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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Trade Accounts Receivable Sold to Third Party

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Trade Receivables Sold, Fair Value

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Proceeds from securitizations of receivables treated as collateralized borrowings, which are classified as financing transactions.

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-Topic 230
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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		6 Months Ended
	Oct. 24, 2020	Oct. 26, 2019	Oct. 24, 2020	Oct. 26, 2019	Apr. 25, 2020
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]
Proceeds from Receivables sold			$ 177,193	$ 181,702
Loss on sale of receivables	$ 615	$ 2,067	3,001	3,545
Receivables Purchase Agreements
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]
Eligible receivables, maximum available under Purchase Agreement	200,000		200,000
Eligible receivables, amount utilized under Purchase Agreement	200,000		200,000
Receivables sold, fair value	$ 368,937		368,937		$ 305,020
Trade receivables sold			1,507,189	981,973
Proceeds from Receivables sold			$ 1,442,620	$ 955,705