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Heritage's Dairy Stores, Inc.401(k)

HERITAGE'S DAIRY STORES, INC. 401(K) SALARY REDUCTION PLAN & TRUST · THOROFARE, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.80%

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

Heritage's Dairy Stores, Inc. reported $50,110 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.80% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,587 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 0.86% to 0.80%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New Jersey (1,751st of 2,419), and 10,314th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,727,629
Participants with balances154
Active participants135
Employer contributions$214,199
Employee contributions$320,352
Employer contribution per active participant$1,587
Average account balance$43,686
Benefits paid to participants$295,123
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARSZ GOWIE AMON FULTZ LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.7M · 154 accts · $214K emplr
2023$5.8M · 148 accts · $210K emplr
2022$4.9M · 129 accts · $179K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,727
Investment management$20,198
Audit (IQPA)$9,685
Total administrative$50,110
The Heritage's Dairy Stores, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,587
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,587 per active participant
2023$1,040 per active participant
2022$1,243 per active participant

Heritage's Dairy Stores, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20243
SUMMIT GROUP RETIREMENT PLANNERS · Investment advisory (plan)$20,198
WILLIAM E HOWE · Accounting / audit$9,685

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$50,110 · 0.80%
2023$44,749 · 0.84%
2022$45,677 · 0.86%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 210717632 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.