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Pension Benefits
9 Months Ended
Sep. 23, 2012
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension Benefits
PENSION BENEFITS

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012 and September 25, 2011 were as follows:
 
Quarter
 
Nine Months
 
(13 weeks) Ended
 
(39 weeks) Ended
(amounts in thousands)
September 23,
2012

 
September 25,
2011

 
September 23,
2012

 
September 25,
2011

Service cost
$
207

 
$
247

 
$
637

 
$
736

Interest cost
940

 
1,125

 
2,898

 
3,346

Expected return on plan assets
10

 
39

 
31

 
117

Amortization of actuarial loss
54

 
12

 
166

 
37

Amortization of transition obligation
13

 
33

 
42

 
98

Amortization of prior service costs
1

 
1

 
2

 
2

Net periodic pension cost
$
1,225

 
$
1,457

 
$
3,776

 
$
4,336



We expect the cash requirements for funding the pension benefits to be approximately $4.7 million during fiscal 2012, including $3.7 million which was funded during the nine months ended September 23, 2012.