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General Mills, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

GENERAL MILLS 401(K) PLAN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

General Mills, Inc. reported $4,605,791 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,158 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 0.104% to 0.096%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 10th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 73rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,041,221,350
Participants with balances23,783
Active participants16,628
Employer contributions$85,771,995
Employee contributions$146,114,916
Employer contribution per active participant$5,158
Average account balance$211,967
Benefits paid to participants$410,820,230
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKPMG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.0B · 23,783 accts · $85.8M emplr
2023$4.6B · 23,388 accts · $99.8M emplr
2022$4.1B · 22,607 accts · $84.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,083,554
Investment management$2,287,261
Audit (IQPA)$158,447
Trustee / custodial$267,962
Total administrative$4,605,791
The General Mills, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,158
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$5,158 per active participant
2023$6,243 per active participant
2022$5,543 per active participant

General Mills, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 · 20248
ALIGHT SOLUTIONS · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$1,083,554
GENERAL MILLS, INC. · Plan administrator · Recordkeeping$599,469
ALIGHT FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC · Investment management$1,802,195
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON · Custodial (securities) · Trustee$431,810
BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST · Investment management$205,878
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST · Investment management$200,000
KPMG, LLP · Accounting / audit$155,000
REFINITIV EIKON · Other services$44,343

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alight, GENERAL MILLS, INC.
2023Alight, GENERAL MILLS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$4,605,791 · 0.10%
2023$5,091,061 · 0.12%
2022$4,672,941 · 0.10%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410274440 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.