401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Food Lion, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
81,891
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$12,234
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Food Lion, LLC · North Carolina · Retail Trade

$1.0B in assets, 81,891 participants

Food Lion, LLC's Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.0B in total assets and 81,891 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #9,458 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan covers 81,891 participants in North Carolina, 100x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.

#9,458
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-14.2%
assets change YoY
10×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $164M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,001,835,470 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (81,891 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 562173154 · Food Lion, LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan · $1.0B · 81,891 · 99th

  • EBSA $1.0B
  • PART 81,891
  • TYPE 99th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Vericast Corp. 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #9458

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.0B
Net Income-$164M
Employer EIN562173154
Plan Effective Date2018-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Food Lion, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Food Lion, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.3B 26.52514299578553% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.9B$1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B 202220232024 $1B $1.27B ▲ +27.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 81,891 $1.0B
2023 1 83,522 $1.1B
2024 1 83,873 $1.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100000200000300000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.00183547 · Participants: 81891Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 47.134026012 · Participants: 169036The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.565715066 · Participants: 39007Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.364902 · Participants: 27731Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.965353965 · Participants: 51871Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanLowes 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.355936526 · Participants: 284864Lowes 401(k) Plan
Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan reports $1.0B in end-of-year assets across 81,891 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.087% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $12,234 per participant (9% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$164M.

This plan identity (EIN 562173154, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.3B (+26.5%) while covered participants moved from 81,891 to 83,873 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 81,891 $1.0B This page
2023 83,522 $1.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 83,873 $1.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Vericast Corp. 401(k) Plan in TX ($1.0B); by covered participants it is Securitas Security Services USA Incentive Savings and Retirement Plan in CA (81,694 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81,891 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 Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.2% during 2022, from $1.2B to $1.0B. Reported net income was -$164M.
How have Food Lion, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Food Lion, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.5%, from $1.0B to $1.3B.
Where does Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Vericast Corp. 401(k) Plan in TX ($1.0B, 7,026 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Food Lion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Securitas Security Services USA Incentive Savings and Retirement Plan in CA (81,694 participants, $402M in assets).