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Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC401(k)

HEARTHSIDE FOOD SOLUTIONS 401(K) PLAN · DOWNERS GROVE, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.30%

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

Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC reported $821,650 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.30% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,752 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 0.29%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,601 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 241st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 866th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$291,526,895
Participants with balances8,477
Active participants6,728
Employer contributions$11,785,330
Employee contributions$17,469,232
Employer contribution per active participant$1,752
Average account balance$34,390
Benefits paid to participants$42,914,466
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$280.1M · 6,672 accts
2023$291.5M · 8,477 accts · $11.8M emplr
2022$262.9M · 8,703 accts · $12.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$627,577
Investment management$194,073
Total administrative$821,650
The Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,752
Median for plans this size$4,362
2023$1,752 per active participant
2022$1,757 per active participant

Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $4,362 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
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$135,574
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$58,499

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$829,864 · 0.29%
2023$821,650 · 0.30%
2022$783,717 · 0.30%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 264228653 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.