Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bridgford Foods Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$56M
Total assets Below avg plan size
93
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$603,567
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation · Sponsored by Bridgford Foods Corporation · Texas · Wholesale Trade

$56M in assets, 93 participants

Bridgford Foods Corporation's Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported $56M in total assets and 93 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #5,559 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Where Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation sits by assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $56M for 93 participants (~$603,567/participant), up 7.0% in 2023.

#5,559
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+7.0%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs every filed plan by assets

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

$56,131,687 Top 13% higher than 87% 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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation is a small filing (93 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported net income rose from -$11M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported participants fell from 107 in the plan year 2022 filing to 93 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation end-of-year assets rose from $52M in the plan year 2022 filing to $56M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 951778176 · Bridgford Foods Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation · $56M · 93 · 87th

  • EBSA $56M
  • EBSA 93
  • EBSA 87th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Froedtert Hospital Retirement Plan for Certain Former Milwaukee County Employees
  • EBSA ind #5559

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 Texas →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation in the asset neighbourhood

Lenovo Pension Plan$56MRetirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods CorporationRetirement Plan for Employee…$56MFroedtert Hospital Retirement Plan for Certain Former Milwaukee County EmployeesFroedtert Hospital Retiremen…$56MTempel Employees Pension Plan$56MMilwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Pension PlanMilwaukee Brewers Baseball C…$56M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$52M
Net Assets (End of Year)$56M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN951778176
Plan Effective Date1968-05-01
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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation, Total assets ($B): 0.056131687 · Participants: 93Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods CorporationAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Froedtert Hospital Retirement Plan for Certain Former Milwaukee County Employees in WI ($56M); by covered participants it is American Postal Workers Union Officers' Qualified Retirement Plan in DC (93 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (93 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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation grew at a solid clip - up 7.0% during 2023, from $52M to $56M. 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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation ranks in the 87th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Froedtert Hospital Retirement Plan for Certain Former Milwaukee County Employees in WI ($56M, 17 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is American Postal Workers Union Officers' Qualified Retirement Plan in DC (93 participants, $119M 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.