2.4.0.82120100 - Disclosure - Venezuela - Foreign Currency and Inflationtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q4YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000046640duration2012-04-30T00:00:002013-04-28T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Foreign Currency [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Venezuela- Foreign Currency and Inflation</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company applies highly inflationary accounting to its business in Venezuela. Under highly inflationary accounting, the financial statements of our Venezuelan subsidiary are remeasured into the Company's reporting currency (U.S. dollars) and exchange gains and losses from the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities are reflected in current earnings, rather than accumulated other comprehensive loss on the balance sheet, until such time as the economy is no longer considered highly inflationary. The impact of applying highly inflationary accounting for Venezuela on our consolidated financial statements is dependent upon movements in the official exchange rate between the Venezuelan bolivar fuerte and the U.S. dollar and the amount of net monetary assets and liabilities included in our subsidiary's balance sheet. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:9px;text-align:justify;text-indent:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On February 8, 2013, the Venezuelan government announced the devaluation of its currency relative to the U.S. dollar, changing the official exchange rate from </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">4.30</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">6.30</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. As a result, the Company recorded a </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$42.7 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> pre-tax currency translation loss, which was reflected within other expense, net, on the consolidated statement of income during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2013 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$39.1 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> after-tax loss). The monetary net asset position of our Venezuelan subsidiary was also reduced as a result of the devaluation to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$98.8 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">April&#160;28, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for foreign currency transactions and translation. 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