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BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Oct. 29, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE 10—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit income and contributions to defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following:
13-Week Period Ended
Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)October 29, 2022October 30, 2021October 29, 2022October 30, 2021
Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost
Interest cost$17 $10 $— $— 
Expected return on plan assets(24)(21)— — 
Amortization of prior service cost— — — 1 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost$(7)$(11)$— $1 
Contributions to benefit plans$— $— $— $(1)

Contributions

No minimum pension contributions are required to be made under the SUPERVALU INC. Retirement Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (“ERISA”) in fiscal 2023. The Company expects to contribute approximately $1 million to its other defined benefit pension plans and $1 million to its postretirement benefit plans in fiscal 2023.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

The Company contributed $11 million and $11 million in the first quarters of fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively, to multiemployer pension plans, which are included within Operating expenses.