Save Mart Companies 401(k) and retirement plans

The Save Mart Companies, Modesto, CA. EIN 94-1245496. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Save Mart Supermarkets; Save Mart Companies.

The Save Mart Companies has one active retirement plan on file, the Save Mart Companies Retirement Savings Plan, with 12,544 participants and $1.0 billion in assets in 2025. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2021. No traditional pension plan appears in Save Mart Companies's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 12,544
Plan assets: $1.0 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Retail

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Save Mart Companies Retirement Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 94-1245496
Participants (2025): 12,544
Net assets (2025): $1.0 billion
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Vanguard (2010–2020)
Plan administrator: The Save Mart Companies
1800 Standiford Avenue
Modesto, CA 95350
(209) 548-6514As filed for 2025
In effect since: March 31, 1960

Plans merged into this one: Save Mart Supermarkets 401(k) Plan (2015).

Earlier sponsor: Save Mart Supermarkets (2010–2016).

Earlier plan names: Save Mart Supermarkets 401(k) Company Match Plan; Save Mart Supermarkets Retirement Savings Plan; The Save Mart Supermarkets Retirement Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2010 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	12,544	$1.0 billion	Principal
2024	14,031	$993 million	Principal
2023	14,775	$950 million	Principal
2022	15,957	$880 million	Principal
2021	15,994	$1.1 billion	Principal
2020	8,148	$1.0 billion	Vanguard
2019	8,072	$984 million	Vanguard
2018	7,884	$832 million	Vanguard
2017	7,793	$914 million	Vanguard
2016	7,892	$793 million	Vanguard
2015	7,878	$735 million	Vanguard
2014	4,390	$547 million	Vanguard
2013	4,458	$517 million	Vanguard
2012	4,552	$439 million	Vanguard
2011	3,676	$375 million	Vanguard
2010	3,772	$381 million	Vanguard

Save Mart Supermarkets 401(k) Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2015 its assets moved to the Save Mart Supermarkets 401(k) Company Match Plan, sponsored by The Save Mart Companies (EIN 94-1245496, plan 003). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 94-1245496
Participants (2014): 12,498
Net assets (2014): $213 million
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2010–2015
Plan administrator: Save Mart Supermarkets
1800 Standiford Avenue
Modesto, CA 95352
(209) 548-6541As filed for 2015
In effect since: March 31, 1960

Plans merged into this one: Save Mart Supermarkets Retirement Plan (2010).

Year by year, 2009 to 2015

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2015	0	$0	Vanguard
2014	12,498	$213 million	Vanguard
2013	12,782	$203 million	Vanguard
2012	13,199	$175 million	Vanguard
2011	14,826	$182 million	Vanguard
2010	15,723	$187 million	Vanguard
2009	24,973	$357 million	not listed

Save Mart Supermarkets Retirement Plan

Money purchase pensionMerged

Merged. In 2010 its assets moved to the Save Mart Supermarkets 401(k) Plan, sponsored by The Save Mart Companies (EIN 94-1245496, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 94-1245496
Participants (2010): 5,343
Plan administrator: Administrative Committee
1800 Standiford Avenue
Modesto, CA 95350
(209) 548-6678As filed for 2010
In effect since: July 1, 1992

Year by year, 2009 to 2010

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2010	5,343	n/a	not listed
2009	5,477	$157 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Save Mart Companies Retirement Savings 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 ((209) 548-6514). That number was filed for 2025; 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.