Retirement Benefits	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2022
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Retirement Benefits	Note 9. Retirement Benefits Defined contribution plans The Company has an employee 401(k) Savings Plan covering substantially all U.S. employees to which it makes contributions equal to 3% of eligible compensation. In addition, certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries also have defined contribution savings plans. Company contributions to these plans were $1.2 million, $1.2 million and $1.7 million, in fiscal 2022, fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. Non-qualified deferred compensation plan The Company maintains a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (“NQDC Plan”) for certain eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors. Under the NQDC Plan, employees may elect to defer up to 75% of their annual base salary and 100% of their annual cash incentive compensation, with an aggregate minimum deferral of $3,000. Directors may defer all or a portion of their annual directors’ fees or annual stock awards. The minimum period of deferral is three years. Participants are immediately 100% vested. The Company does not make any contributions to the NQDC Plan. The deferred compensation liability for the NDQC Plan was $7.6 million and $6.5 million as of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively. The Company has purchased life insurance policies on certain employees, which are held in a Rabbi trust, to potentially offset these unsecured obligations. These life insurance policies are recorded at their cash surrender value of $7.8 million and $8.3 million as of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively, and are included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company also owns and is the beneficiary of a number of life insurance policies on the lives of former key executives that are unrestricted as to use. These life insurance policies are recorded at their cash surrender value of $9.9 million and $9.5 million as of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively, and are included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The cash surrender value of the life insurance policies approximates its fair value and is classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Retirement Benefits

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2022

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Note 9. Retirement Benefits

Defined contribution plans

The Company has an employee 401(k) Savings Plan covering substantially all U.S. employees to which it makes contributions equal to 3% of eligible compensation. In addition, certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries also have defined contribution savings plans. Company contributions to these plans were $1.2 million, $1.2 million and $1.7 million, in fiscal 2022, fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively.

Non-qualified deferred compensation plan

The Company maintains a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (“NQDC Plan”) for certain eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors. Under the NQDC Plan, employees may elect to defer up to 75% of their annual base salary and 100% of their annual cash incentive compensation, with an aggregate minimum deferral of $3,000. Directors may defer all or a portion of their annual directors’ fees or annual stock awards. The minimum period of deferral is three years. Participants are immediately 100% vested. The Company does not make any contributions to the NQDC Plan.

The deferred compensation liability for the NDQC Plan was $7.6 million and $6.5 million as of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively. The Company has purchased life insurance policies on certain employees, which are held in a Rabbi trust, to potentially offset these unsecured obligations. These life insurance policies are recorded at their cash surrender value of $7.8 million and $8.3 million as of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively, and are included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company also owns and is the beneficiary of a number of life insurance policies on the lives of former key executives that are unrestricted as to use. These life insurance policies are recorded at their cash surrender value of $9.9 million and $9.5 million as of April 30, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively, and are included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

The cash surrender value of the life insurance policies approximates its fair value and is classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.