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Income taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Net Deferred Tax Assets

The significant items comprising the Company’s net deferred tax assets at March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 are as follows:

		Fiscal Year Ended
		March 29, 2014				March 30, 2013
		(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Loss and tax credit carry forwards		$	41,889			$	41,776
Difference between book and tax basis of property and equipment			2,344				2,746
Interest expense limitations carry forward			7,525				6,292
Inventory allowances			608				759
Other reserves not currently deductible			724				874
Capital lease obligation			3,204				3,617
Expenses not currently deductible			419				439
Other			96				104
Net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance			56,809				56,607
Valuation allowance			(56,809	)			(56,607	)
Net deferred tax asset		$	—			$	—

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table reconciles the unrecognized tax benefits at March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013:

		Fiscal Year Ended
		March 29, 2014				March 30, 2013
		(In thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the year		$	—			$	—
Gross increase – tax position in current period			183				299
Applied against certain element of deferred tax assets			(183	)			(299	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the year		$	—			$	—

Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The Company’s income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following components:

		Fiscal Year Ended
		March 29, 2014				March 30, 2013				March 31, 2012
		(In thousands)
Income tax expense (benefit):
Current		$	183			$	299			$	332
Deferred			(1,525	)			393				(820	)
Valuation allowance			1,360				(672	)			511
Income tax expense		$	18			$	20			$	23

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The Company’s provision for income taxes varies from the amount computed by applying the statutory income tax rates for the reasons summarized below:

		Fiscal Year Ended
		March 29, 2014				March 30, 2013				March 31, 2012
Canadian statutory rate			26.4	%			26.2	%			27.5	%
Rate differential for U.S. operations			2.0	%			(7.3	)%			(139.1	)%
Adjustment to valuation allowance			(26.8	)%			21.0	%			493.9	%
Utilization of unrecognized losses and other tax attributes			0.0	%			(45.3	)%			(395.5	)%
Permanent differences and other			(2.1	)%			6.7	%			22.7	%
Total			(0.5	)%			1.3	%			9.5	%

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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