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Hershey Creamery Company401(k)

HERSHEY CREAMERY COMPANY SAVINGS PLAN · HARRISBURG, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Hershey Creamery Company reported $32,377 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,728 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 0.06% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 781st-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 3,126th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 670 to 809 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$50,525,547
Participants with balances887
Active participants809
Employer contributions$1,397,561
Employee contributions$2,639,463
Employer contribution per active participant$1,728
Average account balance$56,962
Benefits paid to participants$3,043,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$50.5M · 887 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$40.9M · 848 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$35.0M · 786 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,377
Total administrative$32,377
The Hershey Creamery Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,728
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,728 per active participant
2023$1,558 per active participant
2022$1,533 per active participant

Hershey Creamery Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$32,377
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS FINANCIAL NETW · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$32,377 · 0.07%
2023$31,111 · 0.08%
2022$24,900 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 230691670 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.