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BENEFIT PLANS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 27, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Income) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Net periodic benefit (income) cost and other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost for defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans consist of the following (in thousands):
| 13-Week Period Ended April 27, 2019 |  | 39-Week Period Ended April 27, 2019
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |  | Other Postretirement Benefits
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 114 |
Interest cost | 24,004 |  |  | 478 |  |  | 49,855 |  |  | 993 |
Expected return on plan assets | (35,416 | ) |  | (58 | ) |  | (73,555 | ) |  | (121 | )
Net periodic benefit (income) cost | $ | (11,412 | ) |  | $ | 475 |  |  | $ | (23,700 | ) |  | $ | 986 |
Contributions to benefit plans | $ | (2,386 | ) |  | $ | (92 | ) |  | $ | (2,574 | ) |  | $ | (218 | )
Benefit Obligation, Fair Value of Plan Assets and Funded Status | The benefit obligation, fair value of plan assets and funded status of our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans assumed with the Supervalu acquisition consisted of the following as of the acquisition date (in thousands):
| October 22, 2018
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Postretirement Benefits
Benefit obligation as of October 22, 2018 | $ | 2,499,954 |  |  | $ | 52,276 |
Fair value of plan assets at October 22, 2018 | 2,305,020 |  |  | 11,586 |
Unfunded status at October 22, 2018 | $ | (194,934 | ) |  | $ | (40,690 | )
Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheets | Amounts recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the acquisition date consist of the following (in thousands):
| October 22, 2018
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Postretirement Benefits
Accrued compensation and benefits | $ | 1,300 |  |  | $ | — |
Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations | 193,634 |  |  | 40,690 |
Total | $ | 194,934 |  |  | $ | 40,690 |
Amounts recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | Post-Employment Benefits
|  | April 27, 2019
Accrued compensation and benefits |  | $ | 2,730 |
Other long-term liabilities |  | 5,084 |
Total |  | $ | 7,814 |
Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations and Net Periodic Benefit Cost | Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost consisted of the following:
| October 22, 2018
Benefit obligation assumptions: |
Discount rate | 4.30% - 4.42%
Asset Allocation Targets and Fair Value of Assets | The fair value of assets of our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefits plans held in master trusts as of October 22, 2018 assumed with the Supervalu acquisition, by asset category, consisted of the following as of the acquisition date (in thousands):
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Measured at NAV |  | Total
Common stock | $ | 299,234 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 299,234 |
Common collective trusts | — |  |  | 739,822 |  |  | — |  |  | 78,230 |  |  | 818,052 |
Corporate bonds | — |  |  | 368,145 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 368,145 |
Government securities | 51,030 |  |  | 155,279 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 206,309 |
Mutual funds | 887 |  |  | 309,582 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 310,469 |
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 14,920 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 14,920 |
Other | 52,952 |  |  | 2,193 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 55,145 |
Private equity and real estate partnerships | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 244,332 |  |  | 244,332 |
Total plan assets at fair value | $ | 404,103 |  |  | $ | 1,589,941 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 322,562 |  |  | $ | 2,316,606 |
The asset allocation targets and the actual allocation of pension plan assets are as follows:
Asset Category | Target |  | October 22, 2018
Domestic equity | 20.8 | % |  | 19.8 | %
International equity | 6.0 | % |  | 5.4 | %
Private equity | 5.0 | % |  | 5.0 | %
Fixed income | 64.8 | % |  | 64.2 | %
Real estate | 3.4 | % |  | 5.6 | %
Total | 100.0 | % |  | 100.0 | %
