General - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Dec. 10, 2024	Jan. 25, 2025	Jan. 27, 2024	Jan. 25, 2025	Jan. 27, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Merger, consideration, shares converted into right to receive per share (in usd per share)	$ 31.35
Income tax expense related to cash flow hedges		$ 80	$ 80	$ 241	$ 241
Securities excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share (in shares)		942	1,057	997	1,231

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued And Issuable, Price Per Share

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
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Amount, before reclassification, of tax expense (benefit) for gain (loss) from derivative instrument designated and qualifying as cash flow hedge included in assessment of hedge effectiveness.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Publisher FASB
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