Pension Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension Benefits

PENSION BENEFITS

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014 were as follows:

	Quarter
	(13 weeks) Ended
(amounts in thousands)	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Service cost	$	304		$	282
Interest cost	535			916
Expected return on plan assets	(34		)	—
Amortization of actuarial loss	750			385
Amortization of prior service costs	6			3
Net periodic pension cost	$	1,561		$	1,586

We expect the cash requirements for funding the pension benefits to be approximately $4.2 million during fiscal 2015, including $1.2 million which was funded during the quarter ended March 29, 2015.