Estimated Future Benefit Payments | The estimated future benefit payments to be made from our defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans, which reflect expected future service, are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year | Pension Benefits |  | Other Postretirement Benefits
Remaining fiscal 2019 | $ | 41,128 |  |  | $ | 1,321 |
2020 | 158,500 |  |  | 4,800 |
2021 | 163,100 |  |  | 4,700 |
2022 | 169,900 |  |  | 4,600 |
2023 | 174,600 |  |  | 4,500 |
Years 2024-2027 | 849,500 |  |  | 19,400 |
Schedule of Multiemployer Plans | The following table contains information about the Company’s significant multiemployer plans (in millions):
| EIN—Pension Plan Number |  | Plan Month/Day End Date |  | Pension Protection Act Zone Status |  | FIP/RP Status Pending/ Implemented |  | Contributions |  | Surcharges Imposed(1) |  | Amortization Provisions
Pension Fund | 2019 |  | 39-Week Period Ended April 27, 2019 |
Minneapolis Food Distributing Industry Pension Plan(2) | 416047047-001 |  | 12/31 |  | Green |  | No |  | $ | 5 |  |  | No |  | No
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund(3) | 410905139-001 |  | 2/28 |  | Red |  | Implemented |  | 4 |  |  | No |  | No
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Variable Annuity Pension Fund(3) | 83-2598425 |  | 12/31 |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 1 |  |  | N/A |  | N/A
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund(2) | 366044243-001 |  | 12/31 |  | Deep Red |  | Implemented |  | 3 |  |  | No |  | Yes
UFCW Unions and Participating Employer Pension Fund(3) | 526117495-001 |  | 12/31 |  | Red |  | Implemented |  | 3 |  |  | No |  | No
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan Trust(2) | 916145047-001 |  | 12/31 |  | Green |  | No |  | 8 |  |  | No |  | No
UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan(3) | 396069053-001 |  | 10/31 |  | Deep Red |  | Implemented |  | 1 |  |  | Yes |  | Yes
All Other Multiemployer Pension Plans(4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  |  |  |
(1) | PPA surcharges are 5 percent or 10 percent of eligible contributions and may not apply to all collective bargaining agreements or total contributions to each plan.
(2) | These multiemployer pension plans are associated with continuing operations.
(3) | These multiemployer pension plans are associated with discontinued operations.
(4) | All Other Multiemployer Pension Plans include 6 plans, none of which is individually significant when considering contributions to the plan, severity of the underfunded status or other factors.
Schedule of Collective Bargaining Agreements Dates and Contributions to Each Plan | The following table describes the expiration of the Company’s collective bargaining agreements associated with the significant multiemployer plans in which we participate:
|  |  | Most Significant Collective Bargaining Agreement |  |
Pension Fund | Range of Collective Bargaining Agreement Expiration Dates |  | Total Collective Bargaining Agreements |  | Expiration Date |  | % of Associates under Collective Bargaining Agreement (1) |  | Over 5% Contribution 2018
Minneapolis Food Distributing Industry Pension Plan(2) | 5/31/2022 |  | 1 |  |  | 5/31/2022 |  | 100.0 | % |  | Yes
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund(3) | 3/4/2023 |  | 1 |  |  | 3/4/2023 |  | 100.0 | % |  | Yes
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Variable Annuity Pension Fund (‘VAP”)(3) | 3/4/2023 |  | 1 |  |  | 3/4/2023 |  | 100.0 | % |  | N/A (contrib. began 1/1/2019)
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund(2) | 5/31/2019 - 9/14/2019 |  | 4 |  |  | 9/14/2019 |  | 42.0 | % |  | No
UFCW Unions and Participating Employer Pension Fund(3) | 7/11/2020 |  | 2 |  |  | 7/11/2020 |  | 71.7 | % |  | Yes
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust(2) | 4/20/2019 - 4/22/2023 |  | 21 |  |  | 7/17/2021 |  | 15.8 | % |  | No
UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan(3) | 4/9/2022 |  | 1 |  |  | 4/9/2022 |  | 100.0 | % |  | Yes
(1) | Company participating employees in the most significant collective bargaining agreement as a percent of all Company employees participating in the respective fund.
(2) | These multiemployer pension plans are associated with continuing operations.
(3) | These multiemployer pension plans are associated with discontinued operations.

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