Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2011

Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits

Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits

13. PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company sponsors programs that provide retirement benefits to most of its employees. These programs include qualified defined benefit pension plans, nonqualified defined benefit retirement plans, a defined benefit postretirement life insurance plan, defined contribution retirement savings plans and deferred compensation plans. Under all of our retirement plans, the Company's expenses were $1.6 million and $1.7 million in the thirteen weeks ended September 25, 2011 and September 26, 2010, respectively, and $6.9 million and $8.8 million in the thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2011 and September 26, 2010, respectively.

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the defined benefit plans mentioned above:

	Thirteen Weeks Ended										Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended
	September 25, 2011					September 26, 2010					September 25, 2011					September 26, 2010
	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits		Pension Benefits			Other Benefits		Pension Benefits			Other Benefits		Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
	(In thousands)										(In thousands)
Service cost	$	40		$	—	$	101		$	—	$	139		$	—	$	603		$	—
Interest cost		2,075			26		2,121			28		6,751			90		12,598			84
Estimated return on plan assets		(1,427	)		—		(1,407	)		—		(4,948	)		—		(8,358	)		—
Amortization of prior service cost		22			—		65			—		77			—		387			—
Amortization of net loss		1			—		2			—		2			—		11			—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	711		$	26	$	882		$	28	$	2,021		$	90	$	5,241		$	84

During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2011, the Company contributed $5.7 million to its defined benefit plans. Subsequent to September 25, 2011, the Company contributed $1.3 million to its defined benefit plans.