Aspire Bakeries 401(k) and retirement plans

Aspire Bakeries LLC, Los Angeles, CA. EIN 94-2536513. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as La Brea Bakery, Inc.; Aryzta LLC; Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc.; Otis Spunkmeyer, LLC.

Aspire Bakeries LLC has one active retirement plan on file, the Aspire Bakeries LLC Retirement Plan, with 3,217 participants and $168 million in assets in 2024. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2013. No traditional pension plan appears in Aspire Bakeries's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 3,217
Plan assets: $168 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 4
Industry: Manufacturing

All 4 plans

Active plans first

Aspire Bakeries LLC Retirement Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 94-2536513
Participants (2024): 3,217
Net assets (2024): $168 million
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: ADP (2009–2012)
Plan administrator: Aspire Bakeries LLC
6701 Center DR W, Ste 850
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(844) 992-7747As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 2013

Plans merged into this one: Aryzta Llc/Otis Spunkmeyer LLC 401K Retirement Plan (2012); Aryzta Llc/Fresh Start Bakeries 401(k) Retirement Plan (2012); La Brea Bakery, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (2012).

Earlier sponsors: La Brea Bakery, Inc. (2009–2010); Aryzta LLC (2011–2020).

Earlier plan names: La Brea Bakery, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan; Aryzta Llc/La Brea Bakery, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan; Aryzta LLC Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	3,217	$168 million	Principal
2023	3,152	$155 million	Principal
2022	3,486	$137 million	Principal
2021	3,557	$164 million	Principal
2020	3,785	$154 million	Principal
2019	4,480	$148 million	Principal
2018	4,608	$126 million	Principal
2017	5,164	$142 million	Principal
2016	4,875	$121 million	Principal
2015	4,590	$113 million	Principal
2014	5,032	$117 million	Principal
2013	4,658	$106 million	Principal
2012	1,297	$25,696	ADP
2011	1,359	$8.5 million	ADP
2010	1,321	$8.1 million	ADP
2009	1,281	$6.1 million	ADP

Aryzta Llc/Otis Spunkmeyer LLC 401K Retirement Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2012 its assets moved to the Aryzta LLC, sponsored by Aspire Bakeries LLC (EIN 94-2536513, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 94-2536513
Participants (2011): 2,322
Net assets (2011): $45.7 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2012
Plan administrator: Aryzta LLC
6080 Center Drive, Ste. # 900
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 417-4717As filed for 2012
In effect since: January 1, 1996

Earlier sponsor: Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc. (2009–2010).

Earlier plan names: Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2012

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2012	0	$0	Fidelity
2011	2,322	$45.7 million	Fidelity
2010	1,470	$26.4 million	Fidelity
2009	1,532	$21.9 million	Fidelity

Aryzta Llc/Fresh Start Bakeries 401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2012 its assets moved to the Aryzta LLC Retirement Plan, sponsored by Aspire Bakeries LLC (EIN 94-2536513, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 333Employer EIN 94-2536513
Participants (2011): 585
Net assets (2011): $34.8 million
Recordkeeper: Empower2009–2012
Plan administrator: Aryzta LLC
14490 Catalina Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
(310) 417-4717As filed for 2012
In effect since: October 3, 1994

Plans merged into this one: Pennant Foods Moneysmart 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (2010).

Earlier sponsor: Fresh Start Bakeries, Inc. (2009–2011).

Earlier plan names: Fresh Start Bakeries, Inc. Employees Retirement Income Savings Plan; Fresh Start Bakeries, Inc. Employees Retirement Savings Plan; Fresh Start Bakeries Retirement Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2012

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2012	0	$0	Empower
2011	585	$34.8 million	Empower
2010	637	$39.6 million	Empower
2009	330	$26.7 million	Empower

La Brea Bakery, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2012 its assets moved to the Aryzta Retirement Plan, sponsored by Aspire Bakeries LLC (EIN 94-2536513, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 94-2536513
Recordkeeper: ADP2012
Plan administrator: Aryzta LLC
14490 Catalina Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
(847) 318-8549As filed for 2012
In effect since: January 1, 1998

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Aspire Bakeries LLC Retirement Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((844) 992-7747). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 4 plans

Aspire Bakeries LLC Retirement Plan

Aryzta Llc/Otis Spunkmeyer LLC 401K Retirement Plan

Aryzta Llc/Fresh Start Bakeries 401(k) Retirement Plan

La Brea Bakery, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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