Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Fraction of Common Shares Issued

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Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value of Price Per Share Paid

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Business Acquisition, Price Paid Per Share in Cash

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Number of votes each holder of a common share outstanding is entitled on each matter.

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Number of shares authorized to be purchased under share repurchase plan. Includes, but is not limited to, repurchase of stock and unit of ownership.

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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Number of shares of equity interest issued or issuable by acquirer as part of consideration transferred in business combination.

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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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The cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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Common Shares (Details 1) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 07, 2023 USD ($) shares	Apr. 30, 2026 USD ($) votes_per_share shares	Apr. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 08, 2023 $ / shares shares
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Number of votes each holder of a common share outstanding is entitled \| votes_per_share		1
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Payments for shares repurchased \| $		$ 5.6	$ 3.3	$ 372.8
Shares authorized to be repurchased, shares		1,100,000
Hostess Brands
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest, Share Issued, Number of Shares	4,000,000.0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest, Share Issued, Value \| $	$ 450.2
Business Acquisition, Price Paid Per Share in Cash \| $ / shares					$ 30.00
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Fraction of Common Shares Issued					0.03002
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value of Price Per Share Paid \| $ / shares					$ 4.25