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BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2021
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE 11—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit income and contributions to defined benefit pension and other post-retirement benefit plans consisted of the following:
13-Week Period Ended
Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)October 30, 2021October 31, 2020October 30, 2021October 31, 2020
Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost
Interest cost$10 $9 $— $— 
Expected return on plan assets(21)(26)— — 
Amortization of prior service credit— — 1 — 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost$(11)$(17)$1 $— 
Contributions to benefit plans$— $— $(1)$(1)
Pension Contributions

No minimum pension contributions are required to be made under either the SUPERVALU INC. Retirement Plan or the Unified Grocers, Inc. Cash Balance Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (“ERISA”) in fiscal 2022. The Company expects to contribute approximately $2 million and $3 million, respectively, to its other non-qualified pension plans and postretirement benefit plans in fiscal 2022.

Multiemployer Pension Plans
The Company contributed $11 million and $12 million in the first quarters of fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively, to continuing and discontinued operations multiemployer pension plans.