401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bridgford Foods Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
366
Participants Below avg headcount
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$76,616
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Bridgford Foods Corporation · Texas · Manufacturing

$28M in assets, 366 participants

Bridgford Foods Corporation's Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported $28M in total assets and 366 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #13,068 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $28M for 366 participants (~$76,616/participant), up 15.2% in 2023.

#13,068
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+15.2%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$28,041,586 Top 22% higher than 78% 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

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (366 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $24M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 371 in the plan year 2022 filing to 366 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 951778176 · Bridgford Foods Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan · $28M · 366 · 78th

  • NET $28M
  • NET 366
  • NET 78th
  • NET 401(k)
  • NET near Mccollister's Transportation Systems, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan
  • NET ind #13068

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 Texas →

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN951778176
Plan Effective Date2006-05-13
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 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.028041586 · Participants: 366Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.012012 · Participants: 119854AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.917 · Participants: 23477Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mccollister's Transportation Systems, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($28M); by covered participants it is Rincon Consultants, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan in CA (366 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (366 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 Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 15.2% during 2023, from $24M to $28M. Reported net income was $4M.
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 Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan ranks in the 78th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mccollister's Transportation Systems, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($28M, 418 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bridgford Foods Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rincon Consultants, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan in CA (366 participants, $32M 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 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.