POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

3 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2022

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

4. POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company provides pension benefits through a number of noncontributory and contributory defined benefit retirement plans covering eligible U.S. employees. As of September 30, 2017, all defined pension benefit plans were frozen, whereby participants no longer accrue credited service. The net periodic benefit credit was as follows: 

		Three months ended
(in thousands)	Note	December 30, 2022		December 24, 2021
Interest cost		$	1,294	$	739
Expected return on plan assets		(1,257)		(1,348)
Amortization of actuarial loss		167		158
Net periodic benefit cost (credit)	5	$	204	$	(451)