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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2021
Receivables [Abstract] |
Summary of the Activity in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:
|  | Six Months Ended |
(dollars in thousands) |  | October 31, 2021 |  |  | November 1, 2020 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 591 |  |  | $ | 472 |
Provision for bad debts |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | 123 |
Write-offs, net of recoveries |  |  | (34 | ) |  | $ | — |
Ending balance |  | $ | 534 |  |  | $ | 595 |

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