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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 27, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract] |
Components of net periodic benefit cost | The components of net periodic benefit cost related to the Company's Pension Plans and SERP for the years ended August 27, 2011, August 28, 2010 and August 29, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Service cost |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 136 |  |  | $ | 135 |  |  | $ | 486 |  |  | $ | 391 |  |  | $ | 364 |
Interest cost |  |  | 328 |  |  |  | 351 |  |  |  | 346 |  |  |  | 764 |  |  |  | 702 |  |  |  | 643 |
Expected return on assets |  |  | (202 | ) |  |  | (191 | ) |  |  | (243 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 368 |  |  |  | 368 |  |  |  | 368 |
Amortization of unrecognized loss |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 131 |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 77 |
Other events |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 480 |  |  | $ | 378 |  |  | $ | 313 |  |  | $ | 1,749 |  |  | $ | 1,515 |  |  | $ | 1,452 |
Obligations and funded status related to pension Plans and SERP | The Company's obligations and funded status related to its Pension Plans and SERP as of August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Change in benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year |  | $ | 7,339 |  |  | $ | 6,205 |  |  | $ | 13,987 |  |  | $ | 11,925 |
Service cost |  |  | 149 |  |  |  | 136 |  |  |  | 486 |  |  |  | 391 |
Interest cost |  |  | 328 |  |  |  | 351 |  |  |  | 764 |  |  |  | 702 |
Actuarial (gain) loss |  |  | 114 |  |  |  | 921 |  |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 1,355 |
Benefits paid |  |  | (319 | ) |  |  | (274 | ) |  |  | (391 | ) |  |  | (386 | )
Settlements |  |  | (239 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Projected benefit obligation, end of year |  | $ | 7,372 |  |  | $ | 7,339 |  |  | $ | 14,944 |  |  | $ | 13,987 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year |  | $ | 5,263 |  |  | $ | 5,050 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Actual return on plan assets |  |  | 205 |  |  |  | 331 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Employer contributions |  |  | 235 |  |  |  | 156 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Benefits paid |  |  | (319 | ) |  |  | (274 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Settlements |  |  | (239 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Fair value of plan assets, end of year |  | $ | 5,145 |  |  | $ | 5,263 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Funded status (net amount recognized): |  | $ | (2,227 | ) |  | $ | (2,076 | ) |  | $ | (14,944 | ) |  | $ | (13,987 | )
Amounts recorded in consolidated balance sheet | The amounts recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for the Company's Pension Plans and SERP as of August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Deferred tax assets |  | $ | 795 |  |  | $ | 842 |  |  | $ | 1,716 |  |  | $ | 1,991 |
Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 2,227 |  |  | $ | 2,076 |  |  | $ | 14,944 |  |  | $ | 13,987 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | $ | (1,269 | ) |  | $ | (1,317 | ) |  | $ | (2,742 | ) |  | $ | (3,114 | )
Amount recognized in accumulated other comprehensive Income | As of August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010, the amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income for the Company's Pension Plans and SERP (in thousands):
| Pension Plans |  |  | SERP |
| 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Net actuarial loss |  | $ | (936 | ) |  | $ | (948 | ) |  | $ | (1,577 | ) |  | $ | (1,734 | )
Unrecognized prior service cost |  |  | (333 | ) |  |  | (369 | ) |  |  | (1,165 | ) |  |  | (1,380 | )
|  | $ | (1,269 | ) |  | $ | (1,317 | ) |  | $ | (2,742 | ) |  | $ | (3,114 | )
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating projected benefit obligations and net periodic service cost | The weighted average assumptions used in calculating the Company's projected benefit obligation as of August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010, were as follows:
|  | Pension Plans |  |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  |  |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Discount rate |  |  | 4.6 | % | 4.7 | % |  |  | 4.9 | % | 4.8 | %
Rate of compensation increase |  |  | N/A |  | N/A |  |  |  | 5.0 | % | 5.0 | %
The weighted average assumptions used in calculating the Company's net periodic service cost for the years ended August 27, 2011, August 28, 2010 and August 29, 2009, were as follows:
|  | Pension Plans |  |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |  |  |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Discount rate |  |  | 4.7 | % | 5.8 | % | 6.0 | % |  |  | 4.8 | % | 5.7 | % | 6.0 | %
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | 4.0 | % | 4.0 | % | 5.0 | % |  |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | N/A |
Rate of compensation increase |  |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | N/A |  |  |  | 5.0 | % | 5.0 | % | 5.0 | %

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