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Pension Benefits
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension Benefits
PENSION BENEFITS

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and nine months ended September 28, 2014 and September 29, 2013 were as follows:
 
Quarter
 
Nine months
 
(13 weeks) Ended
 
(39 weeks) Ended
(amounts in thousands)
September 28,
2014

 
September 29,
2013

 
September 28,
2014

 
September 29,
2013

Service cost
$
274

 
$
269

 
$
839

 
$
804

Interest cost
887

 
883

 
2,720

 
2,631

Expected return on plan assets

 
26

 
(1
)
 
77

Amortization of actuarial loss
373

 
390

 
1,144

 
1,165

Amortization of prior service costs
3

 
1

 
9

 
2

Net periodic pension cost
$
1,537

 
$
1,569

 
$
4,711

 
$
4,679



We expect the cash requirements for funding the pension benefits to be approximately $5.0 million during fiscal 2014, including $3.4 million which was funded during the nine months ended September 28, 2014.