RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2013

Net Defined Benefit and Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

The Company’s net defined benefit and post-retirement benefit costs were composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(In thousands)	March 29, 2013			March 30, 2012			March 29, 2013			March 30, 2012
Defined Benefit Plans
Service cost	$	1,200		$	1,100		$	2,429		$	2,209
Interest cost		1,295			1,347			2,615			2,691
Plan curtailment		—			—			—			(161	)
Expected return on plan assets		(1,407	)		(1,335	)		(2,847	)		(2,666	)
Amortization of prior service cost		40			40			80			80
Recognized actuarial loss		681			621			1,363			1,242
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,809		$	1,773		$	3,640		$	3,395
Post-Retirement Benefit Plans
Interest cost	$	40		$	55		$	80		$	110
Amortization of prior service cost		1			1			2			2
Recognized actuarial loss		15			21			30			42
Net periodic benefit cost	$	56		$	77		$	112		$	154