Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 29, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	May 02, 2015
Net sales	$ 826,918	$ 704,785	$ 645,825
Cost of sales	500,841	463,348	426,685
Gross profit	326,077	241,437	219,140
Selling, general and administrative expenses	163,600	148,384	145,157
Interest expense	189	203	371
Other (income) expense - net	(537)	145	(1,101)
Income before income taxes	162,825	92,705	74,713
Provision for income taxes	55,780	31,507	25,402
Net income	107,045	61,198	49,311
Less preferred dividends and accretion		(238)	(275)
Earnings available to common shareholders	$ 107,045	$ 60,960	$ 49,036
Earnings per common share:
Earnings per common share – basic (in dollars per share)	$ 2.30	$ 1.31	$ 1.06
Earnings per common share – diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 2.29	$ 1.31	$ 1.05
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	46,564	46,452	46,353
Diluted (in shares)	46,770	46,671	46,559