ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Willow Run Foods, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$62M
Total assets Below avg plan size
304
Participants Below avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$202,310
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Willow Run Foods, Inc. · New York · Food Services & Accommodation

$62M in assets, 304 participants

Willow Run Foods, Inc.'s Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $62M in total assets and 304 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #3,698 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)

Coverage in New York

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 304 participants in New York, about 38% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $62M.

#3,698
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)
+0.2%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$61,502,263 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership 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. Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (304 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $152K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 366 in the plan year 2022 filing to 304 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $61M in the plan year 2022 filing to $62M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 150528865 · Willow Run Foods, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $62M · 304 · 88th

  • PART $62M
  • TYPE 304
  • NET 88th
  • BOOK ESOP
  • VS-ST near Henderson Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • BOY ind #3698

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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in New York →

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$61M
Net Assets (End of Year)$62M
Net Income$152K
Employer EIN150528865
Plan Effective Date1988-07-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Willow Run Foods, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Willow Run Foods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$71M 3.738326136304284% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$68M$69M$70M$71M$72M 202220232024 $68.4M $70.9M ▲ +3.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 690 $68M
2023 2 795 $69M
2024 2 590 $71M

Nearby ESOP Plans in New York

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

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000010002000300040005000 02004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 61.502263 · Participants: 304Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanStewart's Shops Corp Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 876.57583 · Participants: 3439Stewart's Shops Corp Employee Stock Ownership PlanNorth Coast Holdings Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 406.002646 · Participants: 4467North Coast Holdings Employee Stock Ownership PlanGriffon Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 298.738533 · Participants: 3674Griffon Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreenman-Pedersen, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 247.681611 · Participants: 1704Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanH.C. Wainwright & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 241.736533 · Participants: 93H.C. Wainwright & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest ESOP by assets is Henderson Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KS ($61M); by covered participants it is Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (304 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (304 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 Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan held essentially flat - up 0.2% during 2023, from $61M to $62M. Reported net income was $152K.
How have Willow Run Foods, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Willow Run Foods, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 3.7%, from $68M to $71M.
Where does Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 88th 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 ESOP plans are similar in size to Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Henderson Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KS ($61M, 1,047 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Willow Run Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (304 participants, $27M 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 150528865.

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.