Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 07, 2013

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

The components of net periodic benefit cost in each period were as follows (in thousands):



	Quarter						Year-to-Date
	July 7, 2013			July 8, 2012			July 7, 2013			July 8, 2012
Defined benefit pension plans:
Service cost	$	2,481		$	2,229		$	8,271		$	7,304
Interest cost	5,222			5,347			17,406			17,538
Expected return on plan assets	(5,242		)	(4,743		)	(17,472		)	(15,504		)
Actuarial loss	4,116			2,974			13,719			9,657
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	62			99			207			332
Net periodic benefit cost	$	6,639		$	5,906		$	22,131		$	19,327
Postretirement healthcare plans:
Service cost	$	—		$	14		$	—		$	47
Interest cost	366			374			1,220			1,244
Actuarial loss	183			21			608			69
Net periodic benefit cost	$	549		$	409		$	1,828		$	1,360

Schedule Of Defined Benefit Plan Contribution

Future cash flows — Our policy is to fund our plans at or above the minimum required by law. As of the date of our last actuarial funding valuation, there was no minimum contribution funding requirement. Details regarding fiscal 2013 contributions are as follows (in thousands):



	Defined Benefit Pension Plans		Postretirement Healthcare Plans
Net year-to-date contributions	$	12,850	$	889
Remaining estimated net contributions during fiscal 2013	$	10,600	$	551