Note 8 - Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

8 . Retirement Plans

The net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s pension plan consisted of:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 29, 2018			December 30, 2017			December 29, 2018			December 30, 2017
	(In thousands)
Service Cost	$	1,831		$	1,981		$	6,716		$	5,944
Interest Cost		2,362			1,985			6,848			5,956
Expected Return on Plan Assets		(3,593	)		(3,673	)		(10,785	)		(10,640	)
Amortization of Prior Service Cost		30			0			90			0
Amortization of Net Gain		593			30			1,198			90
Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$	1,223		$	323		$	4,067		$	1,350

There was

none

and

$2,500,000

 in contributions to the pension plan during the

three

and

nine

month periods ended

December 29, 2018

and

December 30, 2017,

respectively.