Note 8 - Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended
(In thousands)	September 28, 2013			September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011
Stock options:
Compensation expense	$	951		$	909	$	1,203
Excess tax benefits		(660	)		-		(8	)

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended
	September 28, 2013			September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
Expected term (in years)		6.00			6.00			5.19
Risk-free interest rate		1.40	%		1.17	%		1.78	%
Expected volatility		47.32	%		52.97	%		55.15	%
Expected dividend yield		0.72	%		1.06	%		1.05	%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

				Exercise Price Per Share					Contractual Term -		Aggregate Intrinsic
	Options						Weighted		Weighted		Value
(Share amounts in thousands)	Outstanding			Range			Average		Average (in years)		(in thousands)
Outstanding at October 2, 2010		847		$0.18	-	$20.27	$	10.63
Granted		171		10.72	-	12.43		11.49
Exercised		(13	)	1.06	-	7.55		1.60			$	143
Forfeited		(11	)	11.15	-	11.15		11.15
Outstanding at October 1, 2011		994		0.18	-	20.27		10.89
Granted		178		10.23	-	13.06		11.44
Exercised		(12	)	0.18	-	0.18		0.18				147
Outstanding at September 29, 2012		1,160		0.36	-	20.27		11.09
Granted		131		16.45	-	17.22		16.84
Exercised		(373	)	0.36	-	12.43		9.27				2,744
Outstanding at September 28, 2013		918		5.43	-	20.27		12.65		6.25		3,492
Vested and anticipated to vest in future at September 28, 2013		913						12.64		6.23		3,480
Exercisable at September 28, 2013		626						12.10		5.01		2,744

Schedule of RSU Grants And Compensation Expense [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended
(In thousands)	September 28, 2013		September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011
Restricted stock unit grants:
Units		73		99		119
Market value	$	1,225	$	1,165	$	1,441
Compensation expense		1,210		1,299		1,548

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

(Unit amounts in thousands)	Restricted Stock Units Outstanding			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, October 2, 2010		239		$	9.23
Granted		119			12.08
Released		(30	)		9.39
Balance, October 1, 2011		328			10.25
Granted		99			11.77
Released		(134	)		10.30
Balance, September 29, 2012		293			10.74
Granted		73			16.77
Forfeited		(6	)		10.72
Released		(139	)		10.00
Balance, September 28, 2013		221			13.20

(Share amounts in thousands)	Restricted Stock Awards Outstanding			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, October 2, 2010		67		$	13.37
Granted		-			-
Released		(67	)		13.37
Balance, October 1, 2011		-			-

Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards Compensation Expense [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	Year Ended October 1, 2011
Compensation expense	$	166