ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$23M
Total assets Small plan by assets
1,353
Participants Near avg headcount
73rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$17,009
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods · Ohio · Wholesale Trade

$23M in assets, 1,353 participants

Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods's Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $23M in total assets and 1,353 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 73rd 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.

  • #4,252 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

2024 asset change

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably 11.5% in 2024 ($26M → $23M) for 1,353 participants.

#4,252
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-11.5%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$23,013,848 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (1,353 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from -$137K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 1,631 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,353 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $26M in the plan year 2023 filing to $23M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 822654781 · Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods PY 2024 · ESOP

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $23M · 1,353 · 73rd

  • NET $23M
  • NET 1,353
  • NET 73rd
  • NET ESOP
  • NET near Cornerstone Benefits, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #4252

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 Ohio →

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Backlund Investment Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustBacklund Investment Co. Empl…$23MApt Employee Stock Ownership PlanApt Employee Stock Ownership…$23MCornerstone Benefits, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCornerstone Benefits, Inc. E…$23MBuehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership PlanBuehler's Fresh Foods Employ…$23MKretz Lumber Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKretz Lumber Co., Inc. Emplo…$23M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods years around the 2024 move

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$62M 3.1432455930975682% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$60M$61M$62M$63M$64M 202220232024 $60.4M $62.3M ▲ +3.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,917 $60M
2023 2 3,099 $64M
2024 2 2,771 $62M

2024 asset-move particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$26M
Net Assets (End of Year)$23M
Net Income-$3M
Employer EIN822654781
Plan Effective Date2017-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.023013848 · Participants: 1353Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.965382968 · Participants: 33639Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 2.007916491 · Participants: 1118The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.695889558 · Participants: 903Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.501664561 · Participants: 4264Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.485460635 · Participants: 415Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Cornerstone Benefits, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($23M); by covered participants it is P.L Marketing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY (1,358 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,353 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 Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 11.5% during 2024, from $26M to $23M. Reported net income was -$3M.
How have Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods's sponsor-wide assets grew 3.1%, from $60M to $62M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cornerstone Benefits, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($23M, 36 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is P.L Marketing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY (1,358 participants, $104M 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 822654781.

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.