA Threshold Performance \| Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares represented (in shares)	410,538
2020 EBITDA Target Performance \| Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares represented (in shares)	821,075
2020 EBITDA Maximum Performance \| Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares represented (in shares)	1,231,613
2020 EBITDA Maximum Performance \| Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) \| Management
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awarded (in shares)	117,113

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Total Aggregate Grants Under the Plan

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