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Downs Food Group Inc.401(k)

DOWNS FOOD GROUP COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PLAN · MANKATO, MN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.97%

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

Downs Food Group Inc. reported $12,009 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.97% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $262 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.77% to 0.97%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,832nd of 1,918), and 13,121st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $5.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 471 to 133 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,364,026
Participants with balances186
Active participants133
Employer contributions$34,822
Employee contributions$189,398
Employer contribution per active participant$262
Average account balance$7,333
Benefits paid to participants$118,593
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$1.4M · 186 accts · $35K emplr
2024$1.1M · 166 accts · $30K emplr
2023$938K · 154 accts · $31K emplr
2022$760K · 146 accts · $31K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,009
Total administrative$12,009
The Downs Food Group Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$262
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$262 per active participant
2024$69 per active participant
2023$65 per active participant
2022$65 per active participant

Downs Food Group Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 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.

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Service providers · 20252
MURRAY FINANCIAL GROUP LLC DBA ISC · Investment advisory (plan)$2,951

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$12,009 · 0.97%
2024$8,118 · 0.79%
2023$7,231 · 0.85%
2022$5,874 · 0.77%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 454335765 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.