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Kettle Cuisine, LLC401(k)

KETTLE CUISINE, LLC 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · LYNN, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.51%

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

Kettle Cuisine, LLC reported $228,427 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,915 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.51%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 709th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 3,187th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 734 to 1,166 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$49,315,171
Participants with balances1,392
Active participants1,166
Employer contributions$2,232,540
Employee contributions$3,821,458
Employer contribution per active participant$1,915
Average account balance$35,428
Benefits paid to participants$3,896,696
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$49.3M · 1,392 accts · $2.2M emplr
2024$40.3M · 1,361 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$33.9M · 1,194 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$22.4M · 777 accts · $1.3M emplr
The Kettle Cuisine, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,915
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$1,915 per active participant
2024$1,730 per active participant
2023$1,771 per active participant
2022$1,806 per active participant

Kettle Cuisine, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20255
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$50,546
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$41,177
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP INC · Contract administrator$30,402
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$14,000

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$228,427 · 0.51%
2024$211,133 · 0.57%
2023$151,946 · 0.54%
2022$114,506 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 452831734 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.