Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Bridgford Foods Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$52M
Total assets Below avg plan size
107
Participants Small participant base
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$490,488
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation · Sponsored by Bridgford Foods Corporation · California · Wholesale Trade

$52M in assets, 107 participants

Bridgford Foods Corporation's Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported $52M in total assets and 107 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #6,138 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)

Coverage in California

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation covers 107 participants in California, about 17% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $52M.

#6,138
in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
-16.9%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $11M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs every filed plan by assets

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

$52,482,239 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation sits mid-pack in the medium band (107 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 951778176 · Bridgford Foods Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation · $52M · 107 · 88th

  • EOY $52M
  • 5500 107
  • ASSETS 88th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Aaa Cooper Transportation Pension Plan for Eligible Employees
  • RANK ind #6138

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$63M
Net Assets (End of Year)$52M
Net Income-$11M
Employer EIN951778176
Plan Effective Date1968-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bridgford Foods Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bridgford Foods Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$89M 15.972379706784048% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$75M$80M$85M$90M$95M 202220232024 $76.8M $89.1M ▲ +16.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 478 $77M
2023 2 459 $84M
2024 2 459 $89M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation, Total assets ($B): 0.052482239 · Participants: 107Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods CorporationKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.853758931 · Participants: 126331Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.05949917 · Participants: 25709Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.381485239 · Participants: 19326Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 9.228005463 · Participants: 11405Disney Salaried Pension Plan DWells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.784432859 · Participants: 59141Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Aaa Cooper Transportation Pension Plan for Eligible Employees in AL ($53M); by covered participants it is Cwc Castings Div of Textron Inc Hry-Rated Ees' Pen Plan in RI (107 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (107 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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation declined sharply - down 16.9% during 2022, from $63M to $52M. Reported net income was -$11M.
How have Bridgford Foods Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bridgford Foods Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.0%, from $77M to $89M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Aaa Cooper Transportation Pension Plan for Eligible Employees in AL ($53M, 384 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cwc Castings Div of Textron Inc Hry-Rated Ees' Pen Plan in RI (107 participants, $97M 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 951778176.

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.