Retirement Plans (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Jan. 22, 2017

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of net periodic benefit cost in each period were as follows (in thousands):

	Sixteen Weeks Ended
	January 22, 2017			January 17, 2016
Defined benefit pension plans:
Interest cost	$	6,996		$	7,440
Service cost	673			1,616
Expected return on plan assets	(8,659		)	(6,694		)
Actuarial loss (1)	1,881			1,257
Amortization of unrecognized prior service costs (1)	47			74
Net periodic benefit cost	$	938		$	3,693
Postretirement healthcare plans:
Interest cost	$	309		$	389
Actuarial loss (1)	50			67
Net periodic benefit cost	$	359		$	456

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(1) Amounts were reclassified from accumulated OCI into net earnings as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses.

Schedule Of Defined Benefit Plan Contribution

Future cash flows — Our policy is to fund our plans at or above the minimum required by law. As of January 1, 2016, the date of our last actuarial funding valuation, there was no minimum contribution funding requirement. Details regarding 2017 contributions are as follows (in thousands):

	SERP		Postretirement Healthcare Plans
Net year-to-date contributions	$	1,122	$	318
Remaining estimated net contributions during fiscal 2017	$	3,400	$	1,000