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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plans [Member]
  
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Components of Benefit Plan Expense
The component of pension expense charged to operations is as follows:

 
For the
three-month periods ended
(dollars in thousands)
March 31,
2012
 
April 2,
2011
 
 
 
 
Interest cost on accumulated pension benefit obligation
$
20

 
$
8
Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
  
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Components of Benefit Plan Expense
The components of post-retirement benefit expense charged to operations are as follows:

 
For the
three-month periods ended
(dollars in thousands)
March 31,
2012
 
April 2,
2011
 
 
 
 
Service cost – benefits attributed to service during the period
$
17

 
$
18

Interest cost on accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation
53

 
106

Amortization net actuarial gain
(18
)
 
(5
)
Total net periodic post-retirement benefit cost
$
52

 
$
119
Pension Plans [Member]
  
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Components of Benefit Plan Expense
The net periodic pension (benefit) expense associated with this pension plan and included in the statement of operations was comprised of:

 
For the
three-month periods ended
(dollars in thousands)
March 31,
2012
 
April 2,
2011
 
 
 
 
Interest cost on accumulated pension benefit obligation
$
597

 
$
614

Expected return on assets
(713
)
 
(778
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
178

 
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Total net periodic pension expense (benefit)
$
62

 
$
(164
)