Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Retained Earnings (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2012	Feb. 26, 2011
Net sales	$ 60,968	$ 64,264
Cost of sales	29,297	32,416
Gross profit	31,671	31,848
Selling, general and administrative expenses excluding bad debt and notes receivable valuation charges	30,996	30,508
Bad debt and notes receivable valuation charges	32	6,826
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	236	879
Lease exit costs	228	884
Income (loss) from operations	179	(7,249)
Other loss, net	(1,247)	(959)
Loss before income taxes	(1,068)	(8,208)
Income tax benefit (expense)	472	(47)
Net loss	(596)	(8,255)
Retained earnings-beginning of period	96,331	48,459
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(78)
Cash dividends	(563)
Retained earnings-end of period	$ 95,094	$ 40,204
Basic and diluted loss per share	$ (0.05)	$ (0.72)
Dividends per share	$ 0.05