BENEFIT PLANS

6 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2023

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

BENEFIT PLANS

NOTE 10—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit income and contributions to defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following:

	13-Week Period Ended
	Pension Benefits				Other Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)	January 28, 2023		January 29, 2022		January 28, 2023		January 29, 2022
Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost
Interest cost	$	15	$	9	$	—	$	—
Expected return on plan assets	(23)		(20)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		1		1
Net periodic benefit (income) cost	$	(8)	$	(11)	$	1	$	1
Contributions to benefit plans	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1)

	26-Week Period Ended
	Pension Benefits				Other Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)	January 28, 2023		January 29, 2022		January 28, 2023		January 29, 2022
Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost
Interest cost	$	32	$	19	$	—	$	—
Expected return on plan assets	(47)		(41)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		1		2
Net periodic benefit (income) cost	$	(15)	$	(22)	$	1	$	2
Contributions to benefit plans	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(2)

Contributions

No minimum pension contributions are required to be made under the SUPERVALU INC. Retirement Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (“ERISA”) in fiscal 2023. The Company expects to contribute approximately $1 million to its other defined benefit pension plans and $1 million to its postretirement benefit plans in fiscal 2023.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

The Company contributed $12 million and $11 million in the second quarters of fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $23 million and $22 million in fiscal 2023 and 2022 year-to-date, respectively, to multiemployer pension plans, which are included within Operating expenses.