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POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
6 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2026
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
5. POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company provides pension benefits through a number of noncontributory and contributory defined benefit retirement plans covering eligible U.S. employees. As of September 30, 2017, all defined pension benefit plans were frozen, whereby participants no longer accrue credited service.
The net periodic benefit credit was as follows: 
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(in thousands)March 27, 2026March 28, 2025March 27, 2026March 28, 2025
Interest cost$1,118 $1,139 $2,236 $2,278 
Expected return on plan assets(1,254)(1,081)(2,508)(2,161)
Amortization of actuarial loss62 52 124 104 
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost$(74)$110 $(148)$221