Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$34M
Total assets Below avg plan size
N/A
Participants Small participant base
79th
Percentile by assets National rank
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Official DOL plan name: Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust · Sponsored by Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen · Missouri · Finance & Insurance

$34M in assets, N/A participants

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen's Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust reported $34M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th 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.

  • #5,751 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Where Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust sits by assets

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $34M for N/A participants, down 6.2% in 2024.

#5,751
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
-6.2%
assets change YoY
0.3×
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.

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust's outsized position by total assets

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$33,705,526 Top 21% higher than 79% 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

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust reported net income fell from $404K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust end-of-year assets fell from $36M in the plan year 2023 filing to $34M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 436160912 · Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust · $34M · N/A · 79th

  • 5500 $34M
  • 5500 N/A
  • 5500 79th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Arizona Bricklayers Pension Trust Fund
  • 5500 ind #5751

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Missouri →

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$36M
Net Assets (End of Year)$34M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN436160912
Plan Effective Date1965-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$34M 5.147320333311138% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$33M$34M$35M$36M$37M 202220232024 $35.5M $33.7M ▼ -5.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 N/A $36M
2023 1 N/A $36M
2024 1 N/A $34M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri

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

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.033705526 · Participants: 0Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension TrustBoilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.488413536 · Participants: 28958Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustAmeren Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.799287759 · Participants: 9760Ameren Retirement PlanCo-Op Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.509086755 · Participants: 15151Co-Op Retirement PlanCarpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, Total assets ($B): 3.412879552 · Participants: 11832Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. LouisEmerson Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.286323754 · Participants: 2467Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan
Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
Compare Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets

Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is Arizona Bricklayers Pension Trust Fund in AZ at $34M (this filing: $34M).

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 Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust pulled back noticeably - down 6.2% during 2024, from $36M to $34M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Allied Industry Pen's sponsor-wide assets declined 5.1%, from $36M to $34M.
Where does Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust ranks in the 79th 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 Meat Cutters Union Local No. 88 and Food Employers Pension Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Arizona Bricklayers Pension Trust Fund in AZ ($34M, 70 participants).

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 436160912.

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.