Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Feb. 23, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The following table summarizes the total net periodic benefit cost for the Company's defined pension plans and postretirement benefit plans:

	Three Months Ended
	February 23, 2020		February 24, 2019
	(Dollars in thousands)
Net periodic benefit cost:
Pension benefits	$	1,704	$	3,977
Postretirement benefits	509		893
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,213	$	4,870

For the three months ended February 23, 2020, total pension plan contributions were $10.5 million.