Retirement Plan

9 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011

Retirement Plan [Abstract]

Retirement Plan

6.           Retirement Plan

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

	Thirteen Weeks Ended						Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended
	October 29, 2011			October 30, 2010			October 29, 2011			October 30, 2010
Interest cost	$	516		$	529		$	1,548		$	1,587
Expected return on plan assets		(609	)		(556	)		(1,828	)		(1,668	)
Net loss amortization		39			107			118			320
Net periodic pension (income) cost	$	(54	)	$	80		$	(162	)	$	239

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.