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Shearer's Foods, LLC401(k)

SHEARER'S FOODS, LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MASSILLON, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.34%

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

Shearer's Foods, LLC reported $425,237 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.34% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,033 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 0.42% to 0.34%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 299th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 1,535th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$134,085,314
Participants with balances4,637
Active participants4,452
Employer contributions$4,597,305
Employee contributions$15,963,751
Employer contribution per active participant$1,033
Average account balance$28,916
Benefits paid to participants$21,051,962
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$134.1M · 4,637 accts · $4.6M emplr
2023$117.5M · 4,764 accts · $4.2M emplr
2022$94.2M · 4,648 accts · $3.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$392,098
Investment management$33,139
Total administrative$425,237
The Shearer's Foods, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,033
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,033 per active participant
2023$939 per active participant
2022$774 per active participant

Shearer's Foods, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$428,098
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNE · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment advisory (participants)$73,139
SIKICH CPA LLC · Accounting / audit$10,500

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$425,237 · 0.34%
2023$442,911 · 0.42%
2022$419,521 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341319359 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.