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Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company401(k)

CHEERWINE 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SALISBURY, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company reported $74,553 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,102 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 0.397%. 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 the 739th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 5,951st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 382 to 572 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,879,193
Participants with balances562
Active participants572
Employer contributions$630,366
Employee contributions$1,305,176
Employer contribution per active participant$1,102
Average account balance$35,372
Benefits paid to participants$1,772,823
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDMJPS PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.9M · 562 accts · $630K emplr
2023$17.7M · 491 accts · $626K emplr
2022$14.5M · 375 accts · $611K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,437
Investment management$24,116
Total administrative$74,553
The Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,102
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,102 per active participant
2023$1,513 per active participant
2022$1,600 per active participant

Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company'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.

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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$50,437
MMA SECURITIES · Investment advisory (plan)$20,000

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$74,553 · 0.40%
2023$66,155 · 0.41%
2022$63,289 · 0.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560887444 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.