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Upper Lakes Foods, Inc.401(k)

UPPER LAKES FOODS, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CLOQUET, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Upper Lakes Foods, Inc. reported $65,339 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,556 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 0.236%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 701st-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,367th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 365 to 423 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,852,364
Participants with balances613
Active participants423
Employer contributions$657,983
Employee contributions$2,105,842
Employer contribution per active participant$1,556
Average account balance$48,699
Benefits paid to participants$2,383,701
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.9M · 613 accts · $658K emplr
2023$25.6M · 512 accts · $634K emplr
2022$22.1M · 467 accts · $462K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,405
Investment management$55,934
Total administrative$65,339
The Upper Lakes Foods, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,556
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,556 per active participant
2023$1,557 per active participant
2022$1,264 per active participant

Upper Lakes Foods, 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 · 20242
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$42,175
MHS ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$55,934

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Upper Lakes Foods, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$65,339 · 0.24%
2023$57,382 · 0.24%
2022$55,850 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410915145 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.