401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$26M
Total assets Below avg plan size
295
Participants Below avg headcount
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$89,146
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan · Sponsored by World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. · Illinois · Manufacturing

$26M in assets, 295 participants

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc.'s World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan reported $26M in total assets and 295 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.

  • #12,811 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan covers 295 participants in Illinois, about 38% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $26M.

#12,811
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+16.4%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan's outsized position by total assets

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$26,298,187 Top 23% higher than 77% 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

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' 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. World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (295 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan reported participants rose from 226 in the plan year 2022 filing to 295 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan end-of-year assets rose from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $26M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 366117105 · World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan · $26M · 295 · 77th

  • VS-ST $26M
  • VS-ST 295
  • VS-ST 77th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Slwm 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #12811

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 →

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$23M
Net Assets (End of Year)$26M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN366117105
Plan Effective Date1999-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (World's Finest Chocolate, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$30M 34.07549368319822% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$20M$25M$30M$35M 202220232024 $22.6M $30.3M ▲ +34.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 226 $23M
2023 1 295 $26M
2024 1 320 $30M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.026298187 · Participants: 295World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' 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
World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Slwm 401(k) Plan in MO ($26M); by covered participants it is Temporary Housing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in AZ (295 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($26M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (295 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 World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan grew sharply - up 16.4% during 2023, from $23M to $26M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), World's Finest Chocolate, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 34.1%, from $23M to $30M.
Where does World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan ranks in the 77th 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 World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Slwm 401(k) Plan in MO ($26M, 322 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. Employees' Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Temporary Housing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in AZ (295 participants, $6M 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 366117105.

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.