Other Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust

Data updated 2026-05-15

$25M
Total assets
98
Participants
74th
Percentile by assets
$255,386
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Β· Ohio Β· Wholesale Trade

What the 2024 filing shows

Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust holds $25M for 98 participants - about $255,386 per participant, above the median plan by assets, down 42.1% over the 2024 plan year.

$25M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
98
covered participants
74th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$255,386
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $17M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Wholesale Trade

Other Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

What the Filing Says About Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust

Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Zink Foodservice Group, Inc., headquartered in Ohio. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $25M in total end-of-year assets and covers 98 participants across the Wholesale Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 261580214, and the plan has been effective since 2017-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets contracted severely from $43M at the beginning of 2024 to $25M at year-end - down 42.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $3M, with reported net income of -$17M 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 Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $38M to $25M, a decline of 34.4%, while reported participants moved from 79 to 98 (+24.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $43M; the softest was 2024 at $25M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $38M in assets across 1 plan covering 79 participants; 2023 - $43M in assets across 1 plan covering 83 participants; 2024 - $25M in assets across 1 plan covering 98 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 Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust 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)$43M
Total Assets (End of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Income-$17M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN261580214
Plan Effective Date2017-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Zink Foodservice Group, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 79 $38M
2023 1 83 $43M
2024 1 98 $25M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust holds $25M in total assets with 98 participants. It is sponsored by Zink Foodservice Group, Inc..
What type of plan is Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust?
Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust is an Other plan. It has been effective since 2017-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 261580214.
Who sponsors the Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust?
Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust is sponsored by Zink Foodservice Group, Inc., located in Ohio. The sponsor's EIN is 261580214 and the plan operates in the Wholesale Trade industry.
How did Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust perform in 2024?
Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust contracted severely - down 42.1% during 2024, moving from $43M to $25M in total assets. Net income was -$17M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust's numbers.

  • By total assets, Zink Foodservice Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Ohio. Compare plans
  • Zink Foodservice Group, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 34.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Wholesale Trade plans
  • An Other plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 261580214.

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.