Accounts Receivable Securitization, Eligible Receivables, Amount Utilized Under Purchase Agreement

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Accounts Receivable Securitization, Eligible Receivables, Maximum Available Under Purchase Agreement

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The amount owed to the reporting entity by counterparties in securitized loan transactions.

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The amount of investments that an Entity acquires in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Receivables Securitization Program (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 25, 2020	Jul. 27, 2019	Apr. 25, 2020	Jul. 24, 2018
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Eligible receivables, maximum available under Purchase Agreement				$ 200,000
Eligible Receivables, amount utilized under Purchase Agreement	$ 200,000
DPP receivable	155,563		$ 117,327
Loss on sale of receivables	2,386	$ 1,478
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Noncash investments acquired	201,861	87,710
Receivables Securitization Program
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Noncash investments acquired	$ 185,350	$ 86,235