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Retirement Plans
9 Months Ended
Nov. 26, 2011
Retirement Plans  
Retirement Plans

10. Retirement Plans

        Net periodic pension expense recorded in the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended November 26, 2011 and November 27, 2010, for the Company's defined benefit plans includes the following components:

 
  Defined Benefit
Pension Plan
  Nonqualified
Executive
Retirement Plans
  Defined Benefit
Pension Plan
  Nonqualified
Executive
Retirement Plans
 
 
  Thirteen Week Period Ended   Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended  
 
  November 26,
2011
  November 27,
2010
  November 26,
2011
  November 27,
2010
  November 26,
2011
  November 27,
2010
  November 26,
2011
  November 27,
2010
 

Service cost

  $ 838   $ 809   $ 5   $ 18   $ 2,514   $ 2,427   $ 15   $ 54  

Interest cost

    1,518     1,515     193     212     4,554     4,547     578     635  

Expected return on plan assets

    (1,505 )   (1,248 )           (4,515 )   (3,744 )        

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost

    157     215             471     645          

Amortization of unrecognized net loss (gain)

    422     507         (332 )   1,266     1,521         (996 )
                                   

Net pension expense (income)

  $ 1,430   $ 1,798   $ 198   $ (102 ) $ 4,290   $ 5,396   $ 593   $ (307 )
                                   

        During the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended November 26, 2011 the Company contributed $431 and $1,215, respectively, to the Nonqualified Executive Retirement Plans. In addition, the Company prepaid $5,100 to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan during fiscal 2011 and contributed an additional $8,014 during the thirty-nine week period ended November 26, 2011. During the remainder of fiscal 2012, the Company expects to contribute $404 to the Nonqualified Executive Retirement Plans and $1,763 to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan.