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Company-Sponsored Employee Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Company-Sponsored Employee Benefit Plans
COMPANY-SPONSORED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS 
 
In the tables below, the caption “Pension Benefits” includes both the company-sponsored qualified pension plan and the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.  The components of net company-sponsored benefit cost for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015 are as follows:    
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Plans
 
Sep. 26, 2015
 
Sep. 27, 2014
 
Sep. 26, 2015
 
Sep. 27, 2014
 
(In thousands)
Service cost
$
2,902

 
$
2,815

 
$
134

 
$
134

Interest cost
42,833

 
42,779

 
153

 
148

Expected return on plan assets
(53,203
)
 
(57,156
)
 
—

 
—

Amortization of prior service cost
2,743

 
2,777

 
41

 
42

Amortization of actuarial loss (gain)
5,435

 
4,968

 
(118
)
 
(109
)
Net periodic costs (benefits)
$
710

 
$
(3,817
)
 
$
210

 
$
215


 
     Sysco’s contributions to its company-sponsored defined benefit plans were $37.0 million and $56.1 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively.