ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$9M
Total assets Small plan by assets
95
Participants Small participant base
62nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$91,792
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company · California · Retail Trade

$9M in assets, 95 participants

Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company's The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $9M in total assets and 95 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 62nd 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.

  • #6,932 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company multi-year trail

Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company's plans moved +12.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $9M / 95 participants.

#6,932
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
+18.9%
assets growth YoY

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Retail Trade and all filers

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$8,720,282 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (95 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 942970763 · Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company PY 2022 · ESOP

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $9M · 95 · 62nd

  • BOY $9M
  • SCH 95
  • EBSA 62nd
  • PART ESOP
  • TYPE near C.a. Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #6932

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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in California →

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10M 12.692123947367756% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8.5M$9M$9.5M$10M 202220232024 $8.72M $9.83M ▲ +12.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 95 $9M
2023 1 98 $9M
2024 1 105 $10M

Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN942970763
Plan Effective Date2002-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.008720282 · Participants: 95The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.949816013 · Participants: 7804Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.217969943 · Participants: 1318Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.994551911 · Participants: 1488Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.462005591 · Participants: 3560Recology Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.455961299 · Participants: 70Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is C.a. Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NV ($9M); by covered participants it is Pfs Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (95 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (95 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 The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 18.9% during 2022, from $7M to $9M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tofu Patties, Inc.Dba the Natural Grocery Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.7%, from $9M to $10M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is C.a. Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NV ($9M, 60 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Natural Grocery Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pfs Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (95 participants, $10M 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 942970763.

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.