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Note 3 - Retirement and Other Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
3
-
Retirement and Other Benefit Plans:
 
Noncontributory - Trusteed Defined Benefit Retirement Plans for Sales, Administrative, Supervisory and Certain Other Employees
 
We have noncontributory - trusteed defined benefit retirement plans for sales, administrative, supervisory and certain other employees. In the
third
quarter of fiscal year  
2006,
we froze future benefit accruals under this plan for employees classified within the administrative, sales or supervisory job classifications or within any non - bargaining class. The benefits under these plans are primarily based on years of service and compensation levels. The funding policy of the plan is to make contributions which are at least equal to the minimum required contributions needed to avoid a funding deficiency. The measurement date for the plan is our fiscal year end.
 
Net pension cost consisted of the following:  
 
 
 
52 Weeks
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Service cost
  $
130
    $
113
 
Interest cost
   
2,448
     
2,176
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
(2,871
)
   
(3,346
)
Amortization of unrecognized loss
   
1,927
     
1,244
 
Amortization of unrecognized prior service costs
   
-
     
-
 
Net pension cost
  $
1,634
    $
187
 
 
Net pension costs and benefit obligations are determined using assumptions as of the beginning of each fiscal year. Weighted average assumptions for each fiscal year are as follows:  
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Discount rate
   
3.40
%
   
4.15
%
Rate of increase in salary levels
   
N/A
     
N/A
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
7.00
%
   
8.00
%
 
The benefit obligation, plan assets, and funded status of these plans as of the fiscal years ended are as follows:  
 
 
 
52 Weeks
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Change in plan assets:
               
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year
  $
41,419
    $
42,320
 
Employer contributions
   
1,150
     
1,157
 
Actual return (depreciation) on plan assets
   
790
     
(640
)
Benefits paid
   
(1,488
)
   
(1,418
)
Fair value of plan assets - end of year
  $
41,871
    $
41,419
 
Change in benefit obligations:
               
Benefit obligations - beginning of year
  $
59,931
    $
54,277
 
Service cost
   
130
     
113
 
Interest cost
   
2,448
     
2,176
 
Actuarial loss
   
7,266
     
4,783
 
Benefits paid
   
(1,488
)
   
(1,418
)
Benefit obligations - end of year
   
68,287
     
59,931
 
Funded status of the plans
   
(26,416
)
   
(18,512
)
Unrecognized prior service costs
   
-
     
-
 
Unrecognized net actuarial loss
   
33,264
     
25,844
 
Net amount recognized
  $
6,848
    $
7,332
 
 
We   perform an internal rate of return analysis when making the discount rate selection.     The discount rates were based on Citigroup Pension Liability Index as of
September
30,
2016
and
October
31,
2015
respectively.
 
Plan assets are primarily invested in marketable equity securities, corporate and government debt securities and are administered by an investment management company. The plans’ long - term return on assets is based on the weighted - average of the plans’ investment allocation as of the measurement date and the published historical returns for those types of asset categories, taking into consideration inflation rate forecasts. Our expected employer contribution to the plan in fiscal year
2017
is
$1,109.
   
 
During fiscal year  
2015,
our actuary updated mortality tables from the IRS
2014
Combined Static Mortality assumptions to the SOA RP
2014
Total Dataset Adjusted to
2006
with Scale MP -
2015.
The change in mortality table resulted in a significant liability increase in fiscal year  
2015
as well as an increased net periodic pension cost (NPPC) projection for fiscal year  
2016.
The expected rate of return on plan assets decreased from
8.00%
to
7.00%
effective for fiscal year
2016.
The lower expected rate of return increases net pension costs in future fiscal years.  
 
The actual and target allocation for plan assets are as follows:
 
Asset Class
 
2016
 
 
Target
Asset
Allocation
 
 
2015
 
 
Target
Asset
Allocation
 
Large Cap Equities
   
32.0
%
   
32.0
%
   
31.1
%
   
32.0
%
Mid Cap Equities
   
0
%
   
0.0
%
   
0
%
   
0.0
%
Small Cap Equities
   
12.1
%
   
12.0
%
   
13.3
%
   
12.0
%
International (equities only)
   
21.3
%
   
21.0
%
   
20.3
%
   
21.0
%
Fixed Income
   
30.7
%
   
31.0
%
   
30.8
%
   
31.0
%
Other (Government/Corporate, Bonds)
   
2.0
%
   
2.0
%
   
1.9
%
   
2.0
%
Cash
   
1.9
%
   
2.0
%
   
2.6
%
   
2.0
%
Total
   
100.0
     
100.0
%
   
100.0
     
100.0
%
 
The fair value of our pension plan assets as of
October
28,
2016
and the level under which fair values were determined, using the hierarchy described in Note
1,
is as follows:
 
   
2016
 
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
Total
 
                                 
Total plan assets
  $
41,871
     
-
     
-
    $
41,871
 
 
Expected payments for the pension benefits are as follows:
 
Fiscal Years
 
 
Pension
Benefits
 
2017
    $
2,277
 
2018
    $
2,197
 
2019
    $
2,124
 
2020
    $
2,466
 
2021
    $
2,663
 
2022-2026     $
15,888
 
 
Executive Retirement Plans
 
Non - Qualified Deferred Compensation
 
Effective
January
 
1,
1991
we adopted a deferred compensation savings plan for certain key employees. Under this arrangement, selected employees contribute a portion of their annual compensation to the plan. We contribute an amount to each participant’s account by computing an investment return equal to Moody’s Average Seasoned Bond Rate plus
2%.
Employees receive vested amounts upon death, termination or attainment of retirement age. No benefit expense was recorded under these plans for fiscal years
2016
and
2015.
 
