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MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2020
Collective Bargaining Agreements |
MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS |
Schedule of multi-employer pension plans | ​
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​ | ​ | Expiration Date | ​ | Most Significant Collective |
​ | ​ | of Collective | ​ | Bargaining Agreements(1) |
​ | ​ | Bargaining | ​ | (not in millions) |
Pension Fund |  | Agreements |  | Count |  | Expiration |
SO CA UFCW Unions & Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund |  | June 2020 to March 2022 |  | 2 |  | June 2020 to March 2022 | ​
UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan |  | March 2020 to May 2023 |  | 4 |  | April 2020 to August 2022 | ​
Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan |  | October 2020 to February 2022 |  | 1 |  | October 2020 | ​
Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Plan) |  | April 2020 to February 2023 |  | 4 |  | May 2022 to August 2022 | ​
Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan |  | January 2022 |  | 1 |  | January 2022 | ​
Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (2) |  | August 2021 to March 2023 |  | 3 |  | August 2021 to July 2022 | ​
Bakery and Confectionary Union & Industry International Pension Fund |  | December 2019 (2) to July 2022 |  | 4 |  | May 2020 to October 2021 | ​
Retail Food Employers & UFCW Local 711 Pension |  | June 2017 (2) to April 2020 |  | 1 |  | March 2019 (2) | ​
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union — Industry Pension Fund |  | November 2019 (2) to August 2023 |  | 2 |  | July 2023 to August 2023 | ​
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan |  | September 2020 to April 2022 |  | 4 |  | September 2020 to April 2022 | ​
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Consolidated Pension Fund | ​ | September 2019 (2) to September 2022 | ​ | 3 | ​ | September 2019 (2) to September 2022 | ​
(1) | This column represents the number of significant collective bargaining agreements and their expiration date for each of the Company’s pension funds listed above. For purposes of this table, the “significant collective bargaining agreements” are the largest based on covered employees that, when aggregated, cover the majority of the employees for which we make multi-employer contributions for the referenced pension fund.
(2) | Certain collective bargaining agreements for each of these pension funds are operating under an extension.
Multi-employer pension funds |
MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS |
Schedule of multi-employer pension plans | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Pension Protection | ​ | Status | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |
​ | ​ | EIN / Pension | ​ | Act Zone Status | ​ | Pending/ | ​ | Multi-Employer Contributions | ​ | Surcharge |
Pension Fund | ​ | Plan Number | ​ | 2019 | ​ | 2018 | ​ | Implemented | ​ | 2019 | ​ | 2018 | ​ | 2017 | ​ | Imposed (5) |
SO CA UFCW Unions & Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund(1)(2) |  | 95-1939092 - 001 |  | Yellow |  | Yellow |  | Implemented | ​ | $ | 75 | ​ | $ | 71 | ​ | $ | 66 |  | No | ​
Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan(1) |  | 84-6277982 - 001 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No | ​ |  | 19 | ​ |  | 19 | ​ |  | 18 |  | No | ​
Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Plan)(1)(3) |  | 91-6069306 – 001 |  | Yellow |  | Green |  | Implemented | ​ |  | 25 | ​ |  | 23 | ​ |  | 20 |  | No | ​
Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan(1) |  | 84-6045986 - 001 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No | ​ |  | 23 | ​ |  | 20 | ​ |  | 19 |  | No | ​
Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan(1) |  | 93-6074377 - 001 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No | ​ |  | 9 | ​ |  | 9 | ​ |  | 9 |  | No | ​
Bakery and Confectionary Union & Industry International Pension Fund(1) |  | 52-6118572 - 001 |  | Red |  | Red |  | Implemented | ​ |  | 10 | ​ |  | 11 | ​ |  | 11 |  | No | ​
Retail Food Employers & UFCW Local 711 Pension(1) |  | 51-6031512 - 001 |  | Yellow |  | Yellow |  | Implemented | ​ |  | 10 | ​ |  | 10 | ​ |  | 10 |  | No | ​
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union — Industry Pension Fund(1)(4) |  | 51-6055922 - 001 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No | ​ |  | 32 | ​ |  | 32 | ​ |  | 33 |  | No | ​
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan |  | 91-6145047 - 001 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No | ​ |  | 34 | ​ |  | 34 | ​ |  | 34 |  | No | ​
Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan |  | 36-6044243 - 001 |  | Red |  | Red |  | Implemented | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 18 | ​ |  | 492 |  | No | ​
UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan(1) |  | 58-6101602 – 001 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No | ​ |  | 174 | ​ |  | 55 | ​ |  | 201 |  | No | ​
IBT Consolidated Pension Plan(1)(6) | ​ | 82-2153627 - 001 | ​ | N/A | ​ | N/A | ​ | No | ​ | ​ | 33 | ​ | ​ | 37 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | No | ​
Other(7) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  | 17 | ​ |  | 19 | ​ |  | 41 | ​ | ​ | ​
Total Contributions | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 461 | ​ | $ | 358 | ​ | $ | 954 | ​ | ​ | ​
(1) | The Company's multi-employer contributions to these respective funds represent more than 5% of the total contributions received by the pension funds.
(2) | The information for this fund was obtained from the Form 5500 filed for the plan's year-end at March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018.
(3) | The information for this fund was obtained from the Form 5500 filed for the plan's year-end at September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017.
(4) | The information for this fund was obtained from the Form 5500 filed for the plan's year-end at June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017.
(5) | Under the Pension Protection Act, a surcharge may be imposed when employers make contributions under a collective bargaining agreement that is not in compliance with a rehabilitation plan. As of February 1, 2020, the collective bargaining agreements under which the Company was making contributions were in compliance with rehabilitation plans adopted by the applicable pension fund.
(6) | The plan was formed after 2006, and therefore is not subject to zone status certifications.
(7) | The increase in 2017, compared to 2019 and 2018, in the "Other" funds is due primarily to withdrawal settlement payments for certain multi-employer funds in 2017.
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