Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund

Data updated 2026-05-15

$638M
Total assets
1,729
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$369,042
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension · Minnesota · Retail Trade

What the 2023 filing shows

Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund holds $638M for 1,729 participants - about $369,042 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 0.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$638M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,729
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$369,042
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Retail Trade

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund

Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension, headquartered in Minnesota. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $638M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,729 participants across the Retail Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 410905139, and the plan has been effective since 1960-03-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $638M at the beginning of 2023 to $638M at year-end - up 0.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $595M, with reported net income of -$15M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $638M to $679M, a gain of 6.4%, while reported participants moved from 2,046 to 1,500 (-26.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $679M; the softest was 2022 at $638M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $638M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,046 participants; 2023 - $638M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,729 participants; 2024 - $679M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,500 participants.

By assets, Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 6.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$638M
Total Assets (End of Year)$638M
Net Assets (End of Year)$595M
Net Income-$15M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN410905139
Plan Effective Date1960-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,046 $638M
2023 1 1,729 $638M
2024 1 1,500 $679M

Nearby Other Plans in Minnesota

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund holds $638M in total assets with 1,729 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension.
What type of plan is Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund?
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1960-03-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 410905139.
Who sponsors the Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund?
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund is sponsored by Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension, located in Minnesota. The sponsor's EIN is 410905139 and the plan operates in the Retail Trade industry.
How did Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund perform in 2023?
Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund held essentially flat - up 0.0% during 2023, moving from $638M to $638M in total assets. Net income was -$15M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Minnesota. Compare plans
  • Trustees of Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension's sponsor-wide assets have grown 6.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans
  • An Other plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 410905139.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.