Note 11 - Pension Plans

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

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11. PENSION PLANS

The Company contributes to certain pension plans under collective bargaining agreements and to a discretionary profit sharing plan. Annual contributions (including contributions to multi-employer plans reflected below) were $3.8 million, $3.8 million and $4.0 million for Fiscal 2024, Fiscal 2023 and Fiscal 2022, respectively.

The Company participates in three multi-employer defined benefit pension plans with respect to certain collective bargaining agreements. If the Company chooses to stop participating in the multi-employer plan or if other employers choose to withdraw to the extent that a mass withdrawal occurs, the Company could be required to pay the plan a withdrawal liability based on the underfunded status of the plan.

Summarized below is certain information regarding the Company’s participation in significant multi-employer pension plans including the financial improvement plan or rehabilitation plan status (“FIP/RP Status”) and the zone status under the Pension Protection Act (“PPA”). The most recent PPA zone status available in Fiscal 2024 and Fiscal 2023 is for the plans’ years ending December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

	PPA Zone Status
Pension Fund	Fiscal 2024	Fiscal 2023	FIP/RP Status	Surcharge Imposed
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan (EIN no. 36-6044243) (the “CSSS Fund”)	Red	Red	Implemented	Yes
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund (EIN no. 91-6145047) (the “WCT Fund”)	Green	Green	Not Applicable	No

For the plan years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company was not listed in the Form 5500 Annual Returns as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for the above plans. The collective bargaining agreement for employees in the CSSS Fund expires on October 18, 2026. The collective bargaining agreement for employees in the WCT Fund expired on May 14, 2024 and is currently being negotiated.

The Company’s contributions for all multi-employer pension plans for the last three fiscal years are as follow:

	(In millions)
	Fiscal		Fiscal		Fiscal
Pension Fund	2024		2023		2022
CSSS Fund	$	1.6	$	1.6	$	1.5
WCT Fund		0.8		0.8		0.8
Other multi-employer pension funds		0.2		0.2		0.2
Total	$	2.6	$	2.6	$	2.5