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West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.401(k)

WEST LIBERTY FOODS, L.L.C. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · WEST LIBERTY, IA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.59%

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

West Liberty Foods, L.L.C. reported $296,742 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $566 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 0.51% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 181st-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 2,993rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $5.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$53,587,830
Participants with balances2,162
Active participants1,926
Employer contributions$1,090,636
Employee contributions$5,798,609
Employer contribution per active participant$566
Average account balance$24,786
Benefits paid to participants$8,751,111
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$51.4M · 2,083 accts · $229K emplr
2023$53.6M · 2,162 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$47.5M · 1,973 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$296,742
Total administrative$296,742
The West Liberty Foods, L.L.C. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$566
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$117 per active participant
2023$566 per active participant
2022$629 per active participant

West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$296,742
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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$299,354 · 0.57%
2023$296,742 · 0.59%
2022$272,832 · 0.51%
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Omaha Standard, LLC IA$46.8M · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200793410 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.