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Ferris Coffee & Nut Company401(k)

FERRIS COFFEE & NUT COMPANY EMPLOYEE'S PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.13%

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

Ferris Coffee & Nut Company reported $3,597 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.13% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $626 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 0.11% to 0.10%. 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 Michigan (2,274th of 2,619), and 4,420th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $4.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 97 to 85 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,783,740
Participants with balances129
Active participants85
Employer contributions$53,203
Employee contributions$234,152
Employer contribution per active participant$626
Average account balance$21,579
Benefits paid to participants$591,098
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.8M · 109 accts · $38K emplr
2023$2.8M · 129 accts · $53K emplr
2022$2.6M · 142 accts · $86K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,597
Total administrative$3,597
The Ferris Coffee & Nut Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$626
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$460 per active participant
2023$626 per active participant
2022$885 per active participant

Ferris Coffee & Nut Company'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.

Service providers · 20233
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$3,596
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$2,724 · 0.10%
2023$3,597 · 0.13%
2022$4,774 · 0.11%
Similar plansRetail Trade · Michigan
Holiday Food Center, Inc. MI$3.1M · 0.57%
Michigan Brand, Inc. MI$2.8M · 1.24%
Alpena Supermarket, Inc. MI$2.7M · 0.48%
Lover's Lane & Co. MI$2.7M · 0.04%
See, Inc. MI$2.6M · 0.40%
Shea Automotive Group MI$2.3M · 0.38%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 380536710 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.