For this installment of the Trading Partner Series we will be looking at Kroger and Kroger’s EDI requirements. Kroger provides a public website that explains the requirements of Kroger in great detail. The website is appropriately called Kroger EDI. This site covers all of the stores that fall under the Kroger, Peyton’s and Fred Meyer Food Group including Quality Food Center, Food 4 Less, Fry’s and City Market.
On the left hand menu there is a link for mapping. This link will provide you with all of the Kroger implementation guides that your EDI provider will require to create the mapping that is needed for EDI integration. The great thing about our ePortal solution is that we only need to create the mappings once. After the mappings have been completed they are made available to all our customers. You will notice on the site that some of the documents are repeated and you will see UCS beside one of those repeated docs. The UCS denotes that this mapping schema is for grocery (produce, meat, etc). Make sure you choose the correct document for your situation.
Another great feature of the Kroger EDI site is the DUNS Listing. Kroger provides you with numerous spreadsheets with all of their DUNS codes for the ship-to and bill-to locations based on the documents that you are sending and receiving.
The final thing I will touch on in this edition of the Trading Partner Series is the EDI contact list for Kroger. We are constantly asked by customers and prospects who they should call at XYZ company in regards to the EDI. Kroger lays it out for you on thier site and even breaks the contacts down based on what you might be looking for. This is always a great site to have bookmarked if you deal with Kroger.
If there are any trading partners that you would like to see focused on feel free to leave a comment for me.
Jay
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