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Note 5 - Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 29, 2025
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] |
|  | November 29, 2025 |  |  | November 30, 2024 |
Wholesale finished goods |  | $ | 30,746 |  |  | $ | 24,841 |
Work in process |  |  | 544 |  |  |  | 519 |
Raw materials and supplies |  |  | 16,040 |  |  |  | 14,921 |
Retail merchandise |  |  | 32,503 |  |  |  | 31,744 |
Total inventories on first-in, first-out method |  |  | 79,833 |  |  |  | 72,025 |
LIFO adjustment |  |  | (12,016 | ) |  |  | (11,665 | )
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory |  |  | (6,027 | ) |  |  | (5,395 | )
|  | $ | 61,790 |  |  | $ | 54,965 |
Activity In Reserves For Excess Quantities And Obsolete Inventory By Segment [Table Text Block] |
|  | Wholesale Segment |  |  | Retail Segment |  |  | Total |
Balance at November 26, 2022 |  | $ | 4,103 |  |  | $ | 1,064 |  |  | $ | 5,167 |
Additions charged to expense |  |  | 3,876 |  |  |  | 750 |  |  |  | 4,626 |
Write-offs |  |  | (3,834 | ) |  |  | (776 | ) |  |  | (4,610 | )
Balance at November 25, 2023 |  |  | 4,145 |  |  |  | 1,038 |  |  |  | 5,183 |
Additions charged to expense |  |  | 4,284 |  |  |  | 717 |  |  |  | 5,001 |
Write-offs |  |  | (4,271 | ) |  |  | (518 | ) |  |  | (4,789 | )
Balance at November 30, 2024 |  |  | 4,158 |  |  |  | 1,237 |  |  |  | 5,395 |
Additions charged to expense |  |  | 1,717 |  |  |  | 672 |  |  |  | 2,389 |
Write-offs |  |  | (1,290 | ) |  |  | (467 | ) |  |  | (1,757 | )
Balance at November 29, 2025 |  | $ | 4,585 |  |  | $ | 1,442 |  |  | $ | 6,027 |

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