7. 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
	August 3, 2013			July 28, 2012			August 3, 2013			July 28, 2012
Employer service cost	$	90		$	—		$	180		$	—
Interest cost	432			471			862			944
Expected return on plan assets	(560		)	(563		)	(1,119		)	(1,126		)
Net loss amortization	152			103			305			206
Net periodic pension cost	$	114		$	11		$	228		$	24

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. No contributions were made by the Company in the current year.