Pension and Post-Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 06, 2014

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

Pension and Post-Retirement Plans

PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

The following tables provide the components of net pension and post-retirement expense (in millions):

	12 Weeks Ended
	September 6, 2014					September 7, 2013
	Pension			Other Post- Retirement Benefits		Pension			Other Post- Retirement Benefits
Estimated return on assets	$	(27.6	)	$	—	$	(24.9	)	$	—
Service cost	10.0			0.2		9.7			0.2
Interest cost	22.1			0.8		19.7			0.7
Amortization of prior service cost	2.2			—		3.0			—
Amortization of unrecognized losses	9.7			0.1		18.0			0.2
Total	$	16.4		$	1.1	$	25.5		$	1.1

	36 Weeks Ended
	September 6, 2014						September 7, 2013
	Pension			Other Post- Retirement Benefits			Pension			Other Post- Retirement Benefits
Estimated return on assets	$	(82.6	)	$	—		$	(74.7	)	$	—
Service cost	29.5			0.6			29.2			0.5
Interest cost	66.6			2.4			59.1			2.1
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	6.7			(0.1		)	8.9			(0.1		)
Amortization of unrecognized losses	29.3			0.3			53.9			0.7
Total	$	49.5		$	3.2		$	76.4		$	3.2

The Company contributed $8.5 million to its defined benefit pension plans and post-retirement benefit plans in the first 36 weeks of 2014 compared to $41.1 million in the first 36 weeks of 2013.  For the remainder of 2014, Safeway currently anticipates contributing an additional $5 million to these plans.