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Benefit plans and stock-based compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015
Birks Stock Option Plan [Member] |
Summary of Activity of Stock Option Plans and Arrangements | The following is a summary of the activity of Birks’ stock option plans and arrangements. The weighted average exercise price for Canadian priced options in the summary below have been converted to U.S. dollars using the exchange rate for Canadian and U.S. dollars as of March 28, 2015:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |
Outstanding March 31, 2012 |  |  | 496,118 |  |  | $ | 1.26 |
Granted |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | 0.89 |
Forfeited |  |  | (1,500 | ) |  |  | 3.28 |
Outstanding March 30, 2013 |  |  | 624,618 |  |  |  | 1.18 |
Granted |  |  | 165,000 |  |  |  | 1.16 |
Exercised |  |  | (74,813 | ) |  |  | 1.00 |
Forfeited |  |  | (50,220 | ) |  |  | 1.07 |
Outstanding March 29, 2014 |  |  | 664,585 |  |  |  | 1.21 |
Granted |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 1.94 |
Exercised |  |  | (111,372 | ) |  |  | 1.04 |
Expired |  |  | (15,000 | ) |  | $ | 7.73 |
Forfeited |  |  | (147,051 | ) |  |  | 1.10 |
Outstanding March 28, 2015 |  |  | 441,162 |  |  | $ | 1.15 |
Summary of Status of Stock Options | A summary of the status of Birks’ stock options at March 28, 2015 is presented below:
|  | Options outstanding |  |  | Options exercisable |
Exercise price |  | Number outstanding |  |  | Weighted average remaining life (years) |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |  |  | Number exercisable |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |
$0.84 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 8.06 |  |  | $ | 0.84 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |
$0.89-1.00 |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 7.6 |  |  |  | 0.89 |  |  |  | 43,333 |  |  |  | 0.89 |
$1.01-1.05 |  |  | 156,162 |  |  |  | 6.7 |  |  |  | 1.04 |  |  |  | 156,162 |  |  |  | 1.04 |
$1.25-1.66 |  |  | 70,000 |  |  |  | 7.2 |  |  |  | 1.48 |  |  |  | 30,000 |  |  |  | 1.25 |
$1.67-1.94 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 9.8 |  |  |  | 1.94 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |
|  |  | 441,162 |  |  |  | 7.6 |  |  | $ | 1.15 |  |  |  | 229,495 |  |  | $ | 1.04 |
Mayors Stock Option Plan [Member] |
Summary of Status of Stock Options | A summary of the status of the option plans at March 28, 2015 is presented below:
|  |  |  |  | Options outstanding and exercisable |
Exercise price |  | Number outstanding |  |  | Weighted average remaining life (years) |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |
$1.05 |  |  | 926 |  |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 1.05 |
Summary of Stock Option Activity | The following is a summary of the activity of Mayors stock option plans:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |
Outstanding March 31, 2012 |  |  | 217,746 |  |  | $ | 6.06 |
Expired |  |  | (208,665 | ) |  |  | 6.01 |
Outstanding March 30, 2013 |  |  | 9,081 |  |  |  | 7.18 |
Expired |  |  | (5,245 | ) |  |  | 8.63 |
Outstanding March 29, 2014 |  |  | 3,836 |  |  |  | 5.19 |
Expired |  |  | (2,910 | ) |  |  | 6.51 |
Outstanding March 28, 2015 |  |  | 926 |  |  | $ | 1.05 |

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