Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$129M
Total assets Near avg plan size
106
Participants Small participant base
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative · Massachusetts · Manufacturing

$129M in assets, 106 participants

Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative's Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan reported $129M in total assets and 106 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #15,676 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan covers 106 participants in Massachusetts, about 16% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $129M.

#15,676
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+0.8%
assets growth YoY
1.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$128,887,544 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan 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. Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (106 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 124 in the plan year 2023 filing to 106 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $128M in the plan year 2023 filing to $129M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 160998906 · Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan · $129M · 106 · 92nd

  • PART $129M
  • PART 106
  • PART 92nd
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Infineum Pension Plan
  • PART ind #15676

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 Massachusetts →

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$128M
Net Assets (End of Year)$129M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN160998906
Plan Effective Date1946-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$129M 45.31040517733843% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$100M$150M$200M$250M$300M 202220232024 $236M $129M ▼ -45.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 856 $236M
2023 3 890 $259M
2024 1 106 $129M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.128887544 · Participants: 106Welch Foods Inc. Pension PlanConsolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations, Total assets ($B): 11.586293172 · Participants: 60621Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsNew England Teamsters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 9.093299462 · Participants: 21577New England Teamsters Pension FundLiberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.250686483 · Participants: 34910Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.888715533 · Participants: 12533Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement PlanN. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 5.086051556 · Participants: 16946N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund
Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Infineum Pension Plan in NJ ($129M); by covered participants it is State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Plan in TN (106 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($129M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (106 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 Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.8% during 2024, from $128M to $129M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative's sponsor-wide assets declined 45.3%, from $236M to $129M.
Where does Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Infineum Pension Plan in NJ ($129M, 235 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Welch Foods Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Plan in TN (106 participants, $57M 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 160998906.

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.