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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
9 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2011
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract] 
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
Net periodic benefit cost for our pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
For the thirteen weeks ended
 
For the thirty-nine weeks ended
 
September 25,
2011
 
September 26,
2010
 
September 25,
2011
 
September 26,
2010
Pension Benefits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
272

 
$
338

 
$
816

 
$
1,032

Interest cost
1,767

 
1,781

 
5,301

 
5,285

Expected return on plan assets
(1,964
)
 
(1,799
)
 
(5,892
)
 
(5,327
)
Amortization of prior service cost
—

 
207

 
—

 
310

Amortization of net loss
667

 
543

 
2,001

 
1,672

 
742

 
1,070

 
2,226

 
2,972

Curtailment loss(1)
—

 
1,474

 
—

 
1,474

Net periodic benefit cost
$
742

 
$
2,544

 
$
2,226

 
$
4,446

Other Postretirement Benefits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
26

 
$
14

 
$
77

 
$
42

Interest cost
91

 
93

 
273

 
280

Amortization of prior service credit
(109
)
 
(109
)
 
(326
)
 
(326
)
Amortization of net loss
19

 
13

 
57

 
39

Net periodic benefit cost
$
27

 
$
11

 
$
81

 
$
35

 
(1) Pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 715, Compensation - Retirement Benefits, we recorded a curtailment loss of approximately $1.5 million during the thirteen weeks ended September 26, 2010, as a result of the closure of our manufacturing facility in Springfield, Missouri which significantly reduced the expected years of future service of active employees at this facility who participated in one of our U.S. defined benefit pension plans.
During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2011, we made approximately $6 million of contributions to our pension and other postretirement benefit plans. We presently anticipate contributing an additional $1 million to fund our pension and other postretirement benefit plans in 2011 for a total of approximately $7 million.
As a result of the closing of our Springfield, Missouri manufacturing facility in March 2011 (Note 2), we are currently in discussions with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regarding potential additional funding of the related defined benefit pension plan.