Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 25, 2012	Aug. 27, 2011	Aug. 25, 2012	Aug. 27, 2011
Net sales	$ 64,438	$ 59,417	$ 192,860	$ 189,942
Cost of sales	30,620	30,166	91,710	95,646
Gross profit	33,818	29,251	101,150	94,296
Selling, general and administrative expenses excluding bad debt and notes receivable valuation charges	32,891	29,267	97,099	90,653
Bad debt and notes receivable valuation charges	161	90	416	13,116
Licensee debt cancellation charges				6,447
Restructuring and asset impairment charges		123	711	2,082
Lease exit costs			359	3,728
Income (loss) from operations	766	(229)	2,565	(21,730)
Gain on sale of affiliate				85,542
Income from Continued Dumping & Subsidy Offset Act			9,010
Other income (loss), net	(315)	304	(2,239)	(5,470)
Income before income taxes	451	75	9,336	58,342
Income tax benefit (expense)	1,920	342	481	(3,633)
Net income	2,371	417	9,817	54,709
Retained earnings-beginning of period	102,417	102,403	96,331	48,459
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(2,282)	(544)	(2,515)	(544)
Cash dividends	(545)	(346)	(1,672)	(694)
Retained earnings-end of period	$ 101,961	$ 101,930	$ 101,961	$ 101,930
Basic earnings per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.22	$ 0.04	$ 0.89	$ 4.76
Diluted earnings per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.04	$ 0.88	$ 4.72
Dividends per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.03	$ 0.15	$ 0.06