American Food & Vending Corporation 401(k) Review & Grade
American Food & Vending Corporation 401(k) Plan
Syracuse, NYRetail Trade1,700 active participantsPlan year 2024✓ Auto-enroll
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500 filing · How we grade
$419Employer $ per active participant
$1,773Employee $ saved per active participant
0.09%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$30.4MNet plan assets, end of year
–Average balance per account (account count looks misreported)
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity15.7 / 5031th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost18.9 / 2575th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving4.4 / 1530th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features10 / 10Auto-enrollment, Default investment
- Red-flag deductions-3 pts1 issue reported on the filing
Total score46 / 100 · Grade C
This plan vs. peers
Peers: Retail Trade plans with 500–2,499 active participants (719 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 31th |
| Lower admin cost | 75th |
| Employee saving | 30th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 48% |
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Red flags from the filing
Corrective distributions: the plan refunded $34,700 in contributions, which usually means it failed annual nondiscrimination testing.
What to do if you're in this plan
- American Food & Vending put in about $419 per active participant, below the typical peer ($743). 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.
- Fund expense ratios aren't in the filing. Look them up in your 404(a)(5) fee disclosure and favor low-cost index or target-date funds.
- The plan auto-enrolls employees. Check your default contribution rate. Defaults are often lower than what it takes to get the full match.
- 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 | $712,468 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $3,012,614 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $321,839 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $26,449 |
| Benefits paid out | $3,185,241 |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $25.6M / $30.4M |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 1,694 / 1,705 |
| Participants with account balances | 699 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Yes |
| Auditor | Caron & Bletzer, PLLC |
Largest service providers (Schedule C)
| Jpmorgan Invest Holdings LLC | $26,449 reported compensation |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filing, acknowledgment ID 20250722101246NAL0002181249001, received 2025-07-22, EIN 16-1382008, plan #001, plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.