Retirement Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

The Corporation has a defined contribution retirement plan covering substantially all employees.

The Corporation's annual contribution to the plan is based on employee eligible earnings. A portion of the contribution is also based on results of operations, and a portion is contributed in the form of common stock of the Corporation. The following table reconciles the annual contribution (in thousands):



	2018		2017		2016
Stock contribution	$	7,174	$	7,327	$	7,170
Cash contribution	21,413		23,834		25,349
Total annual contribution	$	28,587	$	31,161	$	32,519