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PENSION PLANS
 6 Months Ended
Jan. 23, 2021
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract]  
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Net periodic pension cost for the three defined benefit pension plans sponsored in fiscal 2021 and the four defined benefit pension plans sponsored in fiscal 2020 includes the following components:
13 Weeks Ended26 Weeks Ended
January 23,
2021		January 25,
2020		January 23,
2021		January 25,
2020
Service cost$54 $50 $108 $101 
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations422 566 844 1,131 
Expected return on plan assets(483)(625)(966)(1,328)
Loss on settlement— 1,246 — 1,246 
Amortization of net losses147 146 294 291 
Net periodic pension cost$140 $1,383 $280 $1,441 
    
On December 23, 2019, the Company terminated the Village Super Market, Inc. Retail Clerks Employees’ Retirement Plan. All participants of the plan were former employees of a store previously closed in 1994. An annuity contract totaling $1,302 was purchased with an insurance company for all participants who did not elect a lump sum distribution. Additionally, lump sum distributions related to the termination totaled $451. The plan had sufficient assets to satisfy all termination transaction obligations, and no benefit obligation or plan assets related to the Village Super Market, Inc. Retail Clerks Employees’ Retirement Plan remained as of the termination date. As a result of this termination, the Company recognized a non-cash pre-tax settlement charge totaling $669 during the 13 weeks ended January 25, 2020. This settlement charge represents the plan’s remaining unrecognized losses within accumulated other comprehensive loss as of the termination date.
Additionally, the Company recognized a settlement loss of $577 in the 13 weeks ended January 25, 2020 for a plan where benefits paid exceeded the sum of the service cost and interest cost components of net periodic pension cost. Assumptions used in the related remeasurement include a discount rate of 3.00% and long term expected rate of return on plan assets of 5.00%.
    As of January 23, 2021, the Company has not made any contributions to its pension plans in fiscal 2021.  The Company expects contributions to its defined benefit pension plans to be immaterial in fiscal 2021.