Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$17M
Total assets Small plan by assets
241
Participants Below avg headcount
75th
Percentile by assets National rank
$69,957
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$17M in assets, 241 participants

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan reported $17M in total assets and 241 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th 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.

  • #13,282 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan covers 241 participants in Pennsylvania, about 29% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $17M.

#13,282
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-31.2%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$16,859,556 Top 25% higher than 75% 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

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan 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. Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (241 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 231324775 · Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan · $17M · 241 · 75th

  • 5500 $17M
  • ASSETS 241
  • PCT 75th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near First Midwest Bancorp Consolidated Pension Plan
  • PHOTO ind #13282

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 Pennsylvania →

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$17M
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN231324775
Plan Effective Date1974-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$97M 14.060969617403604% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$80M$85M$90M$95M$100M 20222023 $85.4M $97.4M ▲ +14.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 1,466 $85M
2023 5 1,296 $97M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.016859556 · Participants: 241Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement PlanNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.401485458 · Participants: 27097National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 5.908424468 · Participants: 52395Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.402519 · Participants: 63731The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.359207207 · Participants: 5314Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.968344232 · Participants: 8098The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is First Midwest Bancorp Consolidated Pension Plan in IN ($17M); by covered participants it is Listerhill Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in AL (241 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (241 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 Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 31.2% during 2022, from $25M to $17M. Reported net income was -$8M.
How have Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 14.1%, from $85M to $97M.
Where does Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan ranks in the 75th 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 Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is First Midwest Bancorp Consolidated Pension Plan in IN ($17M, 300 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Listerhill Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in AL (241 participants, $24M 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 231324775.

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.