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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2013
Summary of Property, Plant, and Equipment
A summary of property, plant and equipment follows:
 
   
depreciable lives
    April 28,    
April 29,
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
(in years)
   
2013
   
2012
 
land and improvements
    0-10     $ 741       741  
buildings and improvements
    7-40       12,812       12,566  
leasehold improvements
    **       801       801  
machinery and equipment
    3-12       53,608       51,267  
office furniture and equipment
    3-10       6,587       5,869  
capital projects in progress
            1,733       1,062  
              76,282       72,306  
accumulated depreciation and amortization
            (45,688 )     (41,027 )
            $ 30,594       31,279  
 
** Shorter of life of lease or useful life.