Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

T. W. Garner Food Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$25M
Total assets Below avg plan size
63
Participants Small participant base
74th
Percentile by assets National rank
$395,919
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by T. W. Garner Food Company · North Carolina · Manufacturing

$25M in assets, 63 participants

T. W. Garner Food Company's T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan reported $25M in total assets and 63 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • #11,503 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

T. W. Garner Food Company multi-year trail

T. W. Garner Food Company's plans moved +25.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan at $25M / 63 participants.

#11,503
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+13.2%
assets growth YoY

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$24,942,882 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan is a small filing (63 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan reported net income rose from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $22M in the plan year 2023 filing to $25M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 65 in the plan year 2023 filing to 63 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 560486957 · T. W. Garner Food Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan · $25M · 63 · 74th

  • EOY $25M
  • EOY 63
  • EOY 74th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #11503

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

T. W. Garner Food Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All T. W. Garner Food Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$49M 25.219306636061038% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$35M$40M$45M$50M$55M 202220232024 $39.2M $49M ▲ +25.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 175 $39M
2023 2 171 $44M
2024 2 199 $49M

T. W. Garner Food Company filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$22M
Net Assets (End of Year)$25M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN560486957
Plan Effective Date1955-12-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

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

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.024942882 · Participants: 63T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension PlanHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.577892612 · Participants: 9923Honeywell Retirement Earnings PlanTruist Financial Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.698665729 · Participants: 38548Truist Financial Corporation Pension PlanDuke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.678 · Participants: 13576Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance PlanEmployees' Retirement Plan of Duke University, Total assets ($B): 2.784844379 · Participants: 22655Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke UniversityThe Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.397551709 · Participants: 1745The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan
T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in ND ($25M); by covered participants it is Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan for Certain Bargaining Class Employees in GA (63 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.2% during 2024, from $22M to $25M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have T. W. Garner Food Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), T. W. Garner Food Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.2%, from $39M to $49M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in ND ($25M, 24 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to T. W. Garner Food Company Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan for Certain Bargaining Class Employees in GA (63 participants, $24M 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 560486957.

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.