Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$95M
Total assets
1,318
Participants
90th
Percentile by assets
$71,832
Avg per participant

Sponsored by G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. · Ohio · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan holds $95M for 1,318 participants - about $71,832 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 14.4% over the 2024 plan year.

$95M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
1,318
covered participants
90th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$71,832
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan

G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc., headquartered in Ohio. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $95M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,318 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 341031008, and the plan has been effective since 1974-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $83M at the beginning of 2024 to $95M at year-end - up 14.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $95M, with reported net income of $12M 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 G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $181M to $227M, a gain of 25.8%, while reported participants moved from 2,757 to 3,155 (+14.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $227M; the softest was 2022 at $181M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $181M in assets across 3 plans covering 2,757 participants; 2023 - $206M in assets across 3 plans covering 2,849 participants; 2024 - $227M in assets across 3 plans covering 3,155 participants.

By assets, G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan outranks 90% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.9x 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 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan 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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$83M
Total Assets (End of Year)$95M
Net Assets (End of Year)$95M
Net Income$12M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN341031008
Plan Effective Date1974-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,757 $181M
2023 3 2,849 $206M
2024 3 3,155 $227M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan holds $95M in total assets with 1,318 participants. It is sponsored by G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc..
What type of plan is G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan?
G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1974-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 341031008.
Who sponsors the G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan?
G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan is sponsored by G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc., located in Ohio. The sponsor's EIN is 341031008 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan perform in 2024?
G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.4% during 2024, moving from $83M to $95M in total assets. Net income was $12M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio. Compare plans
  • G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 341031008.

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.