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Herr Foods Inc401(k)

HERR FOODS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · NOTTINGHAM, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Herr Foods Inc reported $96,478 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,161 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 rose from 0.05% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 322nd-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,286th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$173,676,483
Participants with balances2,139
Active participants1,730
Employer contributions$5,467,767
Employee contributions$6,929,682
Employer contribution per active participant$3,161
Average account balance$81,195
Benefits paid to participants$12,543,836
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBROWN PLUS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$173.7M · 2,139 accts · $5.5M emplr
2023$157.4M · 2,290 accts · $2.8M emplr
2022$133.7M · 2,283 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$96,478
Total administrative$96,478
The Herr Foods Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,161
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,161 per active participant
2023$1,558 per active participant
2022$1,328 per active participant

Herr Foods Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$96,478

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$96,478 · 0.06%
2023$79,885 · 0.05%
2022$68,803 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231598830 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.