Retirement Plans (Tables)

4 Months Ended

Jan. 18, 2015

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

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

	Sixteen Weeks Ended
	January 18, 2015			January 19, 2014
Defined benefit pension plans:
Service cost	$	2,544		$	2,499
Interest cost	6,983			7,152
Expected return on plan assets	(7,161		)	(7,536		)
Actuarial loss	2,896			1,364
Amortization of unrecognized prior service costs	83			83
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5,345		$	3,562
Postretirement healthcare plans:
Interest cost	$	368		$	504
Actuarial loss	56			167
Net periodic benefit cost	$	424		$	671

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 2015 contributions are as follows (in thousands):

	Defined Benefit Pension Plans		Postretirement Healthcare Plans
Net year-to-date contributions	$	6,453	$	427
Remaining estimated net contributions during fiscal 2015	$	18,000	$	800