401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
561
Participants Below avg headcount
66th
Percentile by assets National rank
$25,733
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Gold Star Foods · California · Wholesale Trade

$14M in assets, 561 participants

Gold Star Foods's Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $14M in total assets and 561 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 66th 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.

  • #3,816 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Gold Star Foods multi-year trail

Gold Star Foods's plans moved +43.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan at $14M / 561 participants.

#3,816
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+17.4%
assets growth YoY

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

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

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

$14,436,222 Top 34% higher than 66% 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

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings 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. Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (561 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 419 in the plan year 2022 filing to 561 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $12M in the plan year 2022 filing to $14M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 261340567 · Gold Star Foods PY 2023 · 401(k)

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $14M · 561 · 66th

  • BOOK $14M
  • VS-ST 561
  • BOY 66th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near The Meadows of Napa Valley & Saratoga Retirement Community 403(b) Plan
  • PART ind #3816

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 California →

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

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

Gold Star Foods multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gold Star Foods plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$18M 43.31759103745816% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M$18M$20M 202220232024 $12.3M $17.6M ▲ +43.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 419 $12M
2023 1 561 $14M
2024 1 639 $18M

Gold Star Foods filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$12M
Net Assets (End of Year)$14M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN261340567
Plan Effective Date1995-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.014436222 · Participants: 561Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Meadows of Napa Valley & Saratoga Retirement Community 403(b) Plan in OR ($14M); by covered participants it is Bay Coast Bank 401(k) Plan in MA (561 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (561 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 Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 17.4% during 2023, from $12M to $14M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Gold Star Foods plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gold Star Foods's sponsor-wide assets grew 43.3%, from $12M to $18M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Meadows of Napa Valley & Saratoga Retirement Community 403(b) Plan in OR ($14M, 504 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bay Coast Bank 401(k) Plan in MA (561 participants, $67M 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 261340567.

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.