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
 
In fiscal year
1991,
we adopted a non - qualified supplemental retirement plan for certain key employees.     Benefits provided under the plan are equal to
60%
of the employee’s final average earnings, less amounts provided by our defined benefit pension plan and amounts available through Social Security.
 
Benefits payable related to these plans and included in the accompanying consolidated   financial statements were
$5,454
and
$4,907
at
October
28,
2016
and
October
30,
2015,
respectively. In connection with this arrangement we are the beneficiary of life insurance policies on the lives of certain key employees and retirees. The aggregate cash surrender value of these policies, included in non - current assets, was
$13,769
and
$13,660
at
October
28,
2016
and
October
30,
2015,
respectively.
 
Expected payments for executive postretirement benefits are as follows:
 
Fiscal Years
 
 
Executive
Postretirement
Benefits
 
2017
    $
75
 
2018
    $
121
 
2019
    $
287
 
2020
    $
521
 
2021
    $
521
 
2022-2026     $
2,603
 
 
Incentive Compensation Plan for Certain Key Executives
 
We provide an incentive compensation plan for certain key executives, which is based upon our pretax income. The payment of these amounts is generally deferred over
three
or
five
- year periods. The total amount payable related to this arrangement was
$7,098
and
$3,125
at
October
28,
2016
and
October
30,
2015,
respectively. Future payments are approximately
$2,574,
$2,541,
$1,785,
$129
and
$69
for fiscal years
2017
through
2021,
respectively.  
 
Postretirement Healthcare Benefits for Selected Executive Employees
 
We provide postretirement health care benefits for selected executive employees.       Net periodic postretirement healthcare cost is determined using assumptions as of the beginning of each fiscal year, except for the total actual benefit payments and the discount rate used to develop the net periodic postretirement benefit expense, which is determined at the end of the fiscal year.
 
Net periodic postretirement healthcare cost consisted of the following:
 
 
 
52 Weeks
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Service cost
  $
13
    $
20
 
Interest cost
   
28
     
36
 
Amortization of prior service cost
   
(132
)
   
-
 
Amortization of actuarial gain
   
(106
)
   
(37
)
Net periodic postretirement healthcare (benefit) cost
  $
(197
)
  $
19
 
 
Weighted average assumptions for the fiscal years ended
October
28,
2016
and
October
30,
2015
are as follows:
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Discount rate
   
3.38
%
   
3.94
%
Medical trend rate next year
   
8.50
%
   
8.50
%
Ultimate trend rate
   
5.00
%
   
5.00
%
Year ultimate trend rate is achieved
 
2021
   
2021
 
 
The table below shows the estimated effect of a
1%
increase in healthcare cost trend rate on the following:
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Interest cost plus service cost
  $
6
    $
5
 
Accumulated postretirement healthcare obligation
  $
59
    $
80
 
 
The table below shows the estimated effect of a
1%
decrease in healthcare cost trend rate on the following:
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Interest cost plus service cost
  $
(5
)
  $
(4
)
Accumulated postretirement healthcare obligation
  $
(49
)
  $
(66
)
 
The healthcare obligation and funded status of this plan as of the fiscal years ended are as follows:
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Change in accumulated postretirement healthcare obligation:
               
Healthcare obligation - beginning of year
  $
1,003
    $
965
 
Service cost
   
13
     
20
 
Interest cost
   
28
     
36
 
Eliminate FSA
   
(441
)
   
-
 
Actuarial (gain) loss
   
(89
)
   
1
 
Benefits paid
   
(3
)
   
(19
)
Healthcare obligation – end of year
  $
511
    $
1,003
 
                 
Funded status of the plans
   
511
     
1,003
 
Unrecognized prior service costs
   
(308
)
   
-
 
Unrecognized net actuarial gain
   
(156
)
   
(174
)
Unrecognized amounts recorded in other comprehensive income
   
464
 
   
174
 
Postretirement healthcare liability
  $
511
    $
1,003
 
 
Expected payments for the postretirement benefits are as follows:
 
Fiscal Years
Postretirement
Heathcare
Benefits
 
2017
    $
13
 
2018
    $
13
 
2019
    $
53
 
2020
    $
76
 
2021-2025     $
396
 
 
401(K)
  Plan for Sales, Administrative, Supervisory and Certain Other Employees
 
During the fiscal year ended
November
 
3,
2006,
we implemented a qualified
401(K)
  retirement plan (the “Plan”) for our sales, administrative, supervisory and certain other employees. During fiscal years
2016
and
2015,
we made total employer contributions to the Plan in the amounts of  
$549
and
$515,
respectively.