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Lueken's Food Stores, Inc.ESOP

LUEKEN'S FOOD STORES EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · BEMIDJI, MN · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.01%

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

Lueken's Food Stores, Inc. reported $2,000 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,194 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 has held roughly steady near 0.009%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 803rd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,258th of 5,215 in retail trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,880,701
Participants with balances229
Active participants161
Employer contributions$1,319,273
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$8,194
Average account balance$104,283
Benefits paid to participants$1,189,269
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMILLER MCDONALD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.0M · 245 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$23.9M · 229 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$23.8M · 216 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,000
Total administrative$2,000
Employer contributions to the Lueken's Food Stores, Inc. plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$8,194
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$6,519 per active participant
2023$8,194 per active participant
2022$7,787 per active participant

Lueken's Food Stores, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$2,000 · 0.01%
2023$2,000 · 0.01%
2022$2,000 · 0.01%
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Buerkle Company MN$23.8M · 0.23%
Kowalski Companies, Inc. MN$19.9M · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 852299427 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.