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Hormel Foods Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

JENNIE-O TURKEY STORE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WILLMAR, MN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.10%

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

Hormel Foods Corporation reported $270,444 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.10% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $266 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 rose from 0.00% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 132nd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 867th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $8.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$291,365,021
Participants with balances5,899
Active participants5,135
Employer contributions$1,366,337
Employee contributions$12,108,154
Employer contribution per active participant$266
Average account balance$49,392
Benefits paid to participants$33,156,773
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$291.4M · 5,899 accts · $1.4M emplr
2024$274.5M · 5,869 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$268.9M · 5,990 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$249.5M · 6,110 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$182,729
Investment management$44,541
Audit (IQPA)$35,000
Total administrative$270,444
The Hormel Foods Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$266
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$266 per active participant
2024$432 per active participant
2023$391 per active participant
2022$405 per active participant

Hormel Foods Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20255
MEKETA FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$44,541
ERNST & YOUNG US LLP · Legal$35,000
VAN IWAARDEN ASSOCIATES$5,733

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$270,444 · 0.10%
2024$249,935 · 0.09%
2023$356,573 · 0.14%
2022$577 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410734466 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.