Stater Bros. Markets 401(k) and pension plans

Stater Bros. Markets, San Bernardino, CA. EIN 95-2586175. Annual reports 2009–2025.

Stater Bros. Markets has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees of Stater Bros., with 17,935 participants and $121 million in assets in 2025. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2023.

Active plans
3
Participants
20,654
Plan assets
$330 million
401(k) recordkeeper
Empower
Plans on file
4
Industry
Retail

All 4 plans

Active plans first

401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees of Stater Bros.

401(k)Active

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

Plan number
005Employer EIN 95-2586175
Participants (2025)
17,935
Net assets (2025)
$121 million
Recordkeeper
EmpowerEarlier: Prudential (2020–2022), Empower (2018–2019), Prudential (2016–2017), Empower (2014–2015), Prudential (2011–2013), Empower (2009)
Plan administrator
Stater Bros. Markets
301 South Tippecanoe Ave Po Box 150
San Bernardino, CA 92408
(909) 733-5000As filed for 2025
In effect since
October 1, 1991
Year by year, 2009 to 2025
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
202517,935$121 millionEmpower
20241,207$107 millionEmpower
20231,164$99.7 millionEmpower
20221,062$88.6 millionPrudential
2021998$106 millionPrudential
2020941$96.2 millionPrudential
2019952$85.9 millionEmpower
2018974$73.7 millionEmpower
2017994$79.0 millionPrudential
2016980$69.6 millionPrudential
2015971$63.8 millionEmpower
2014952$63.3 millionEmpower
2013945$59.7 millionPrudential
2012928$51.7 millionPrudential
2011845$51.3 millionPrudential
2010864$44.4 millionnot listed
2009870$45.0 millionEmpower

Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Stater Bros. Markets

Pension (defined benefit)Active

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

Plan number
004Employer EIN 95-2586175
Participants (2024)
1,677
Net assets (2024)
$179 million
Last listed administrator
Merrill2010–2013
Plan administrator
Stater Bros. Markets
301 South Tippecanoe Avenue, P.O. Box 150
San Bernardino, CA 92408
(909) 733-5000As filed for 2024
In effect since
March 31, 1983

Earlier plan names: Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Stater Bros..

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20241,677$179 millionnot listed
20231,653$179 millionnot listed
20221,626$151 millionnot listed
20211,573$156 millionnot listed
20201,530$191 millionnot listed
20191,477$171 millionnot listed
20181,458$155 millionnot listed
20171,415$135 millionnot listed
20161,397$133 millionnot listed
20151,362$115 millionnot listed
20141,330$103 millionnot listed
20131,565$105 millionMerrill
20121,536$92.3 millionMerrill
20111,529$78.9 millionMerrill
20101,517$67.4 millionMerrill
20091,486$60.4 millionnot listed

Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Stater Bros. Markets

Profit-sharing planActive

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

Plan number
003Employer EIN 95-2586175
Participants (2024)
1,042
Net assets (2024)
$29.6 million
Recordkeeper
Merrill2014–2024
Plan administrator
Stater Bros. Markets
301 S. Tippecanoe Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408
(909) 733-5000As filed for 2024
In effect since
March 31, 1983
Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20241,042$29.6 millionMerrill
20231,050$28.0 millionMerrill
20221,050$24.8 millionMerrill
20211,007$23.3 millionMerrill
2020964$27.4 millionMerrill
2019965$25.8 millionMerrill
2018974$24.3 millionMerrill
2017966$24.1 millionMerrill
2016952$23.2 millionMerrill
2015946$22.1 millionMerrill
2014940$20.9 millionMerrill
2013932$20.0 millionnot listed
2012921$18.5 millionnot listed
2011941$17.3 millionnot listed
2010954$15.5 millionnot listed
2009983$16.2 millionnot listed

Stater Bros./Super RX Pharmacy Employee 401(k) Plan

401(k)Closed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2019, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 95-2586175
Participants (2018)
95
Net assets (2018)
$5.4 million
Recordkeeper
Empower2014–2018
Plan administrator
Stater Bros. Markets
301 S. Tippecanoe Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408
(909) 733-5000As filed for 2019
In effect since
January 1, 2006
Year by year, 2009 to 2019
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20190$0not listed
201895$5.4 millionEmpower
2017118$5.6 millionEmpower
2016120$4.5 millionEmpower
2015121$3.8 millionEmpower
2014120$3.4 millionEmpower
2013128$3.0 millionnot listed
201251$2.4 millionnot listed
201154$2.3 millionnot listed
201054$1.7 millionnot listed
200949$1.4 millionnot listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees of Stater Bros.. 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.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((909) 733-5000). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each one.
  4. 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

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

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