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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.401(k)

CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC. AND AFFILIATES EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · LEBANON, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. reported $462,332 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $100 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 fell from 0.28% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 88th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 46th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $3.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$225,276,273
Participants with balances7,686
Active participants55,974
Employer contributions$5,609,915
Employee contributions$17,406,597
Employer contribution per active participant$100
Average account balance$29,310
Benefits paid to participants$24,555,459
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLBMC PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$225.3M · 7,686 accts · $5.6M emplr
2023$202.4M · 7,847 accts · $5.0M emplr
2022$179.5M · 7,988 accts · $4.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$369,521
Investment management$92,525
Total administrative$462,332
The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$100
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$100 per active participant
2023$88 per active participant
2022$79 per active participant

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$369,521
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC.$92,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$462,332 · 0.22%
2023$561,340 · 0.29%
2022$557,782 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620812904 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.