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BENEFIT PLANS
12 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2019
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
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BENEFIT PLANS
Defined Contribution Plans
The company has defined contribution plans which cover substantially all employees and provide for participant contributions on a pre-tax basis and matching contributions by the company for its U.S. and Canadian operations. Our contributions to the plan were $1.2 million, $1.1 million, and $924,000 during fiscal years 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.
 
Deferred Compensation Plan
We have a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) covering officers and certain key members of management. The Plan provides for participant deferrals on a pre-tax basis that are subject to annual deferral limits by the IRS and non-elective contributions made by the company. Participant deferrals and non-elective contributions made by the company are immediately vested.
Our contributions to the Plan were $189,000, $192,000 and $185,000 in fiscal years 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively. Our nonqualified deferred compensation plan liability was $7.0 million and $7.4 million at April 28, 2019 and April 29, 2018, respectively.
We have a Rabbi Trust (the “Trust”) to set aside funds for the participants of the Plan and enable the participants to direct their contributions to various investment options in the Plan. The investment options of the Plan consist of a money market fund and various mutual funds. The funds set aside in the Trust are subject to the claims of our general creditors in the event of the company’s insolvency as defined in the Plan.
The investment assets of the Trust are recorded at their fair value of $7.1 million and $7.3 million at April 28, 2019 and April 29, 2018, respectively. The investment assets of the Trust are classified as available for sale and accordingly, changes in their fair values are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).