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Food Lion, LLC401(k)

FOOD LION, LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SALISBURY, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Food Lion, LLC reported $1,419,324 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $501 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 has held roughly steady near 0.12%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 38th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 47th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,267,573,761
Participants with balances33,348
Active participants81,798
Employer contributions$40,943,293
Employee contributions$57,744,664
Employer contribution per active participant$501
Average account balance$38,010
Benefits paid to participants$117,374,756
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.3B · 33,348 accts · $40.9M emplr
2023$1.1B · 30,803 accts · $37.2M emplr
2022$1.0B · 27,885 accts · $33.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,398,370
Investment management$17,407
Total administrative$1,419,324
The Food Lion, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$501
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$501 per active participant
2023$443 per active participant
2022$395 per active participant

Food Lion, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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.

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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 history3
2024$1,419,324 · 0.12%
2023$1,181,321 · 0.11%
2022$1,218,130 · 0.11%
Similar plansRetail Trade · North Carolina
Lowes Companies Inc NC$8.6B · 0.01%
Sonic Automotive, Inc. NC$548.3M · 0.08%
Belk Stores Services, LLC NC$400.6M · 0.11%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562173154 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.