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Lifeway Foods, Inc.401(k)

LIFEWAY FOODS INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · MORTON GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Lifeway Foods, Inc. reported $56,429 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,254 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 0.04% to 0.41%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,991st of 3,702), and 7,102nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,968,150
Participants with balances200
Active participants290
Employer contributions$653,706
Employee contributions$1,041,715
Employer contribution per active participant$2,254
Average account balance$74,841
Benefits paid to participants$904,118
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFGMK LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.0M · 200 accts · $654K emplr
2023$12.8M · 214 accts · $512K emplr
2022$10.3M · 263 accts · $446K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,569
Investment management$33,860
Total administrative$56,429
The Lifeway Foods, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,254
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,254 per active participant
2023$1,821 per active participant
2022$1,670 per active participant

Lifeway Foods, Inc.'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.

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TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$22,569
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$33,860

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023ADP, Transamerica

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Lifeway Foods, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$56,429 · 0.41%
2023$34,841 · 0.30%
2022$3,954 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363442829 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.