Employee Pension and Profit Sharing Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2012

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

The following table sets forth the components of net periodic pension cost for the Company’s single-employer defined benefit pension plans for fiscal2012, fiscal2011 and fiscal2010 (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year Ended			Fiscal Year Ended			Fiscal Year Ended
	September 28, 2012			September 30, 2011			October 1, 2010
Service cost	$	9,961		$	10,310		$	8,308
Interest cost	13,001			13,086			11,769
Expected return on plan assets	(12,521		)	(12,738		)	(10,577		)
Settlements	467			704			1,066
Amortization of prior service cost	6			6			6
Recognized net (gain) loss	2,392			1,608			1,234
Net periodic pension cost	$	13,306		$	12,976		$	11,806

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures

The following table set forth changes in the projected benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets for these plans (in thousands):

Change in benefit obligation:	September 28, 2012			September 30, 2011
Benefit obligation, beginning	$	244,754		$	239,103
Foreign currency translation	14,056			(6,426		)
Service cost	9,961			10,310
Interest cost	13,001			13,086
Employee contributions	3,565			3,619
Actuarial loss (gain)	34,227			(4,532		)
Benefits paid	(11,699		)	(8,151		)
Settlements and curtailments	(1,055		)	(2,255		)
Benefit obligation, end	$	306,810		$	244,754
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning	$	178,587		$	175,943
Foreign currency translation	9,866			(4,350		)
Employer contributions	20,558			16,375
Employee contributions	3,565			3,619
Actual return on plan assets	22,601			(2,594		)
Benefits paid	(11,699		)	(8,151		)
Settlements	(1,206		)	(2,255		)
Fair value of plan assets, end	$	222,272		$	178,587
Funded Status at end of year	$	(84,538	)	$	(66,167	)

Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet Including Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 28, 2012			September 30, 2011
Current benefit liability (included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities)	$	(484	)	$	(188	)
Noncurrent benefit liability (included in Other Noncurrent Liabilities)	$	(84,054	)	$	(65,979	)
Net actuarial loss (gain) (included in Accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss before taxes)	$	77,391		$	52,526
Prior service cost (included in Accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss before taxes)	$	52		$	63

Schedule of Assumptions Used

The following weighted average assumptions were used to determine pension expense of the respective fiscal years:

	September 28, 2012		September 30, 2011
Discount rate	5.0	%	5.2	%
Rate of compensation increase	3.5	%	3.5	%
Long-term rate of return on assets	6.6	%	6.8	%

The following weighted average assumptions were used to determine the funded status of the respective fiscal years:

	September 28, 2012		September 30, 2011
Discount rate	4.2	%	5.0	%
Rate of compensation increase	3.4	%	3.5	%

Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets

The following table sets forth information for the Company’s single-employer pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets as of September 28, 2012 and September 30, 2011 (in thousands):

	September 28, 2012		September 30, 2011
Projected benefit obligation	$	302,072	$	244,754
Accumulated benefit obligation	274,701		205,537
Fair value of plan assets	217,044		178,587

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets

The fair value of plan assets for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans as of September 28, 2012 and September 30, 2011 is as follows (see Note 15 for a description of the fair value levels) (in thousands):

	September 28, 2012		Quoted prices in active markets Level 1		Significant other observable inputs Level 2		Significant unobservable inputs Level 3
Cash and cash equivalents and other	$	2,042	$	2,042	$	—	$	—
Investment funds:
Pooled funds—equity	141,784		—		141,784		—
Pooled funds—fixed income	78,446		—		78,446		—
Total	$	222,272	$	2,042	$	220,230	$	—
	September 30, 2011		Quoted prices in active markets Level 1		Significant other observable inputs Level 2		Significant unobservable inputs Level 3
Cash and cash equivalents and other	$	1,610	$	1,610	$	—	$	—
Investment funds:
Pooled funds—equity	104,168		—		104,168		—
Pooled funds—fixed income	72,809		—		72,809		—
Total	$	178,587	$	1,610	$	176,977	$	—

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments

The following table sets forth the benefits expected to be paid in the next five fiscal years and in aggregate for the five fiscal years thereafter by the Company’s defined benefit pension plans (in thousands):

Fiscal 2013	$	11,683
Fiscal 2014	$	11,141
Fiscal 2015	$	10,850
Fiscal 2016	$	11,313
Fiscal 2017	$	11,890
Fiscal 2018 – 2022	$	64,349

Schedule of Multiemployer Plans

There have been no significant changes that affect the comparability of fiscal2012, fiscal2011 and fiscal2010 contributions.

Pension Fund	EIN/Pension Plan Number	Pension Protection Act Zone Status		FIP/RP Status Pending/ Implemented	Contributions by the Company (in thousands)							Range of Expiration Dates of CBAs
		2012	2011		2012		2011		2010		Surcharge Imposed
National Retirement Fund	13-6130178/ 001	Red	Red	Implemented	$	4,868	$	5,367	$	5,672	No	5/31/2010- 11/30/2014
Service Employees Pension Fund of Upstate New York (1)	16-0908576/ 001	Red	Red	Implemented	247		385		277		No	9/30/2014- 6/30/2015
Local 1102 Retirement Trust (2)	13-1847329/ 001	Red	Red	Implemented	201		232		211		No	6/30/2013- 6/30/2015
Central States SE and SW Areas Pension Plan	36-6044243/ 001	Red	Red	Implemented	3,164		2,869		2,758		No	1/31/2007- 11/26/2015
Pension Plan for Hospital & Health Care Employees Philadelphia & Vicinity	23-2627428/ 001	Red	Red	Implemented	154		122		240		No	1/31/2013
Richmond Teamsters and Industry Pension Fund (3)	54-6056180/ 001	Green	Green	N/A	121		109		98		No	1/26/2016
Other funds					13,546		12,785		11,629
Total contributions					$	22,301	$	21,869	$	20,885

(1)	Over 60% of the Company's participants in this fund are covered by a single CBA that expires on 6/30/2015.
(2)	Over 90% of the Company's participants in this fund are covered by a single CBA that expires on 6/30/2015.
(3)	The Company is one of two participants in this fund along with Hostess Brands Inc., which is currently in bankruptcy. Additionally, the fund has informed the Company that the fund exercised an automatic 5-year amortization extension that affected the calculation of the fund's PPA zone status.

The Company provided more than 5 percent of the total contributions for the following plans and plan years:

Pension Fund	Contributions to the plan exceeded more than 5% of total contributions (as of the plan's year-end)
Local 1102 Retirement Trust	12/31/ 2011 and 12/31/2010
Service Employees Pension Fund of Upstate New York	12/31/ 2011 and 12/31/2010
Richmond Teamsters and Industry Pension Fund	2/28/2011 and 2/28/2010