BENEFIT PLANS

9 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2024

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

BENEFIT PLANS

NOTE 11—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit (income) cost and contributions to defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following:

	13-Week Period Ended
	Pension Benefits				Other Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)	April 27, 2024		April 29, 2023		April 27, 2024		April 29, 2023
Interest cost	$	18	$	16	$	—	$	—
Expected return on plan assets	(23)		(24)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		1		—
Net periodic benefit (income) cost	$	(5)	$	(8)	$	1	$	—
Contributions to benefit plans	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	—	$	—

	39-Week Period Ended
	Pension Benefits				Other Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)	April 27, 2024		April 29, 2023		April 27, 2024		April 29, 2023
Interest cost	$	55	$	48	$	—	$	—
Expected return on plan assets	(68)		(71)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		2		1
Net periodic benefit (income) cost	$	(13)	$	(23)	$	2	$	1
Contributions to benefit plans	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	—	$	—

Contributions

No minimum pension contributions are required to be made to the SUPERVALU INC. Retirement Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (“ERISA”) in fiscal 2024. The Company expects to contribute approximately $1 million to its other defined benefit pension plans and $1 million to its postretirement benefit plans in fiscal 2024.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

The Company contributed $12 million and $13 million in the third quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $38 million and $36 million in fiscal 2024 and 2023 year-to-date, respectively, to multiemployer pension plans, which contributions are included within Operating expenses.