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Accounts Receivable
 9 Months Ended
Jan. 27, 2013
Accounts Receivable
4.  Accounts Receivable

A summary of accounts receivable follows:
 
             
(dollars in thousands)
  
January 27, 2013
    
April 29, 2012
  
Customers
   $ 25,533     $ 26,100  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
     (696 )     (567 )
Reserve for returns and allowances and discounts
     (580 )     (478 )
    $ 24,257     $ 25,055  

A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:

             
   
Nine months ended
  
(dollars in thousands)
  
January 27, 2013
    
January 29, 2012
  
Beginning balance
   $ (567 )   $ (776 )
Provision for bad debts
     (193 )     18  
Net write-offs, net of recoveries
     64       197  
Ending balance
   $ (696 )   $ (561 )

A summary of the activity in the allowance for returns and allowances and discounts accounts follows:
 
             
   
Nine months ended
  
(dollars in thousands)
  
January 27, 2013
    
January 29, 2012
  
Beginning balance
   $ (478 )   $ (577 )
Provision for returns, allowances
                
and discounts
     (2,146 )     (1,929 )
Credits issued
     2,044       1,966  
Ending balance
   $ (580 )   $ (540 )