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Employee Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Pension Benefits
The Company has various defined benefit pension plans covering some of its employees in the U.S. and certain employees in other countries, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Guatemala, Brazil and Mexico. These pension plans generally provide benefits of stated amounts for each year of service.
The Company’s results of operations for the three month periods ended December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012 reflect the following pension and deferred compensation benefit costs:
 
 
Three Months Ended
Components of net periodic pension benefit and deferred compensation benefit cost
December 30, 2012
 
January 1, 2012
Service cost
$
724

 
$
543

Interest cost
2,363

 
1,926

Expected return on assets
(2,196
)
 
(1,276
)
Recognized net actuarial loss
519

 
23

Employee contributions
(46
)
 
(46
)
Net periodic benefit cost
$
1,364

 
$
1,170



The Company funds its U.S. pension plans in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) defined guidelines and, where applicable, in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of applicable laws. Additionally, in compliance with the Company’s funding policy, annual contributions to non-U.S. defined benefit plans are equal to the actuarial recommendations or statutory requirements in the respective countries. The Company’s contributions to its pension and deferred compensation plans for the three month periods ended December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
Pension and deferred compensation contributions
December 30, 2012
 
January 1, 2012
Contributions made during period
$
607

 
$
824



The Company sponsors a defined contribution pension plan for its domestic salaried employees, which allows participants to make contributions by salary reduction pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company also sponsors defined contribution pension plans for employees of certain foreign subsidiaries. Company contributions charged to operations, including discretionary amounts, for the three month periods ended December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were $1,151 and $576, respectively.