401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$106M
Total assets Near avg plan size
4,125
Participants Above avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$25,726
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. · Ohio · Manufacturing

$106M in assets, 4,125 participants

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.'s Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported $106M in total assets and 4,125 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #16,367 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust covers 4,125 participants in Ohio, 5.4x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $106M.

#16,367
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+20.1%
assets growth YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$106,120,454 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust lands in the large band (4,125 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported net income rose from -$12M in the plan year 2022 filing to $17M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $88M in the plan year 2022 filing to $106M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported participants rose from 3,847 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,125 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 341015620 · Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust · $106M · 4,125 · 92nd

  • EIN $106M
  • EIN 4,125
  • EIN 92nd
  • EIN 401(k)
  • EIN near Holtec International Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
  • EIN ind #16367

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 Ohio →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$88M
Net Assets (End of Year)$106M
Net Income$17M
Employer EIN341015620
Plan Effective Date2007-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$625M 25.35063399691793% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $499M $625M ▲ +25.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,686 $499M
2023 2 8,235 $610M
2024 2 8,539 $625M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.106120454 · Participants: 4125Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and TrustGE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.485469047 · Participants: 59766GE Retirement Savings PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.12932701 · Participants: 47362The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.225573063 · Participants: 56176The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.445085 · Participants: 129769The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.618883027 · Participants: 24715Nationwide Savings Plan
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Holtec International Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in NJ ($106M); by covered participants it is Turning Stone Enterprises, LLC 401 (K) Plan in NY (4,125 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($106M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,125 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 Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust assets move in 2023? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust grew sharply - up 20.1% during 2023, from $88M to $106M. Reported net income was $17M.
How have Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.4%, from $499M to $625M.
Where does Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Holtec International Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in NJ ($106M, 1,132 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Turning Stone Enterprises, LLC 401 (K) Plan in NY (4,125 participants, $196M 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 341015620.

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.