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Tropical Cheese Industries, Inc.401(k)

TROPICAL CHEESE 401(K) PLAN · PERTH AMBOY, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Tropical Cheese Industries, Inc. reported $20,263 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,501 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 0.121%. 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 1,118th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 6,305th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 271 to 304 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,149,986
Participants with balances245
Active participants304
Employer contributions$456,218
Employee contributions$1,108,680
Employer contribution per active participant$1,501
Average account balance$74,082
Benefits paid to participants$652,576
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBKC, CPA'S P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.1M · 245 accts · $456K emplr
2023$15.5M · 240 accts · $420K emplr
2022$13.1M · 236 accts · $382K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,485
Investment management$8,778
Audit (IQPA)$8,000
Total administrative$20,263
The Tropical Cheese Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,501
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,501 per active participant
2023$1,447 per active participant
2022$1,409 per active participant

Tropical Cheese Industries, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$8,774
BEDARD KUROWICKI & CO., CPA'S, PC · Accounting / audit$8,000
MMA SECURITIES LLCindirect comp

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$20,263 · 0.12%
2023$16,508 · 0.12%
2022$16,492 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222389912 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.