RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2015

RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS [Abstract]

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

Information regarding the Company’s net periodic benefit cost for pension and other postretirement benefit plans for the three months ended March 27, 2015 and March 28, 2014 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	March 27, 2015			March 28, 2014			March 27, 2015		March 28, 2014
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Interest cost	$	15		$	14		$	12	$	10
Expected return on plan assets		(16	)		(15	)		-		-
Amortization of net loss (gain)		12			9			8		(5	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	11		$	8		$	20	$	5