Pension Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension Benefits

PENSION BENEFITS

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and six months ended June 28, 2015 and June 29, 2014 were as follows:

	Quarter						Six months
	(13 weeks) Ended						(26 weeks) Ended
(amounts in thousands)	June 28, 2015			June 29, 2014			June 28, 2015			June 29, 2014
Service cost	$	297		$	283		$	601		$	565
Interest cost	525			917			1,060			1,833
Expected return on plan assets	(33		)	(1		)	(67		)	(1		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	733			386			1,483			771
Amortization of prior service costs	7			3			13			6
Net periodic pension cost	$	1,529		$	1,588		$	3,090		$	3,174

We expect the cash requirements for funding the pension benefits to be approximately $4.3 million during fiscal 2015, including $2.2 million which was funded during the six months ended June 28, 2015.