8. Retirement Plan

The Company sponsors a frozen defined benefit plan. The components of pension cost for each period are as follows (in thousands):



	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	May 3, 2014			May 4, 2013
Employer service cost	$	52		$	90
Interest cost	423			430
Expected return on plan assets	(533		)	(559		)
Net loss amortization	100			153
Net periodic pension cost	$	42		$	114

The Company's funding policy is to make contributions to maintain the minimum funding requirements for its pension obligations in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The Company may elect to contribute additional amounts to maintain a level of funding to minimize the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premium costs or to cover the short-term liquidity needs of the plan in order to maintain current invested positions. No contributions were made by the Company in the current year first quarter.