Retirement Plan

6 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2011

Retirement Plan [Abstract]

Retirement Plan

6.           Retirement Plan

The Company sponsors a frozen defined benefit plan.  The components of pension cost for each period are as follows (in thousands):

	Thirteen Weeks Ended						Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
	July 30, 2011			July 31, 2010			July 30, 2011			July 31, 2010
Interest cost	$	516		$	529		$	1,032		$	1,058
Expected return on plan assets		(610	)		(556	)		(1,219	)		(1,112	)
Net loss amortization		40			106			79			213
Net periodic pension (income) cost	$	(54	)	$	79		$	(108	)	$	159

The Company’s funding policy is to make contributions to maintain the minimum funding requirements for its pension obligations in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.  The Company may elect to contribute additional amounts to maintain a level of funding to minimize the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premium costs or to cover the short-term liquidity needs of the plan in order to maintain current invested positions.  During the current year, the Company contributed $1.0 million to the pension plan.