LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

As of July 29, 2017 and July 30, 2016, the Company's long-term debt consisted of the following:

	July 29, 2017		July 30, 2016
	(In thousands)
Financing obligation, due monthly, and maturing in October 2028 at an effective interest rate of 7.32%	$	30,368	$	31,502
Capital lease, Providence, Rhode Island corporate headquarters, due monthly, and maturing in April 2025 at an effective interest rate of 12.38%	13,074		13,643
Real-estate backed Term Loan Agreement, due quarterly (1)	118,549		128,448
	$	161,991	$	173,593
Less: current installments	12,128		11,854
Long-term debt, excluding current installments	$	149,863	$	161,739

Schedule of aggregate maturities of long-term debt

Aggregate maturities of long-term debt for the next five years and thereafter are as follows at July 29, 2017:

Year	(In thousands)
2018	$	12,128
2019	12,441
2020	12,816
2021	93,203
2022	3,552
2023 and thereafter	29,302
	$	163,442