CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
		Jan. 27, 2024	Jan. 28, 2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income		$ 84,304	$ 117,296
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities
(Gain)/loss on disposal and impairment of assets		(15)	6,161
(Gain)/loss on sale of investments		(1,169)	155
Provision for doubtful accounts		(267)	945
Depreciation and amortization		36,493	29,357
Amortization of right-of-use lease assets		56,660	57,548
Lease impairment/(settlement)		(1,175)	1,347
Equity-based compensation expense		11,048	8,456
Change in deferred taxes		1,911	(2,629)
Change in receivables		4,277	42,474
Change in inventories		5,968	4,560
Change in other assets		(6,314)	16,478
Change in payables		(15,420)	(10,624)
Change in lease liabilities		(57,385)	(58,651)
Change in other liabilities		(13,562)	(85,821)
Net cash provided by operating activities		105,354	127,052
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from disposals of assets		4,836	121
Capital expenditures		(38,034)	(57,439)
Purchases of investments		(17,869)	(6,970)
Proceeds from sales of investments		23,337	18,178
Acquisitions		(26,299)	(11,855)
Net cash used for investing activities		(54,029)	(57,965)
Cash flows from financing activities
Payments on debt and finance lease liabilities		(346)	(92)
Holdback payments for acquisitions		(5,000)	(5,000)
Stock issued for stock and employee benefit plans, net of shares withheld for taxes		6,241	(1,771)
Repurchases of common stock		(40,022)	(5,004)
Dividends paid to shareholders		(24,177)	(22,027)
Dividends paid to minority interest joint venture partners	[1]	(1,172)	0
Net cash used for financing activities		(64,476)	(33,894)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and equivalents		(348)	(4)
Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(13,499)	35,189
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		346,678	248,856
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period		333,179	284,045
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities
Capital expenditures included in payables		$ 3,008	$ 2,828

[1] Includes dividends paid to joint venture minority partners resulting from the repatriation of dividends from our foreign earnings that we no longer consider permanently reinvested