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Lemek, LLC dba Panera Bread401(k)

LEMEK, LLC DBA PANERA BREAD 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ELKRIDGE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Lemek, LLC dba Panera Bread reported $13,835 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $175 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 fell from 0.16% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (911th of 1,671), and the 492nd of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $2.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 799 to 934 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,716,052
Participants with balances141
Active participants934
Employer contributions$163,597
Employee contributions$378,692
Employer contribution per active participant$175
Average account balance$83,093
Benefits paid to participants$907,669
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.7M · 141 accts · $164K emplr
2023$10.1M · 144 accts · $163K emplr
2022$8.8M · 166 accts · $161K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,835
Total administrative$13,835
The Lemek, LLC dba Panera Bread 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$175
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$175 per active participant
2023$184 per active participant
2022$202 per active participant

Lemek, LLC dba Panera Bread's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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
NWPS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$13,835

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024NWPS
2023NWPS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$13,835 · 0.13%
2023$16,407 · 0.17%
2022$15,270 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391927747 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.