401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Food Lion, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
83,522
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$13,696
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Food Lion 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Food Lion, LLC · North Carolina · Retail Trade

$1.1B in assets, 83,522 participants

Food Lion, LLC's Food Lion 401(k) Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 83,522 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,352 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Food Lion 401(k) Plan covers 83,522 participants in North Carolina, 102x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#8,352
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+14.2%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Food Lion 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Food Lion 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,143,919,729 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Food Lion 401(k) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Food Lion 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (83,522 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Food Lion 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$164M in the plan year 2022 filing to $143M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Food Lion 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Food Lion 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 81,891 in the plan year 2022 filing to 83,522 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 562173154 · Food Lion, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Food Lion 401(k) Plan · $1.1B · 83,522 · 99th

  • BOY $1.1B
  • SCH 83,522
  • EBSA 99th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near Hcl America, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • NET ind #8352

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Food Lion 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Food Lion 401(k) Plan$1.1BHcl America, Inc. 401(k) Plan$1.1BGpi Savings Plan$1.1BBrookfield 401(k) Savings PlanBrookfield 401(k) Savings Pl…$1.1BPella Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanPella Corporation 401(k) Sav…$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Food Lion 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$143M
Employer EIN562173154
Plan Effective Date2018-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Food Lion, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Food Lion, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.3B 26.52514299578553% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.9B$1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B 202220232024 $1B $1.27B ▲ +27.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 81,891 $1.0B
2023 1 83,522 $1.1B
2024 1 83,873 $1.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Food Lion 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Food Lion 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.143919729 · Participants: 83522Food Lion 401(k) PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 54.848846192 · Participants: 173899The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.388124058 · Participants: 40004Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.354065 · Participants: 28121Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.120701726 · Participants: 55480Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanNucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.510660989 · Participants: 24174Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
Food Lion 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Food Lion 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Food Lion 401(k) Plan

Food Lion 401(k) Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 83,522 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.089% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $13,696 per participant (10% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $143M.

This plan identity (EIN 562173154, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.3B (+26.5%) while covered participants moved from 81,891 to 83,873 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 81,891 $1.0B Open filing
2023 83,522 $1.1B This page
2024 · index core 83,873 $1.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

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

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hcl America, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA ($1.1B); by covered participants it is Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan in GA (83,136 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (83,522 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 Food Lion 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Food Lion 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.2% during 2023, from $1.0B to $1.1B. Reported net income was $143M.
How have Food Lion, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Food Lion, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.5%, from $1.0B to $1.3B.
Where does Food Lion 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Food Lion 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Food Lion 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hcl America, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA ($1.1B, 21,117 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Food Lion 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan in GA (83,136 participants, $16.2B 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 562173154.

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.