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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
May. 03, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Summary of Property, Plant, and Equipment
A summary of property, plant and equipment follows:
 (dollars in thousands)  
depreciable lives
(in years)
     May 3,
2015
     April 27,
2014		  
land and improvements
     0-10     $ 741       741  
buildings and improvements
     7-40       15,312       12,983  
leasehold improvements
     **       1,320       1,281  
machinery and equipment
     3-12       57,286       51,605  
office furniture and equipment
     3-10       7,340       6,865  
capital projects in progress
             1,966       3,941  
              83,965       77,416  
accumulated depreciation and amortization
             (47,887 )     (46,040 )
            $ 36,078       31,376  
 
** Shorter of life of lease or useful life.