Note 11 - Post-employment Benefit Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 24, 2018

Notes Tables

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

	2018			2017
Change in Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	12,322		$	11,863
Service cost		196			1,117
Interest cost		418			449
Actuarial (gains) losses		(616	)		(447	)
Benefits paid		(668	)		(660	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	11,652		$	12,322
Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$	11,559		$	11,531
Discount rate used to value the ending benefit obligations:		4.00	%		3.50	%
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:
Current liabilities	$	798		$	778
Noncurrent liabilities		10,854			11,544
Total amounts recognized	$	11,652		$	12,322
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:
Transition obligation	$	-		$	42
Prior service cost		806			858
Actuarial loss		2,408			3,286
Net amount recognized	$	3,214		$	4,186
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive income:	$	(2	)	$	1,119

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	2018			2017			2016
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost:
Service cost	$	196		$	146		$	105
Interest cost		418			423			374
Amortization of transition obligation		42			42			42
Amortization of prior service cost		126			-			-
Amortization of other loss		262			323			195
Net periodic pension cost	$	1,044		$	934		$	716
Assumptions used to determine net periodic pension cost:
Discount rate		3.50	%		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 2019	798
Fiscal 2020	748
Fiscal 2021	698
Fiscal 2022	1,003
Fiscal 2023	948
Fiscal 2024 through 2028	3,935

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

Prior service cost	$	126
Other loss		184
Total expected to be amortized to net periodic pension cost in 2019	$	310