401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$575M
Total assets Above avg plan size
12,135
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$47,352
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) · Sponsored by C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc. · New Hampshire · Wholesale Trade

$575M in assets, 12,135 participants

C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc.'s C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) reported $575M in total assets and 12,135 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #6,217 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in New Hampshire

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) covers 12,135 participants in New Hampshire, 40x the typical New Hampshire plan (state average ~301 per filing). Assets: $575M.

#6,217
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+17.4%
assets growth YoY
5.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)'s outsized position by total assets

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$574,613,600 Top 2% higher than 98% of 127,068 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 2023

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)'s mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) is a mega filing (12,135 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) reported net income rose from -$124M in the plan year 2022 filing to $85M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) end-of-year assets rose from $489M in the plan year 2022 filing to $575M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) reported participants rose from 11,834 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,135 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 041140950 · C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) · $575M · 12,135 · 98th

  • EIN $575M
  • RANK 12,135
  • PHOTO 98th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Phoenix Children's Hospital Section 401(k) Investment Plan
  • 5500 ind #6217

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 New Hampshire →

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) in the asset neighbourhood

Nvent Management Company Retirement Savings and Investment PlanNvent Management Company Ret…$575MHertz Corporation Income Savings PlanHertz Corporation Income Sav…$575MC&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Sa…$575MPhoenix Children's Hospital Section 401(k) Investment PlanPhoenix Children's Hospital …$574MAsbury Automotive Retirement Savings PlanAsbury Automotive Retirement…$574M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Hampshire filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$489M
Net Assets (End of Year)$575M
Net Income$85M
Employer EIN041140950
Plan Effective Date1962-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$786M 34.88795094661851% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $582M $786M ▲ +34.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 13,488 $582M
2023 4 13,629 $679M
2024 4 12,394 $786M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Hampshire

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

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Hampshire, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 200300400500600 Total assets ($M) Participants C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a), Total assets ($M): 574.6136 · Participants: 12135C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)Ams Osram Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 461.503498 · Participants: 977Ams Osram Savings PlanAlbany International Corp. Prosperity Plus Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 447.510354 · Participants: 1784Albany International Corp. Prosperity Plus Savings PlanConnection Employee 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($M): 378.181216 · Participants: 2702Connection Employee 401(k) and Profit Sharing PlanCoca Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 362.577523 · Participants: 2708Coca Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanHypertherm, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 262.862389 · Participants: 1624Hypertherm, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Hampshire, assets vs. participants
Compare C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) reports $575M in end-of-year assets across 12,135 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $47,352 per participant (34% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $85M.

This plan identity (EIN 041140950, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $489M to $671M (+37.0%) while covered participants moved from 11,834 to 11,041 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,834 $489M Open filing
2023 12,135 $575M This page
2024 · index core 11,041 $671M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)'s out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Hampshire, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Phoenix Children's Hospital Section 401(k) Investment Plan in AZ ($574M); by covered participants it is Carrier Retirement Savings Plan in FL (12,128 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,135 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) assets move in 2023? ▼
C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) grew sharply - up 17.4% during 2023, from $489M to $575M. Reported net income was $85M.
How have C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), C&s Wholesale Grocers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 34.9%, from $582M to $786M.
Where does C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a) ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Phoenix Children's Hospital Section 401(k) Investment Plan in AZ ($574M, 6,560 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Carrier Retirement Savings Plan in FL (12,128 participants, $791M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 041140950.

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.