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The Pampered Chef, LTD.401(k)

THE PAMPERED CHEF 401(K) PLAN · ADDISON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.31%

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

The Pampered Chef, LTD. reported $177,442 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,327 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 0.34% to 0.31%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 795th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 570th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$60,007,212
Participants with balances475
Active participants272
Employer contributions$905,030
Employee contributions$2,395,247
Employer contribution per active participant$3,327
Average account balance$126,331
Benefits paid to participants$2,841,376
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$60.0M · 475 accts · $905K emplr
2023$53.5M · 486 accts · $864K emplr
2022$48.9M · 509 accts · $945K emplr
The The Pampered Chef, LTD. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,327
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,327 per active participant
2023$3,118 per active participant
2022$3,213 per active participant

The Pampered Chef, LTD.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

Service providers · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Consulting · Pension consulting$1,075
SIKICH CPA LLC · Accounting / audit$15,900

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$177,442 · 0.31%
2023$176,569 · 0.34%
2022$175,493 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363269007 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.