UNFI EDI: How to become a supplier of UNFI?

Headquartered in Providence, RI, United States, UNFI (United Natural Foods) is a natural and organic food company founded in 1976. UNFI is the largest wholesale distributor of health and specialty food in the United States and Canada. It offers a wide category of products including grocery, frozen, produce, chill, health & beauty, deli, bakery & more.

How to get your product into UNFI

As a supplier, you know that getting your products into United Natural Foods is a tedious task, but it can be split up into two phases.

• Submitting product for approval
• Meeting their EDI requirements

Step 1: Submit for Product Approval

Before you get listed, you must submit your product for listing review. Below are points to improve your chances of gaining approval:

• Before you get listed, you must submit your product for listing review.
• Add some lines for products benefits
• Add photos or illustrations of the product
• Add product’s price and ordering information
• Send relevant documents like patents or other documentation
• Contact details with website url

Sharing a proper product profile will help you enter all the key info of a product that UNFI needs to see. You will get a notification as buyers review your products.

Step 2: Meet UNFI's Requirements for EDI

To be a vendor of UNFI, you’ll need to exchange business documents through EDI. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is an electronic confirmation process proven to improve the efficiency and accuracy of business documents. EDI helps to streamline the process by eliminating manual submissions, emails, phone calls or faxes. At Infocon Systems, we have the experience and know- how to get your company EDI compliant with UNFI. New vendors and existing vendors (Who are changing their EDI-related technology) must contact UNFI’s EDI Department for their technological capabilities.

Depending on your relationship with UNFI you may be required to send the following EDI document:

• EDI 810 (invoices)
• EDI 997 ((Acknowledgements))
• EDI 856 (Shipment Notice)
• EDI 855 (Purchase Order Acknowledgements)
• EDI 846 (Inventory Feed)
• Other EDI documents that required by UNFI

Outbound EDI documents (from UNFI):

• EDI 850 (Purchase Orders)
• EDI 997 (Functional Acknowledgements)
• EDI 850 (Purchase OrdeOther EDI documents that required by UNFI

EDI for UNFI is vitally important. To avoid mistakes, delays, and missed deliveries—your EDI process becomes an integral part in UNFI’s seamless supply chain.

To learn more about how Infocon Systems can take care of your EDI needs for UNFI, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at +1 888-339-0722 or email sales@infoconn.com. We’d love to hear from you.