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BENEFIT PLANS
 9 Months Ended
May 02, 2026
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE 11—BENEFIT PLANS

Net periodic benefit (income) costs for defined benefit pension plans consisted of the following:
13-Week Period Ended39-Week Period Ended
(in millions)May 2, 2026May 3, 2025May 2, 2026May 3, 2025
Interest cost$17 $17 $50 $53 
Expected return on plan assets(23)(23)(68)(69)
Net periodic benefit income$(6)$(6)$(18)$(16)

Other postretirement benefits costs for the third quarters and year-to-date fiscal 2026 and 2025 were de minimis.

Contributions

No cash 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 2026. 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 2026. Contributions for the third quarters and year-to-date fiscal 2026 and 2025 were de minimis.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

The Company contributed $12 million in the third quarters of fiscal 2026 and 2025, and $35 million and $37 million in fiscal 2026 and 2025 year-to-date, respectively, to multiemployer pension plans, which contributions are included within Operating expenses.