Fry Foods, Inc. 401(k) Review & Grade
Fry Foods, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Tiffin, OHManufacturing550 active participantsPlan year 2024
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500 filing · How we grade
$42Employer $ per active participant
$422Employee $ saved per active participant
0.88%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$2.7MNet plan assets, end of year
–Average balance per account (account count looks misreported)
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity0.8 / 502th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost2.1 / 258th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving0.2 / 151th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features3 / 10Default investment
- Red-flag deductions-3 pts1 issue reported on the filing
Total score3 / 100 · Grade F
This plan vs. peers
Peers: Manufacturing plans with 500–2,499 active participants (2,376 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 2th |
| Lower admin cost | 8th |
| Employee saving | 1th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 59% |
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Red flags from the filing
Corrective distributions: the plan refunded $16,537 in contributions, which usually means it failed annual nondiscrimination testing.
What to do if you're in this plan
- Fry Foods put in about $42 per active participant, below the typical peer ($2,320). Any match is still an instant return, so contribute enough to get all of it.
- The filing shows total dollars, not the match formula. Ask HR for the Summary Plan Description so you know the exact match and vesting schedule.
- Direct plan expenses (0.88% of assets) are well above similar-size plans (0.23%). Check your annual fee disclosure, choose low-cost index funds if you can, and think about whether savings beyond the match belong in an IRA.
- Changing jobs? You can usually leave the money in the plan, move it to your new employer's plan, or roll it into an IRA. Don't cash out: you'd owe taxes and possibly a 10% penalty.
The raw numbers from the filing
| Employer contributions | $23,248 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $232,473 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $0 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $21,808 |
| Benefits paid out | $83,936 |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $2.3M / $2.7M |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 485 / 616 |
| Participants with account balances | 75 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Not reported |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filing, acknowledgment ID 20250723083202NAL0008020002001, received 2025-07-23, EIN 34-0908857, plan #001, plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.