Steak N Shake 401(k) plan

Steak N Shake Inc., Indianapolis, IN. EIN 35-1604308. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as The Steak N Shake Company; Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.; Steak N Shake Operations Inc.; Steak N Shake 401K Savings Plan.

Steak N Shake Inc. has one active retirement plan on file, the The Steak 'N Shake 401(k) Savings Plan, with 1,281 participants and $17.5 million in assets in 2024. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2020. No traditional pension plan appears in Steak N Shake's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 1,281
Plan assets: $17.5 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 1
Industry: Hotels and restaurants

The plan

The Steak 'N Shake 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 35-1604308
Participants (2024): 1,281
Net assets (2024): $17.5 million
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Well Fargo Bank (2018–2019), Mccready & Keene (2011–2017), Fidelity (2009–2010)
Plan administrator: Steak N Shake Inc.
107 S. Pennsylvania ST. Suite 400
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 616-7439As filed for 2024
In effect since: September 28, 1953

Earlier sponsors: Steak N Shake Operations, Inc. (2010–2015); Steak N Shake 401K Savings Plan (2018–2019).

Earlier plan names: The Steak N Shake Company 401(k) Savings Plan; The Steak N Shake 401(k) Savings Plan; The Steak N Shake 401K Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	1,281	$17.5 million	Principal
2023	4,155	$16.5 million	Principal
2022	4,166	$15.2 million	Principal
2021	4,515	$18.2 million	Principal
2020	5,608	$18.1 million	Principal
2019	10,494	$21.1 million	Well Fargo Bank
2018	15,365	$20.3 million	Well Fargo Bank
2017	12,383	$23.7 million	Mccready & Keene
2016	13,248	$21.0 million	Mccready & Keene
2015	10,495	$20.0 million	Mccready & Keene
2014	10,686	$21.5 million	Mccready & Keene
2013	11,040	$22.5 million	Mccready & Keene
2012	9,616	$20.6 million	Mccready & Keene
2011	10,182	$20.1 million	Mccready & Keene
2010	9,745	$22.6 million	Fidelity
2009	10,667	$24.0 million	Fidelity

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the The Steak 'N Shake 401(k) Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((317) 616-7439). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

The plan

The Steak 'N Shake 401(k) Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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