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Hometown Food Company401(k)

HOMETOWN FOOD COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Hometown Food Company reported $26,334 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,382 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 5 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.58% to 0.12%. 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 1,470th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 5,053rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 323 to 365 since 2019.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,464,883
Participants with balances375
Active participants365
Employer contributions$869,601
Employee contributions$3,077,917
Employer contribution per active participant$2,382
Average account balance$67,906
Benefits paid to participants$1,302,578
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE, LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.5M · 375 accts · $870K emplr
2023$19.8M · 384 accts · $814K emplr
2022$14.2M · 367 accts · $719K emplr
2019$6.0M · 300 accts · $529K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,553
Investment management$24,781
Total administrative$26,334
The Hometown Food Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,382
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,382 per active participant
2023$2,200 per active participant
2022$2,036 per active participant
2019$1,639 per active participant

Hometown Food 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.

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 · 20242
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$24,781
JPMORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$1,000

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

Administrative cost history4
2024$26,334 · 0.12%
2023$79,887 · 0.47%
2022$69,242 · 0.48%
2019$24,681 · 0.58%
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Cambridge Brands, Inc. IL$25.3M · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 831024049 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.