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BENEFIT PLANS
 9 Months Ended
May 03, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE 10—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit (income) costs for defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following:
13-Week Period Ended
Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)May 3, 2025April 27, 2024May 3, 2025April 27, 2024
Interest cost$17 $18 $— $— 
Expected return on plan assets(23)(23)— — 
Amortization of prior service cost— — 1 1 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost$(6)$(5)$1 $1 

39-Week Period Ended
Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Benefits
(in millions)May 3, 2025April 27, 2024May 3, 2025April 27, 2024
Interest cost$53 $55 $— $— 
Expected return on plan assets(69)(68)— — 
Amortization of prior service cost— — 1 2 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost$(16)$(13)$1 $2 
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 2025. 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 2025. Contributions for the third quarters and year-to-date fiscal 2025 and 2024 were de minimis.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

The Company contributed $12 million in the third quarters of fiscal 2025 and 2024, and $37 million and $38 million in fiscal 2025 and 2024 year-to-date, respectively, to multiemployer pension plans, which contributions are included within Operating expenses.