Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Bridgford Foods Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$57M
Total assets Below avg plan size
84
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$679,977
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation · Sponsored by Bridgford Foods Corporation · Texas · Wholesale Trade

$57M in assets, 84 participants

Bridgford Foods Corporation's Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported $57M in total assets and 84 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #5,284 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Where Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation sits by assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $57M for 84 participants (~$679,977/participant), up 1.8% in 2024.

#5,284
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+1.8%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$57,118,066 Top 14% higher than 86% of 123,620 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 2024

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation is a small filing (84 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $986K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation reported participants fell from 93 in the plan year 2023 filing to 84 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation end-of-year assets rose from $56M in the plan year 2023 filing to $57M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 951778176 · Bridgford Foods Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation · $57M · 84 · 86th

  • BOOK $57M
  • VS-ST 84
  • BOY 86th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Altec Industries, Inc. Associates' Pension Plan
  • PART ind #5284

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 Texas →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$56M
Net Assets (End of Year)$57M
Net Income$986K
Employer EIN951778176
Plan Effective Date1968-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bridgford Foods Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bridgford Foods Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$89M 15.972379706784048% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$75M$80M$85M$90M$95M 202220232024 $76.8M $89.1M ▲ +16.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 478 $77M
2023 2 459 $84M
2024 2 459 $89M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation, Total assets ($B): 0.057118066 · Participants: 84Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods CorporationAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.265893 · Participants: 100400AT&T Pension Benefit PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.095 · Participants: 22000Exxonmobil Pension PlanChevron Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.731784707 · Participants: 21297Chevron Retirement PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.694184685 · Participants: 12688Shell Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.1940497 · Participants: 11498Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Altec Industries, Inc. Associates' Pension Plan in AL ($57M); by covered participants it is The Pension Plan of Arrowood Indemnity Company in NC (84 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (84 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation assets move in 2024? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation edged up modestly - up 1.8% during 2024, from $56M to $57M. Reported net income was $986K.
How have Bridgford Foods Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bridgford Foods Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.0%, from $77M to $89M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Altec Industries, Inc. Associates' Pension Plan in AL ($57M, 631 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Pension Plan of Arrowood Indemnity Company in NC (84 participants, $525M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 951778176.

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.