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Multiemployer Benefit Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
Multiemployer Plans [Abstract]  
Summary of domestic multi-employer plan
The following two tables contain information about Safeway's U.S. multiemployer pension plans.
 
EIN - PN
Pension Protection Act zone status
Safeway 5% of total plan contributions
FIP/RP status pending/implemented
 
 
Pension fund
2013
2012
2012
2011
UFCW-Northern California Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund
946313554 - 001
Red
Red
Yes
Yes
Implemented
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan
916145047 - 001
Green
Green
No
No
No
Southern California United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Food Employers Joint Pension Plan
951939092 - 001
Red 3/31/2014
Red 3/31/2013
Yes 3/31/2013
Yes
3/31/2012
Implemented
Food Employers Labor Relations Association and United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Fund
526128473 - 001
Red
Red
Yes
Yes
Implemented
Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund
526118572 - 001
Red
Red
Yes
Yes
Implemented
Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Trust)
916069306 - 001
Red 9/30/2013
Red 9/30/2012
Yes 9/30/2012
Yes
9/30/2011
Implemented
Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions & Employers Pension Plan
846045986 - 001
Green
Green
Yes
Yes
No
Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan
846277982 - 001
Green
Green
Yes
Yes
No
Denver Area Meat Cutters and Employers Pension Plan
846097461 - 001
Green
Green
Yes
Yes
No
Mid-Atlantic UFCW and Participating Employers Pension Fund (4)
461000515 - 001
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Oregon Retail Employees Pension Trust
936074377 - 001
Red
Red
Yes
Yes
Implemented
Washington Meat Industry Pension Trust
916134141 - 001
Red 6/30/2014
Red 6/30/2013
Yes 6/30/2012
Yes
6/30/2011
Implemented
Alaska United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Trust
916123694 - 001
Red
Red
Yes
Yes
Implemented
Safeway Multiple Employer Retirement Plan (3)
943019135 - 005
80%+
80%+
No 12/29/2012
No 12/31/2011
NA
Retail Food Employers and UFCW Local 711 Pension Trust Fund
516031512 - 001
Red
Red
Yes
Yes
Implemented
Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers
366052390 - 001
Green 1/31/2014
Green 1/31/2013
No 1/31/2013
No
1/31/2012
No
Alaska Teamster-Employer Pension Plan
926003463 - 024
Red 6/30/2014
Red 6/30/2013
No 6/30/2012
No
6/30/2011
Implemented


 
Contributions of Safeway (in millions)
Surcharge imposed (1)
Expiration date of collective bargaining agreements
Total collective bargaining agreements
Most significant collective bargaining agreement(s)
Pension fund
2013
2012
2011
Count
Expiration
% head-count (2)
UFCW-Northern California Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund
$
77.4

$
72.9

$
69.3

No
8/25/2012 to 7/23/2016
20
14
10/11/2014
93%
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan
$
45.7

$
43.9

$
44.2

No
9/29/2012 to 2/25/2017
46
1
10/1/2016
28%
Southern California United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Food Employers Joint Pension Plan
$
42.1

$
39.3

$
36.8

No
3/2/2014 to 5/4/2014
14
12
3/2/2014
99%
Food Employers Labor Relations Association and United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Fund
$
19.5

$
23.5

$
23.2

No
10/31/2013 to 10/20/2016
7
4
10/29/2016
97%
Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund
$
13.3

$
12.4

$
12.1

Yes
8/14/2011 to 9/3/2017
39
5
4/8/2017
39%
Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Trust)
$
12.2

$
11.2

$
10.1

No
7/6/2013 to 10/5/2016
39
3
5/7/2016
53%
Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions & Employers Pension Plan
$
11.4

$
11.3

$
11.8

No
9/12/2015 to 8/27/2016
45
8
9/12/2015
56%
Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan
$
9.5

$
10.5

$
9.9

No
10/25/2014 to 11/1/2014
4
2
10/25/2014
97%
Denver Area Meat Cutters and Employers Pension Plan
$
5.0

$
5.0

$
5.4

No
9/12/2015 to 7/23/2016
43
8
9/12/2015
53%
Mid-Atlantic UFCW and Participating Employers Pension Fund (4)
$
5.0

NA
NA
NA
10/31/2013 to 10/29/2016
7
4
10/29/2016
97%
Oregon Retail Employees Pension Trust
$
4.5

$
4.2

$
4.1

No
8/31/2013 to 11/5/2016
34
4
7/25/2015
43%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contributions of Safeway (in millions)
Surcharge imposed (1)
Expiration date of collective bargaining agreements
Total collective bargaining agreements
Most significant collective bargaining agreement(s)
Pension fund
2013

2012

2011

Count
Expiration
% head-count (2)
Washington Meat Industry Pension Trust
$
3.2

$
3.0

$
2.7

No
3/15/2014 to 5/7/2016
12
4
5/7/2016
80%
Alaska United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Trust
$
2.0

$
1.9

$
1.9

Yes
1/31/2013 to 12/11/2015
10
1
5/31/2015
49%
Safeway Multiple Employer Retirement Plan (3)
$
1.9

$
2.4

$

NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Retail Food Employers and UFCW Local 711 Pension Trust Fund
$
1.6

$
1.5

$
1.5

No
5/19/2013 to 3/1/2015
3
2
3/1/2015
98%
Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers
$
1.5

$
1.5

$
1.4

No
6/14/2014 to 4/15/2018
6
2
4/15/2018
45%
Alaska Teamster-Employer Pension Plan
$
1.0

$
1.0

$
1.0

No
3/8/2014 to 10/4/2014
3
2
3/8/2014
85%
Other funds
$
2.4

$
3.2

$
2.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Safeway contributions to U.S. multiemployer pension plans
$
259.2

$
248.7

$
238.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
NA = not applicable.

(1) 
PPA surcharges are 5% or 10% of eligible contributions and may not apply to all collective bargaining agreements or total contributions made to each plan.

(2) 
Employees on which Safeway may contribute under these most significant collective bargaining agreements as a percent of all employees on which Safeway may contribute to the respective fund.

(3) 
The Safeway Multiple Employer Retirement Plan (“SMERP”) is a multiple employer plan as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. However, the SMERP is characterized as a multiemployer plan by the FASB, even though it is not maintained pursuant to any collective bargaining agreements to which Safeway is party. The plan may be subject to statutory annual minimum contributions based on complex actuarial calculations. Additionally, it has no PPA zone status and is not subject to establishment of a funding improvement plan or a rehabilitation plan or other PPA provisions that apply to multiemployer plans.

(4) 
The Mid-Atlantic UFCW & Participating Employers Pension Fund is a multiemployer plan effective January 1, 2013 which provides future service benefits to participants who would have otherwise earned future service under the Food Employers Labor Relations Association and United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Fund. The plan is not expected to be subject to zone status certification or notice or establishment of a funding improvement plan or a rehabilitation plan as per section 432(a) of the Internal Revenue Code since those provisions are required for multiemployer plans in effect on July 16, 2006.