Retirement Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 13, 2014

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
	April 13, 2014			April 14, 2013			April 13, 2014			April 14, 2013
Defined benefit pension plans:
Service cost	$	1,875		$	2,481		$	4,374		$	5,789
Interest cost	5,364			5,222			12,516			12,185
Expected return on plan assets	(5,652		)	(5,242		)	(13,188		)	(12,231		)
Actuarial loss	1,024			4,116			2,388			9,604
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	62			62			145			145
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,673		$	6,639		$	6,235		$	15,492
Postretirement healthcare plans:
Interest cost	$	379		$	366		$	883		$	854
Actuarial loss	125			183			292			426
Net periodic benefit cost	$	504		$	549		$	1,175		$	1,280

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 2014 contributions are as follows (in thousands):



	Defined Benefit Pension Plans		Postretirement Healthcare Plans
Net year-to-date contributions	$	7,167	$	664
Remaining estimated net contributions during fiscal 2014	$	17,200	$	800