Note 11 - Post-employment Benefit Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 25, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block]

	2017			2016
Change in Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	11,863		$	11,678
Service cost		1,117			146
Interest cost		449			423
Actuarial (gains) losses		(447	)		165
Benefits paid		(660	)		(549	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	12,322		$	11,863
Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$	11,531		$	11,138
Discount rate used to value the ending benefit obligations:		3.50	%		3.75	%
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:
Current liabilities	$	778		$	776
Noncurrent liabilities		11,544			11,087
Total amounts recognized	$	12,322		$	11,863
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:
Transition obligation	$	42		$	85
Prior service cost		858			-
Actuarial loss		3,286			4,065
Net amount recognized	$	4,186		$	4,150
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive income:	$	1,119		$	734

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	2017			2016			2015
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost:
Service cost	$	186		$	146		$	105
Interest cost		449			423			374
Amortization of transition obligation		42			42			42
Amortization of prior service cost		73			-			-
Amortization of other loss		332			323			195
Net periodic pension cost	$	1,082		$	934		$	716
Assumptions used to determine net periodic pension cost:
Discount rate		3.75	%		3.75	%		3.75	%
Increase in future compensation levels		3.00	%		3.00	%		3.00	%

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

Estimated Future Benefit Payments (with mortality):
Fiscal 2018	778
Fiscal 2019	735
Fiscal 2020	691
Fiscal 2021	649
Fiscal 2022	999
Fiscal 2023 through 2027	4,248

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Amortization, Next Fiscal Year [Table Text Block]

Transition obligation	$	42
Prior service cost		126
Other loss		261
Total expected to be amortized to net periodic pension cost in 2018	$	429