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BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE 11—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit (income) cost 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 28, 2023October 29, 2022October 28, 2023October 29, 2022
Interest cost$19 $17 $— $— 
Expected return on plan assets(22)(24)— — 
Net periodic benefit income$(3)$(7)$— $— 
Contributions to benefit plans$— $— $— $— 

Contributions

No minimum pension contributions are required to be made to the SUPERVALU INC. Retirement Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (“ERISA”) in fiscal 2024. 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 2024.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

The Company contributed $13 million and $11 million in the first quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively, to multiemployer pension plans, which contributions are included within Operating expenses.