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Bridgford Foods Corporation401(k)

BRIDGFORD FOODS RETIREMENT SAVINGS 401(K) PLAN · DALLAS, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Bridgford Foods Corporation reported $90,373 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,224 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 rose from 0.28% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,471st-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 4,280th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$31,986,909
Participants with balances319
Active participants353
Employer contributions$785,063
Employee contributions$1,638,210
Employer contribution per active participant$2,224
Average account balance$100,272
Benefits paid to participants$1,571,356
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.0M · 319 accts · $785K emplr
2023$28.0M · 321 accts · $817K emplr
2022$24.4M · 322 accts · $882K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$79,123
Audit (IQPA)$11,250
Total administrative$90,373
The Bridgford Foods Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,224
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,224 per active participant
2023$2,322 per active participant
2022$2,520 per active participant

Bridgford Foods Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
ADP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$79,123
WRIGHT FORD YOUNG & CO. · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$11,250
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, WRIGHT FORD YOUNG & CO.
2023ADP

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bridgford Foods Corporation before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$90,373 · 0.30%
2023$76,379 · 0.29%
2022$73,810 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951778176 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.