PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2014

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

A summary of property, plant and equipment follows:

	depreciable lives	April 27,			April 28,
(dollars in thousands)	(in years)	2014			2013
land and improvements	0-10	$	741			741
buildings and improvements	7-40		12,983			12,812
leasehold improvements	**		1,281			801
machinery and equipment	3-12		51,605			53,608
office furniture and equipment	3-10		6,865			6,587
capital projects in progress			3,941			1,733
			77,416			76,282
accumulated depreciation and amortization			(46,040	)		(45,688	)
		$	31,376			30,594

** Shorter of life of lease or useful life.

At April 27, 2014, we had total amounts due regarding capital expenditures totaling $277,000, which pertain to outstanding vendor invoices, none of which are financed. The total outstanding amount of $277,000 is required to be paid in full in fiscal 2015.

At April 28, 2013, we had total amounts due regarding capital expenditures totaling $225,000, which pertained to outstanding vendor invoices, none of which are financed.

We did not finance any of our capital expenditures in fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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