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Best Deal Food Company, Inc.401(k)

BEST DEAL FOOD COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · HANFORD, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.98%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Best Deal Food Company, Inc. reported $44,123 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.98% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $258 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.98%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,045th of 9,483), and 3,798th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $1.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,867,277
Participants with balances98
Active participants432
Employer contributions$111,479
Employee contributions$218,880
Employer contribution per active participant$258
Average account balance$49,666
Benefits paid to participants$182,279
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$4.9M · 98 accts · $111K emplr
2022$4.1M · 102 accts · $112K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,123
Total administrative$44,123
The Best Deal Food Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$258
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$258 per active participant
2022$298 per active participant

Best Deal Food Company, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$44,123 · 0.98%
2022$43,988 · 0.97%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770459122 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.