401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$88M
Total assets Below avg plan size
3,847
Participants Above avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$22,976
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. · Ohio · Manufacturing

$88M in assets, 3,847 participants

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.'s Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported $88M in total assets and 3,847 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #18,106 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust covers 3,847 participants in Ohio, 5.0x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $88M.

#18,106
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-11.0%
assets change YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $12M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$88,390,341 Top 8% higher than 92% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust lands in the large band (3,847 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 341015620 · Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust · $88M · 3,847 · 92nd

  • NET $88M
  • NET 3,847
  • NET 92nd
  • NET 401(k)
  • NET near Aptean 401(k) Plan
  • NET ind #18106

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

Magtek Profit Sharing/401(k) PlanMagtek Profit Sharing/401(k)…$88MInvestment Corporation of America Profit Sharing 401(k) PlanInvestment Corporation of Am…$88MGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and TrustGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.…$88MAptean 401(k) Plan$88MHershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings PlanHershey Entertainment & Reso…$88M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$99M
Net Assets (End of Year)$88M
Net Income-$12M
Employer EIN341015620
Plan Effective Date2007-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$625M 25.35063399691793% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $499M $625M ▲ +25.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,686 $499M
2023 2 8,235 $610M
2024 2 8,539 $625M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.088390341 · Participants: 3847Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and TrustThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.343834208 · Participants: 44890The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.60950811 · Participants: 50299The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.311555 · Participants: 116133The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.73672335 · Participants: 24278Nationwide Savings PlanMarathon Petroleum Thrift Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.371480588 · Participants: 17666Marathon Petroleum Thrift Plan
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Aptean 401(k) Plan in GA ($88M); by covered participants it is United Furniture Industries, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in MS (3,848 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,847 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust assets move in 2022? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust pulled back noticeably - down 11.0% during 2022, from $99M to $88M. Reported net income was -$12M.
How have Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.4%, from $499M to $625M.
Where does Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Aptean 401(k) Plan in GA ($88M, 691 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is United Furniture Industries, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in MS (3,848 participants, $7M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 341015620.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.