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Ufcw Members, Local Unions, and Mu401(k)

UFCW MEMBERS, LOCAL UNIONS, AND MULTI-EMPLOYER 401(K) PLAN · MADISON HEIGHTS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.36%

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

Ufcw Members, Local Unions, and Mu reported $387,205 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.36% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $227 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 1.09% to 1.36%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 786th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 1,023rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $6.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,473 to 2,369 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,131,863
Participants with balances2,727
Active participants2,369
Employer contributions$536,801
Employee contributions$3,323,561
Employer contribution per active participant$227
Average account balance$11,049
Benefits paid to participants$3,112,125
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLOTITO & LAZZARA, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.1M · 2,727 accts · $537K emplr
2023$26.6M · 1,728 accts · $297K emplr
2022$23.0M · 1,798 accts · $284K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$70,848
Total administrative$387,205
The Ufcw Members, Local Unions, and Mu 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$227
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$227 per active participant
2023$198 per active participant
2022$193 per active participant

Ufcw Members, Local Unions, and Mu'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 · 20246
SENTINEL BENEFIT GROUP$165,810
CYGNET FINANCIAL PLANNING, INC.$50,898
CORPORATE PLAN ADMINISTRATORS, INC.$42,698
LOTITO & LAZZARA, P.C.$26,000
FIDUCIARY FIREWALL CONSULTING$20,717

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$387,205 · 1.36%
2023$346,152 · 1.39%
2022$271,300 · 1.09%
Similar plansRetail Trade · Michigan
Denooyer Brothers, Inc. MI$33.2M · 0.32%
Liberty Chevrolet, Inc. MI$32.9M · 0.40%
Lowery Corporation MI$30.7M · 0.45%
N.A. Mans & Sons, Inc. MI$28.6M · 0.36%
Lane Automotive Inc. MI$27.7M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 380513037 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.