401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$8M
Total assets Small plan by assets
265
Participants Below avg headcount
55th
Percentile by assets National rank
$31,896
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge · Illinois · Manufacturing

$8M in assets, 265 participants

Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge's Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan reported $8M in total assets and 265 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 55th 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.

  • #7,548 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan covers 265 participants in Illinois, about 34% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $8M.

#7,548
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+61.5%
assets growth YoY

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$8,452,313 Top 45% higher than 55% 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

Farmer's Fridge 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. Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (265 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 212 in the plan year 2022 filing to 265 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 364903781 · Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge PY 2023 · 401(k)

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan · $8M · 265 · 55th

  • RANK $8M
  • RANK 265
  • RANK 55th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Abstrakt Marketing Group LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
  • RANK ind #7548

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 Illinois →

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan$8MAbstrakt Marketing Group LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and TrustAbstrakt Marketing Group LLC…$8MEastman Strings Inc 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & TrustEastman Strings Inc 401(k) P…$8MWallace Distribution Company Profit Sharing PlanWallace Distribution Company…$8MRed River Motor Company Employees Profit Sharing Retirement PlanRed River Motor Company Empl…$8M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$8M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN364903781
Plan Effective Date2019-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10M 96.81111644650065% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$6M$8M$10M$12M 202220232024 $5.23M $10.3M ▲ +96.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 212 $5M
2023 1 265 $8M
2024 1 370 $10M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.008452313 · Participants: 265Farmer's Fridge 401(k) PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.594548115 · Participants: 69974Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.935002041 · Participants: 60246State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.496191 · Participants: 38012Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.367975914 · Participants: 14959United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.444551767 · Participants: 235331Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Abstrakt Marketing Group LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in MO ($8M); by covered participants it is Ktm Industries Inc 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in MI (265 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (265 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 Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan surged - up 61.5% during 2023, from $5M to $8M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Romaine Empire, Inc. D/B/a Farmer's Fridge's sponsor-wide assets grew 96.8%, from $5M to $10M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Abstrakt Marketing Group LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in MO ($8M, 449 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Farmer's Fridge 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ktm Industries Inc 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in MI (265 participants, N/A 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 364903781.

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.