Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$44M
Total assets Below avg plan size
648
Participants Below avg headcount
83rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$68,298
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 · Sponsored by The Kroger Co. · Ohio · Retail Trade

$44M in assets, 648 participants

The Kroger Co.'s The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 reported $44M in total assets and 648 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.

  • #7,252 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Where The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 sits by assets

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $44M for 648 participants (~$68,298/participant), down 4.4% in 2024.

#7,252
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
-4.4%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876's outsized position by total assets

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 vs every filed plan by assets

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

$44,257,000 Top 17% higher than 83% 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

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 sits mid-pack in the medium band (648 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 end-of-year assets fell from $46M in the plan year 2023 filing to $44M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 reported participants fell from 662 in the plan year 2023 filing to 648 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 310345740 · The Kroger Co. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 · $44M · 648 · 83rd

  • BOY $44M
  • BOY 648
  • BOY 83rd
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near The Seeing Eye, Inc. Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #7252

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$46M
Net Assets (End of Year)$44M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN310345740
Plan Effective Date1977-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Kroger Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Kroger Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$13.8B 18.516793131333987% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11B$12B$13B$14B 202220232024 $11.6B $13.8B ▲ +18.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 331,392 $11.6B
2023 4 371,552 $12.8B
2024 4 391,782 $13.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876, Total assets ($B): 0.044257 · Participants: 648The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876GE Aerospace Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.026079363 · Participants: 9637GE Aerospace Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.474467697 · Participants: 12187Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.085797504 · Participants: 16073American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.912834719 · Participants: 10387Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanParker Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.496388263 · Participants: 8120Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan
The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Seeing Eye, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ ($44M); by covered participants it is Liberty Bank Pension Plan in CT (648 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (648 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 The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 assets move in 2024? ▼
The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 edged down modestly - down 4.4% during 2024, from $46M to $44M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have The Kroger Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Kroger Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.5%, from $11.6B to $13.8B.
Where does The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876 ranks in the 83rd 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 The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Seeing Eye, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ ($44M, 137 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Kroger Co. Pension Plan for Employees Rep. by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 876? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Liberty Bank Pension Plan in CT (648 participants, $149M 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 310345740.

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.