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Employees' Retirement Plan
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Employees' Retirement Plan: [Abstract]  
Employees' Retirement Plan:
9. Employees' Retirement Plan:
       

The Company sponsors a noncontributory Money Purchase Plan covering substantially all of its non-union employees. Operations were charged $97,423 and $94,819 as contributions to the Plan for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Multi-employer plan:

The Company contributes to a union sponsored multi-employer pension plan covering its union employees. The Company contributions to the pension plan were $13,153 and $10,337 for the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Contributions and costs are determined in accordance with the provisions of negotiated labor contracts or terms of the plans. The Company also contributes to union sponsored health benefit plans.

Contingent Liability for Pension Plan:

Information as to the Company's portion of accumulated plan benefits and plan assets is not reported separately by the pension plan. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, upon withdrawal from a multi-employer benefit plan, an employer is required to continue to pay its proportionate share of the plan's unfunded vested benefits, if any. Any liability under this provision cannot be determined: however, the Company has not made a decision to withdraw from the plan.

Information for contributing employer's participation in the multi-employer plan:

 
               Legal name of Plan: United Food and Commercial
Workers Local 888 Pension Fund
     
Employer identification number: 13-6367793
     
Plan number: 001
     
Date of most recent Form 5500: December 31, 2014
     
  Certified zone status: Critical Status
     
Status determination date: January 1, 2014
     
Plan used extended amortization provisions in status
calculation: Yes
     
Minimum required contribution: None
     
Employer contributing greater than 5% of Plan
contributions for year ended December 31, 2014: Yes
     
Rehabilitation plan implemented: Yes
     
Employer subject to surcharge: Yes
     
Contract expiration date: November 30, 2016