Retirement Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

RETIREMENT PLANS

The Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan and a 401(k) plan for eligible employees, and provides certain postretirement health and welfare benefits to eligible retirees and their dependents.

The components of net periodic pension benefit costs (credits) for Company sponsored defined benefit plans were as follows:



	13 Weeks Ended
	March 28, 2020			March 30, 2019
Components of net periodic pension benefit costs (credits)
Service cost	$	1		$	1
Interest cost	7			9
Expected return on plan assets	(13		)	(12		)
Amortization of net loss	—			1
Net periodic pension benefit credits	$	(5	)	$	(1	)

Other postretirement benefit costs were de minimis for both the 13 weeks ended March 28, 2020 and March 30, 2019.

The service cost component of net periodic benefit credits is included in distribution, selling and administrative costs, while the other components of net periodic benefit credits are included in other income—net, respectively, in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The Company does not expect to make significant contributions to its defined benefit pension plan in fiscal year 2020.

Certain employees are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) plan. The Company made employer matching contributions to the 401(k) plan of $14 million and $13 million for the 13 weeks ended March 28, 2020 and March 30, 2019, respectively.

The Company is also required to contribute to various multiemployer pension plans under the terms of collective bargaining agreements that cover certain of its union-represented employees. The Company’s contributions to these plans were $12 million and $9 million for the 13 weeks ended March 28, 2020 and March 30, 2019, respectively.