Employees' Retirement Plan

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employees' Retirement Plan

8. Employees' Retirement Plan:

The Company sponsors a noncontributory Money Purchase Plan covering substantially all its non-union employees. Operations were charged $109,915 and $219,983 as contributions to the Plan for the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, respectively, and $146,183 and $247,586 as contributions to the plan for the three and six months ended January 31, 2020, 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 $16,875 and $30,573 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, respectively, and $14,807 and $31,820 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2020, 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, 2019
Certified zone status:	Critical and declining status
Status determination date:	January 1, 2019
Plan used extended amortization provisions in status calculation:	Yes
Minimum required contribution:	Yes
Employer contributing greater than 5% of Plan contributions for year ended December 31, 2019:	Yes
Rehabilitation plan implemented:	Yes
Employer subject to surcharge:	Yes
Contract expiration date:	November 30, 2022

For the plan years 2019-2022, under the pension fund’s rehabilitation plan, the Company agreed to pay a minimum contribution rate equal to 9.1% of the prior year total contribution rate. The Company has 29 employees and has a contract, expiring November 30, 2022, with a union covering rates of pay, hours of employment and other conditions of employment for approximately 21% of its employees. The Company considers that its labor relations with its employees and union are good.