Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 06, 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
	July 6, 2014			July 7, 2013			July 6, 2014			July 7, 2013
Defined benefit pension plans:
Service cost	$	1,875		$	2,481		$	6,249		$	8,271
Interest cost	5,364			5,222			17,880			17,406
Expected return on plan assets	(5,652		)	(5,242		)	(18,840		)	(17,472		)
Actuarial loss	1,023			4,116			3,411			13,719
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	62			62			207			207
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,672		$	6,639		$	8,907		$	22,131
Postretirement healthcare plans:
Interest cost	$	379		$	366		$	1,261		$	1,220
Actuarial loss	125			183			417			608
Net periodic benefit cost	$	504		$	549		$	1,678		$	1,828

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	$	13,065	$	1,042
Remaining estimated net contributions during fiscal 2014	$	11,300	$	400