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Menu Maker Foods, Inc.401(k)

GRAVES MENU MAKER FOODS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CARLSBAD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.02%

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

Menu Maker Foods, Inc. reported $60,451 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.02% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $588 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 1.48% to 2.02%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,741st of 9,483), and 3,903rd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $5.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 147 to 129 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,216,525
Participants with balances171
Active participants129
Employer contributions$75,889
Employee contributions$426,264
Employer contribution per active participant$588
Average account balance$18,810
Benefits paid to participants$330,224
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.2M · 171 accts · $76K emplr
2023$2.8M · 168 accts
2022$2.5M · 145 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,557
Investment management$14,444
Audit (IQPA)$23,450
Total administrative$60,451
The Menu Maker Foods, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$588
Median for plans this size$1,313

Menu Maker Foods, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20246
PENSION ASSURANCE LLP · Accounting / audit$14,000
SEAVER & FORK CPA'S LLC · Accounting / audit$9,450
WR WEALTH PLANNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$7,943
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$3,894
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,607

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$60,451 · 2.02%
2023$31,016 · 1.17%
2022$38,440 · 1.48%
Same employer
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E.C. Group, Inc. CA$3.4M · 0.10%
Nuface CA$3.2M · 0.68%
La Tourangelle, Inc. CA$3.1M · 0.28%
Todd Pipe and Supply, LLC CA$3.1M · 0.63%
Tempo Interactive, Inc CA$3.1M · 0.24%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 430906771 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.