Vendors, Suppliers & Manufacturers
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Attention
all Vendors, Suppliers and Manufacturers!
If
you provide products to Foodservice Distributors throughout
the United States, and are interested in FREE marketing
to the tens of thousands of customers who order online,
then you won't want to miss this opportunity!
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Your
product information will be available for display on
our eFoodUSA-powered websites, available to tens of
thousands of foodservice
operators nation-wide!
Product
information can be accessed from both the Product
Search section and the Order Guides
in the Place Order section. See
some examples of these pages below.
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Contact
us today, and start building your list of available
product information!
Once
you have signed up for a user name and password, product
information may be submitted in our Online Product Information
Entry
System
24/7! Product information already in electronic format
may also be sent directly to eFoodUSA according to our
file spec, and it will be uploaded ASAP!
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Give
your items the advantage with additional product information!
If
a picture is worth 1,000 words, then what would a
picture plus sales, packaging, preparation and nutrition
information
be worth? Hopefully worth a sale! Don't forget, this
is a completely FREE service to you!
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eFoodUSA
offers two easy ways to get your information submitted!
Either
a file-upload method for data already in electronic
format or an Online Product Information Entry System
is available for submitting information. Download
our tri-fold
brochure to learn more about our Vendor PIES!
Contact us at 847-888-3202 or e-mail:
for your file spec or your Vendor PIES user name
and password.
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Examples of where your Product
Information will be displayed:
(Click
graphics for a larger view of the pages where product information
can be viewed.)
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Examples
from the Products Search Section of a (A) Search
Results Page and a few of the Additional Information
Pages as a result of clicking the corresponding additional
information
buttons -- (B) Nutritional Information Page, (C) Product
Picture Page, (D) Preparation Page (Sales & Marketing
and Packaging & Storage Pages not shown).
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Examples of
an (A) Order Guide Page and the (B) Additional
Information Page as a result of clicking the Item
Number Link on the order guide (Note: This additional
information page will open into a new window so as not
to lose the customer's place while navigating through
his/her order guide.
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Product Information Specifications
***The
key to product information is the 14-digit case UPC
number.***
Product
information submitted to eFoodUSA must include
a UPC number for each item.
(If
you have not yet assigned UPC numbers to your items, you may
get more information about assigning UPC numbers at: http://www.uc-council.org/.
Please note, the item’s UPC number does not have to be
on the package or include a bar code, it simply needs to be
assigned to the product.)
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General Product
Information:
- 14-Digit
UPC
- Item
Description / Name
- Pack Size
- MFG
Item Number
- Supplier Name
- Brand /Name
- Case
Cube (cu. ft.)
- Gross Case Weight
Sales/Marketing
Information
- Description
of product
- Features
and benefits
Preparation/Cooking
Instructions
- Ready
to eat
- Cooking
instructions
- Recipes/Serving
suggestions
Packaging/Storage
Information
- How
to store product and where
- Type
of container item is packaged in (ex. glass/plastic
bottles, bag, tub, etc.)
- Portion
/ pack size
- Case
Weight (Gross, Net)
- Shelf
life
- Freezer/Refrigerator
shelf life
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Nutritional
Information
- Serving
size
- Calories
/ Calories from Fat
- Ingredients
- Kosher
Code
- Nutrient
amounts (up to one decimal place)
- Vitamins
and Minerals
- USDV
Percentage
School
Equivalents
- Serving
Size
- Meat,
Fruit, Grain, Milk components
- Child
Nutrition Label
Picture
of Product
- Requested
in .JPG format
- 250
X 250 pixels maximum height/width
MSDS
for Non-Food Items
- .PDF
file of the Material Safety Data Sheets for chemical
precautions, directions for use, suggested uses, etc.
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