Pension Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

Pension Benefits

Schedule of components of net periodic pension costs

Net periodic pension cost for our four company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans for the first quarter of 2020 and 2019 includes the following components (in thousands):

	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	March 28,		March 30,
	2020		2019
Service cost—benefits earned during the period	$	2,467	$	1,937
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		1,377		1,442
Expected return on plan assets		(2,229)		(1,914)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		—		—
Amortization of unrecognized loss		400		215
Net periodic pension cost	$	2,015	$	1,680