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Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2011
Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits  
Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits

13. PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company sponsors programs that provide retirement benefits to most of its employees. These programs include qualified defined benefit pension plans, nonqualified defined benefit retirement plans, a defined benefit postretirement life insurance plan, defined contribution retirement savings plans and deferred compensation plans. Under all of our retirement plans, the Company's expenses were $3.0 million and $4.8 million in the thirteen weeks ended June 26, 2011 and June 27, 2010, respectively, and $5.3 million and $7.1 million in the twenty-six weeks ended June 26, 2011 and June 27, 2010, respectively.

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the defined benefit plans mentioned above:

 

     Thirteen Weeks Ended      Twenty-Six Weeks Ended  
     June 26, 2011      June 27, 2010      June 26, 2011      June 27, 2010  
     Pension
Benefits		     Other
Benefits		      Pension
Benefits		     Other
Benefits		      Pension
Benefits		     Other
Benefits		      Pension
Benefits		     Other
Benefits		  
     (In thousands)      (In thousands)  

Service cost

    $ 47      $ —         $ 396      $ —         $ 99      $ —         $ 502      $ —     

Interest cost

      2,211        30         8,269        28         4,676        64         10,477        56   

Estimated return on plan assets

      (1,665 )      —           (5,486 )      —           (3,521 )      —           (6,951 )      —     

Amortization of prior service cost

      26        —           254        —           54        —           322        —     

Amortization of net loss

      1        —           7        —           2        —           9        —     
                                                                   

Net periodic benefit cost

    $ 620      $ 30       $ 3,440      $ 28       $ 1,310      $ 64       $ 4,359      $ 56   
                                                                   

During the twenty-six weeks ended June 26, 2011, the Company contributed $3.1 million to its defined benefit plans. Subsequent to June 26, 2011, the Company contributed $1.4 million to its defined benefit plans.