Reconciliation of Operating Income (Loss) from Reportable Segments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2016	May 02, 2015	May 03, 2014
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Reportable segments operating income (loss)	$ 14,656	$ 90,194	$ (37,007)
Interest expense, net and amortization of deferred financing costs	(8,770)	(17,678)	(29,122)
Consolidated income (loss) before taxes	$ 5,886	$ 72,516	$ (66,129)

Interest expense, net and amortization of deferred financing fees

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Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations before deduction of income tax expense (benefit) and income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest, and addition of income (loss) from equity method investments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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- Definition

The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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