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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Long Lived Assets) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015 Segment	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of Operating Segments	2us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Assets held for sale	$ 0	$ 1,130,000
Net gain on sale of idle production facilities	(1,300,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperties
Impairment losses on assets held and used	0		0
Impairment of property, plant and equipment including assets held for sale	0us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	560,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	0us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Buildings and improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	10 years
Buildings and improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	39 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	3 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives	25 years
Albemarle North Carolina Facility [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	900,000
Lakeland Florida Real Estate [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	400,000
Woodland California Facility [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	4,700,000
Chino Valley Arizona Real Estate [Member] [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	200,000
Idle Facilities [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net gain on sale of idle production facilities	$ (87,000)