Note 7 - Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Retirement Plans

The net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s pension plan consisted of:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 30, 2017			December 31, 2016			December 30, 2017			December 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Service Cost	$	1,981		$	2,164		$	5,944		$	6,491
Interest Cost		1,985			1,919			5,956			5,756
Expected Return on Plan Assets		(3,673	)		(2,978	)		(10,640	)		(8,934	)
Amortization of Actuarial Loss		-			679			-			2,037
Amortization of Transition Asset		30			27			90			82
Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$	323		$	1,811		$	1,350		$	5,432

There was a contribution of

$2,500,000

to the pension plan in the

nine

month period ended

December 30, 2017.

There was a contribution of

$8,000,000

made in the

nine

month period ended

December 31, 2016.